And I do a lot of speaking. And then a theatre producer said: Have you ever thought of doing a one-woman show? So I thought, why not give it a go?’ Chris Power discusses a year in books and gets some seasonal recommendations from Ellah Wakatama and Kate Mosse, as well as looking forward to new releases. It’s impressive. I don’t just mean it’s impressive that such a fantastic night is on the cards. But that this woman – a multi-million-selling author, OBE; famed for novels such as the Languedoc Trilogy – should be launching her first ever one-woman show.

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