He chats to Ramona Depares about spy novels, Valletta and juggling three different literary personas. It’s hard, and sometimes I have to fight myself not to add nuanced and multi-layered cultural references to the Jack Grimwood novels or gritty knife fights to literary novels. I’ve grown too lazy to do more than write novels and waste hours on social media arguing minor points of politics. On November 6 at 7pm John Grimwood will take part in Strange New Worlds, with Loranne Vella, Kali Wallace and Dave Rudden. Writer and translator Mark Anthony Fenech will be moderating the discussion on the role and perception of genre literature in the literary world.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 20, 2019 08:26 UTC