“When you spend all day working with words, sometimes you can articulate things that others are feeling in a way that a dry political approach cannot. That is the role of the creative writer, the poet, and the novelist. They can engage at the human level, touch people, move people and inspire people to take action.” Blake Morrison.
This year, Blake chaired a deeply revealing conversation with the great American storyteller Richard Ford at International Pen’s FREE THE WORD festival. On the closing night – a celebration of revolutionary writing – he read an electrifying excerpt from his latest novel, The Last Weekend. I met up with Blake in the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank to discuss the festival, International Pen and the political role of writers. You can read the interview here.
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