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Peter from ‘Captain’s Surrender’

An interview with Peter Kenyon from ‘Captain’s Surrender’ by Alex Beecroft
I am surprised to find Captain Kenyon so young, until I remember that sailors in the 18th Century started their careers at age thirteen or even earlier. There’s a long habit of command in his eyes, which seem to always be looking towards a distant [...]

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Casting Couch – Peter and Josh

Before I did this feature, I hadn’t realized how difficult it would be to find actors who fitted my mental image of my leading men. Trying to imagine which actors would be my ideal casting choices, in the unlikely event of it being made into a film, was great fun, but daunting! In [...]

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Casting Couch – Nat and Ritchie

Nat and Ritchie from ‘Roses in December’ by Fiona Glass
Nat was easy. I’d already written about half the book and had a fair idea what he looked like when I came across a page of photos of Karl Urban in a film called The Irrefutable Truth About Demons – and suddenly I found I [...]

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On the Casting Couch

I’m sure most authors have contemplated, now and then, who they would like to see cast as their characters, should their books be made into Hollywood blockbusters.
With that thought in mind, I’m launching a feature called ‘On the Casting Couch’ If you can find a picture of your perfect actor for a [...]

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Ciaran and Malik from ‘My Brother’s Keeper’

Ciaran and Malik from My Brother’s Keeper

Hi, my name is Denise Kendrick and today I’ll be interviewing one of the main characters from My Brother’s Keeper, which was co-authored with the wonderful RD Solange.

This character’s name is Ciaran and he’s–Oh, here he is now. “Hi, Ci! I’m so glad you came.”

He [...]

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