http://www.ft.com/arts/books/smalltalkhttp://www.ft.com/rss/arts/books/smalltalkFT.com -Arts & weekend, Books - Small Talken© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:25:55 +0000Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:29:47 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/arts/books/smalltalk(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/23241ab2-d56d-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fbooks%2Fsmalltalkhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/23241ab2-d56d-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlWhat am I most proud of writing? 'Imaginary Life'. If you're lucky as a writer you get one 'gift' book where you break through into a different kind of writingFri, 20 Nov 2009 23:25:55 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/e10cc9b8-d01b-11de-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fbooks%2Fsmalltalkhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e10cc9b8-d01b-11de-a8db-00144feabdc0.htmlWhat is the strangest thing I've done when researching a book? For 'The Poisonwood Bible' I spent an afternoon in the venomous reptiles house of Cincinnati ZooFri, 13 Nov 2009 23:34:23 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/a86e90dc-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fbooks%2Fsmalltalkhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a86e90dc-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlWho is my perfect reader? I don't think one person would fit the bill. If I had known there was a perfect reader I would have put an ad in The Lady and saved myself a lot of botherFri, 6 Nov 2009 23:28:10 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/eb1665d8-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fbooks%2Fsmalltalkhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/eb1665d8-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlWhat does it mean to be a writer? It means both complete freedom and absolute discomfort. I can never settle because of the freedom it gives meFri, 30 Oct 2009 23:37:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/5ea126e8-bf65-11de-a696-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fbooks%2Fsmalltalkhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5ea126e8-bf65-11de-a696-00144feab49a.htmlWhat am I most proud of writing? My first novel, 'Death of a River Guide,' because writing it was so hard and seemingly so doomed, and the publication of it freed meSat, 24 Oct 2009 00:46:32 +0100