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Jeffrey Archer at the BBC’s World Book Club

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Sunday 12th March 2017

Jeffrey Archer is a writing dynamo. His books have sold a mind-blowing 300 million copies in 35 different languages and at 76 he’s still at the top of his game. I’ve just read all seven of his Clifton Chronicles series and was so gripped that the moment I finished one I immediately downloaded the next. The man is a storytelling maestro so when I heard that he was going to ...keep reading

Kathy Reichs on World Book Club

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Sunday 5th October 2014

Thriller writer Kathy Reichs is truly impressive. As well as working as a highly respected forensic anthropologist she teaches FBI agents to detect and recover human remains and frequently acts as an expert witness in court. You wouldn’t have thought she’d have time to fit in anything extra but over the last 17 years she has written 17 bestselling crime novels featuring Dr Temperance Brennan, otherwise known as Tempe. Her ...keep reading

John Grisham talks to the BBC’s World Book Club

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Sunday 17th March 2013

Like millions of other readers around the world, I’m a big John Grisham fan. So when I spotted that the US Embassy was hosting a recording of a World Book Club discussion with the great man himself I applied for tickets immediately. And guess what? I got them, so last week my daughter and I pitched up at the embassy’s imposing building in Grosvenor Square clutching our passports. Security, as ...keep reading