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Programme 3: Michael Morpurgo
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Michael MorpurgoAudio on demand of programme 3 is available 21/04/2006 - 27/04/2006

Click here to read a brief biography of Michael Morpurgo.

Click here to follow a transcript of the programme in pdf format.

In the programme Michael is interviewed by children from Heathbrook Primary School in Lambeth, south London. Click on the links below to hear Michael's answers to their questions.

1. Did you have a happy childhood?

2. Did you keep a diary as a child (like the character Laura in The Wreck of the Zanzibar)?

3. Who was your favourite author as a child?

4. Did you learn to write stories at your primary school?

5. How did your first story come to be published?

6. What are the best and worst things about writing books?

7. Where do you write and for how long each day?

8. What character would you like to be from your stories?

9. Have any of the things you write about actually happened to you?

10. Kenske's Kingdom has a great first line. How important are beginnings of stories?
Links to other programmes:
1. Anne Fine   2. Eva Ibottson   3. Michael Morpurgo
4. Philip Ridley   5. Jeremy Strong   6. Jacqueline Wilson
7. Valerie Bloom   8. Brian Patten
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