{"id":1456,"date":"2017-01-30T11:16:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T11:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2017-01-30T11:16:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T11:16:57","slug":"interview-novelists-on-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=1456","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Novelists on Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Gillett of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastgrinsteadbookshop.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">East Grinstead Bookshop<\/a> interviewed me about my reading habits, as a child, growing up, and as a writer.\u00a0 It was interesting to reflect on what books I read, and why I read them.\u00a0 Thanks to Sarah for inviting me to be interviewed, and for framing her questions interestingly. It has to be said that good booksellers are some of the best people to talk to about literature; they&#8217;ve always read widely, and with enthusiasm and brains.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastgrinsteadbookshop.co.uk\/single-post\/2017\/01\/22\/Novelists-on-Novels-Douglas-Cowie\" target=\"_blank\">You can read the interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?attachment_id=1435\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1435\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1435\" src=\"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NOON-IN-PARIS_front-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NOON-IN-PARIS_front-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NOON-IN-PARIS_front-768x1181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NOON-IN-PARIS_front-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NOON-IN-PARIS_front.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Interview%3A%20Novelists%20on%20Novels\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Gillett of East Grinstead Bookshop interviewed me about my reading habits, as a child, growing up, and as a writer.\u00a0 It was interesting to reflect on what books I read, and why I read them.\u00a0 Thanks to Sarah for inviting me to be interviewed, and for framing her questions interestingly. 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