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Laura Fraine profiles the best local writing talent every month in The Journal.
- 6 July 2012Helen StephensLaura Fraine meets children's author and illustrator Helen Stephensview
- 6 July 2012Rebecca JenkinsAs the country gears up to welcome the 2012 London Olympics, Teesdale author Rebecca Jenkins is releasing a new edition of her book, The First London Olympics 1908. Laura Fraine meets the authorview
- 6 July 2012Anne RylandPoet Anne Ryland discusses her second collection, The Unmothering Class, with Laura Fraineview
- 26 March 2012Fiona EvansAs her new play, Geordie Sinatra, prepares to open at Live Theatre, Laura Fraine meets the playwright, Fiona Evansview
- 26 March 2012Paul MagrsFollowing the launch of a brilliant new novel, 666 Charing Cross Road, Laura Fraine meets the author, Paul Magrsview
- 26 March 2012Karen Charlton Laura Fraine meets the author of Northumbrian historical novel, Catching the Eagleview
- 19 October 2011Stephanie Butland Laura Fraine meets blogger, tweeter and writer Stephanie Butland, whose first book, How I said Bah! to cancer: a guide to thinking, laughing, living and dancing your way through, is out now and published by Hay House.view
- 12 October 2011Valerie LawsValerie Laws is best known as the writer who spray-painted poetry on sheep. The Quantum Sheep project in 2002 brought her international fame, and though Valerie has written all her life, it is only in the last ten years she has considered herself a full-time writer.view
- 15 July 2011Liz AtkinSitting on park benches and in shopping centres; walking though streets and riding the Metro, Liz Atkin singles in on the individual characters that together make up Newcastle’s city life. She says Cityskin, her collection of 1,000 written portraits, is ‘more of an art project than a book… I tried to create visual images with words.’view
- 12 July 2011Linda Robinson and David TarnIt was a chance meeting at a school reunion where Linda Robinson and David Tarn, old classmates from Northfield School in Billingham, discovered a common interest.view
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