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English: Meet the Authors
listenListen to an extract from the series Age 7 - 11
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Eva IbbotsonEva Ibbotson

Audio on demand of programme 2 is available 14/04/2006 - 20/04/2006

Click here to read a brief biography of Eva Ibbotson.

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

In the programme Eva is interviewed by children from West Jesmond Primary School in Newcastle. Click on the links below to hear Eva's answers to their questions.

1. You came to Britain when you were 8 years old. Why did you leave Vienna?

2. How did you start writing?

3. Your mother was a successful writer as well. Do you think writing can run in the family?

4. Did anyone encourage you to be a writer?

5. How do the children in your stories relate to your own childhood?

6. How many of your childhood memories are in your books?

7. Is it true that you based some of the witches in your books on members of your own family?

8. Do you believe in ghosts and witches and did that inspire you to write about them?

9. Is Annika in The Star of Kazan based on a real person?

10. Why did you suddenly change what you write about with Journey to the River Sea?

11. How much research do you do for your stories?

12. Have you won any awards...do awards matter?

13. What things do you really care about?
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Summer 2006

1. Anne Fine
07/04/2006
2. Eva Ibbotson
14/04/2006
3. Michael Morpurgo
21/04/2006
4. Philip Ridley
28/04/2006
5. Jeremy Strong
05/05/2006
6. Jacqueline Wilson
12/05/2006
7. Valerie Bloom
19/05/2006
8. Brian Patten
26/05/2006

Additional Resources

Click on the programme titles to open an audio clips library in which each author talks about their work.
See also
BBC World Class

BBC World Class
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