If I have to go back to school, I want Claire McFall to be my English teacher.
She is such fun, and so cheerful, and doesn’t hesitate to ruin Othello if the syllabus demands it.
I have to admit that Claire proves I am wrong in preferring to interview authors whose work I know well. When I met her I had only read half of Ferryman – the book that went to China and was a huge success. And China does seem to be the way to go. Maybe the country could change the fates of more British YA, and children’s, authors.
So here, only two months late, is our conversation over cookies and juice (yes, really) at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, with Claire’s thoughts on China and how to get school pupils to write.
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