Charlie Higson: Authors Live
Authors Live - Charlie Higson - Full session
Charlie Higson talks about zombies and writing, and reads from his latest book, The Dead. Recorded live at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. Michael Rosen talks about writing being his best friend and performs his poem The Space. Michael Rosen tells the story about his dad's sayings and how his brother would mimic and exaggerate them, including 'the Noise!'
About Charlie Higson
Charlie Higson is a successful actor, comedian and writer for television and radio, but has been writing books for children since 2005. The Young Bond series started with SilverFin and was followed by Blood Fever, Double or Die, Hurricane Gold and By Royal Command. The books have sold over a million copies in the UK and have been translated into 24 different languages. Charlie has always been a fan of 70s and 80s horror films and while at university he studied gothic literature, a course on horror films and wrote a dissertation on the director David Cronenberg. This obsession has borne fruit in his latest book The Enemy and his most recent release The Dead. His television successes include Saturday Live, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Shooting Stars and The Fast Show.
Photograph by Andy Paradise
Photograph by Craig Jackson
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Authors Live is produced in association with the Scottish Book Trust, Creative Scotland and Glow. The Scottish Book Trust is the leading agency for the promotion of literature, reading and writing in Scotland and their Authors Live programme is funded by the National Lottery through the Creative Scotland's Inspiring Communities Fund. The Authors Live webcasts are also available through Glow - the world's first national intranet for education allowing joined-up working the length and breadth of Scotland.
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