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Excorcism, atheism and ebooks
Phil Rickman
It’s now 40 years since The Exorcist hit the big screen and was promptly banned by local authorities all over the UK because of its graphic scenes of demonic possession.
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Is it just Christmas, or is literature living in the past?
Phil Rickman
You look in a bookshop window and there they all are, the characters who live forever on the sales charts. Currently, you’ll find it’s James Bond and Bertie Wooster. Even the ones who are officially dead can’t be counted on to stay that way.
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Cops and criminals
Phil Rickman
Real-life cops might generally be more efficient these days but, for writers of crime fiction, where the rule book tends to get discarded, policing is just not as much fun.
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Hay-on-Wye: fighting back
Phil Rickman
It was Peter Florence, director of the Hay Festival, who said, 'Why did it take you so long?' He meant writing a novel set in Hay-on-Wye.
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Perfect for fans of Dan Brown
Phil Rickman
It's 10 years since The Da Vinci Code was first published, which coincides with the publication of The Camelot Code and the return of Phil the Shelf to BBC Radio Wales.
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Mabinogion series concludes with new tales from Trezza Azzopardi and Tishani Doshi
Polly March
The ancient myths of the Mabinogion are firmly rooted in the Welsh national identity, offering a mystical glimpse of the medieval Celtic myth cycle and how life in this land may once have been for our ancestors.
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Aspiring authors: write what you know
Phil Rickman
Would-be novelists are always told: write what you know. What this actually means is that you have to look like you really know what you're writing about. Which can lead to interesting situations.
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Theatre company to bring Dylan Thomas' Swansea to life with guided tour
Polly March
Next year marks the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth, and there is a raft of exciting events scheduled throughout the year to commemorate Swansea's most famous son.
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The psychological corridors of crime fiction
Phil Rickman
OK, I haven't yet read JK Rowling's pseudonymous crime novel... but in one way it looks very much like good news. The title, anyway, The Cuckoo's Calling.
