CS Lewis, Susanna Clarke and George MacDonald. Three of my most beloved writers, each of whom influenced the other in a line descending from the 19th to the 21st century. We would have such a magical discussion!
Two of them would be the Coen brothers because I love the freedom in their plots and their wonderful dialogue. The third would be CS Lewis because he takes me home.
I am writing a novel set in three countries of the British Empire, Inda, Kenya and England. It covers caste, culture, race, religion, ethnicity, identity, and nationality. George Orwell had written his Burmese Days which also covers these subjects, and I would love to have a chat with him. Another Kenyan writer is Ngugi wa Thing’o. Third writer would be Elspeth Huxley who wrote The Flame Trees of Thika.
Wu Cheng'en (author of 'Journey to the West'), Arundhati Roy (author of 'The God of Small Things'), and Ferdowsi Tusi (poet who composed 'Shahnameh'). Their books filled my childhood with joy and fired up my imagination.
Andrew Miller, Maggie O' Farrell, Daphne du Maurier, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Ooh, I wonder how they'll get on...
Ernest Hemingway and Jack Kerouac to get the party started and Mary Ann Evans to inject some decorum and good manners - if possible.
CS Lewis, Susanna Clarke and George MacDonald. Three of my most beloved writers, each of whom influenced the other in a line descending from the 19th to the 21st century. We would have such a magical discussion!
Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and Beatrix Potter. A reason to get the China out!
The most important guest would be Anton Chekhov, then Jacques Prevert, the great French poet, and Rainer Maria Rilke. If only I could!
Two of them would be the Coen brothers because I love the freedom in their plots and their wonderful dialogue. The third would be CS Lewis because he takes me home.
I am writing a novel set in three countries of the British Empire, Inda, Kenya and England. It covers caste, culture, race, religion, ethnicity, identity, and nationality. George Orwell had written his Burmese Days which also covers these subjects, and I would love to have a chat with him. Another Kenyan writer is Ngugi wa Thing’o. Third writer would be Elspeth Huxley who wrote The Flame Trees of Thika.
Xenophon, Lucretius, Mary Renault. Once Sappho and Alcibiades with the flute girls arrived the party could really get going.
Jenny Colgan, PG Wodehouse and Lissa Evans. Don’t we all need good humour?
Hunter S Thomson, James Joyce and St Paul...
Dave Barry, Caitlin Moran and Val McDermid, Dave and Caitlin for the comedy and Val for the diamond banter
Malcolm Lowry, Ray Bradbury and Thomas Pynchon. They taught me how to speak the language I was given.
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Mark Twain, David Niven and P.G. Wodehouse. You wouldn't fail to laugh in their company.
Wu Cheng'en (author of 'Journey to the West'), Arundhati Roy (author of 'The God of Small Things'), and Ferdowsi Tusi (poet who composed 'Shahnameh'). Their books filled my childhood with joy and fired up my imagination.
Have the writers got to be alive or dead writers can also be invited?
Either! ☺️