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I once fell for Boris’s charm – I won’t make the same mistake again

29 June 2019

9:00 AM

29 June 2019

9:00 AM

Someone should write a guide to the best literary festivals. Sydney and Auckland would certainly be there, along with Sri Lanka, Jaipur and Dubai. Later this year I’m off to Mumbai and I’ve been invited to Mandalay. I swear there are writers who never actually have time to write any more, they spend so much of the year shuffling around all these exotic places.

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