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Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
McDermid also tells would-be novelists to forget about writing the perfect first chapter.
  1. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
    03:27
    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  2. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  3. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  4. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
    00:01
    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
  5. George the Poet reads His Mistakes
    03:48
    George the Poet reads His Mistakes
  6. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
    09:27
    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  7. Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    00:47
    Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  8. Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
    03:40
    Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
  9. Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
    02:48
    Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
  10. Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    01:38
    Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  11. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
    02:05
    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
  12. Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery
    02:25
    Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery
  13. Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
    01:12
    Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
  14. Harriet Kemsley, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    01:13
    Harriet Kemsley, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
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