Clare Weze | 'It’s only latterly I’ve been making the characters whatever [I want them to be]'

"I like the hybridity of literature and science. They belong together, and they certainly belong together in my head,” says Clare Weze, a trained scientist whose début novel, The Lightning Catcher, combines her love for science with her skills as a fiction writer. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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[ The Guardian | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What Makes a True Atheist? PW Talks to John Gray

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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