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Margaret Forster / James Herbert
(The Write Stuff)
Thriller writer Robert Ludlum also appears on the weekly Ulster Television book programme.
Anne Robinson introduces us to highlights of the programme ahead and then visits author Margaret Forster to discuss her new book, Have the Men Had Enough? She talks about how she dealt with issues surrounding dementia with her mother-in-law by exploring the themes in the novel. She says that one of the reasons she wrote the book was to start a debate about legislation and care for the elderly in society.
Anne then walks us through the UK Top Ten Non-Fiction Hardback Chart. Reporter Richard Barber travels to Florida to talk to thriller writer Robert Ludlum. He talks about the Salman Rushdie death threat and his desire to keep writing as he enjoys it so much, but recoils from the thought of ever writing an autobiography.
Anne visits the London home of horror writer, James Herbert. He talks about how his new novel, Haunted, is much more of a traditional ghost story than his normal horror novels. He also shares that while he is cynical about certain aspects of the supernatural, he is still a believer that there is something to it all.
The celebrity reviewer for the week is royal correspondent James Whitaker who casts his eye over several recent royal biographies. Anne finishes the programme with a look at the UK Top Ten Paperback Fiction Chart.
The Write Stuff was a weekly round-up of the world of books, authors and publishing and was a contribution from Ulster Television to the ITV network's daytime schedules. Each week, presenter Anne Robinson and reporter Richard Barber interviewed prominent authors, sought out celebrities for the latest books they'd read and ran through the weekly book charts.
Take a trip back in time to the literary landscape of the 1980s, full of spy and romantic blockbusters, in this series made for Channel 4 and presented by Henry Kelly and Anne Robinson.
Think Top of the Pops for the book world. For two series, this Channel 4 look at the world of 1980s literature, made by Green Apple/UTV, gave viewers the chart countdown for both fiction and non-fiction interspersed with interviews with the top authors of the day. Hosted by Henry Kelly for the first series and Anne Robinson for the second, The Write Stuff visited authors both in the UK and the USA to gain insights into their crafts or even just for juicy details on stars being covered by biographers.
Lovers of books will find much to fascinate them here, with bestselling authors of yesteryear interviewed in their prime, from Jeffrey Archer to Clive Barker and from Ruby Wax to Jackie Collins. How many of the titles featured have lasted the course of popular and critical acclaim? Indulge yourself in this literary series to find out.
