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Louise Penny – Why Creativity Can Look Like Doing Nothing
Canadian crime writer Louise Penny tells Jennifer Chevalier how she gets inspiration from walking through the Quebec countryside taking in the sights, smells and sounds.
In the tranquil village of Three Pines, murder and mystery lurk. But like the Mounties, chief inspector Gamache always gets his man. The kindly cop is the creation of leading Canadian writer Louise Penny. As she completes her latest novel - Glass Houses - she reveals to Jennifer Chevalier how she gets inspiration from the changing Quebec landscape and despite publishing a a book a year, why her creative process can look like she’s doing nothing at all.
Producer: Andrea Kidd
Last on
Tue 11 Jul 201721:32GMT
BBC World Service except News Internet
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Inspiration out of the studio
Duration: 01:07
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Making a character the man you would marry
Duration: 01:25
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- Tue 11 Jul 201702:32GMTBBC World Service Online, Europe and the Middle East, UK DAB/Freeview & West and Central Africa only
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- Tue 11 Jul 201710:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Tue 11 Jul 201721:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
