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PeopleYou are in: Berkshire > Features > People > Berkshire wolves take Michelle back  Michelle with a wolf at Beenham Berkshire wolves take Michelle backAuthor Michelle Paver, who's coming to the 2007 Henley Literary Festival, has been speaking to BBC Radio Berkshire's Henry Kelly about researching her Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series of books. Michelle's books, set in the Stone Age, follow the adventures of a hero named Torak. Listen to the interview or read about Michelle's work in her own words below."My books, starting off with Wolf Brother and now Outcast, are set in the Stone Age, when the land was one vast forest. I want the reader to feel that they're having the adventure so I have to know what the forest or the lake is like. Audio and Video links on this page require Realplayer "We headed up north, to northern Sweden. There are little villages and towns but it's quite easy to get off the beaten track. It's a vast country and it's empty.  Michelle: 'Living the story' "I don't like to rent a car or anything so I headed off on the bus, missed the last bus and got a nice, unexpected feeling for what it's like when it's starting to get dark, you're on the edge of the lake and can hear the moose bellowing away." Wolf cubs"I know roughly what's going to happen in each story - in Outcast Torak is cast out of the clan, trying to survive on the edge of the lake, and I'm trying to live the story with him.
"Outcast is Torak's most difficult adventure yet but it's not all bad. He gets to become part of a wolf pack and that was good for me, because I managed to meet some wolf cubs. "I went to the UK Wolf Conversation Trust near Beenham. I got to know the wolves there and was so lucky - they had some cubs last year when I was writing Outcast and it couldn't have been better."  Torak the second? Movie script"I've always planned for there to be wolf cubs and I got to know them when they were tiny balls of fluff. The trust named one of them Torak after the hero of Wolf Brother, which was a huge honour. There's nothing as cute as a wolf cub. "The whole series of six books has been optioned by Fox and by Ridley Scott's production company. They're working on a script for Wolf Brother at the moment. "The great thing for me is that writing has given me enough money to buy the books I like and go where I want to, to do the research. And as I speak, I'm standing in Blenheim doing a little research on ancient trees for the next book." Michelle Paver is appearing at the Kenton Theatre at 10am on Saturday 22 September 2007 as part of the Henley Literary Festival.For more information visit the festival website: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites last updated: 21/09/07 You are in: Berkshire > Features > People > Berkshire wolves take Michelle back |
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