For several years I wrote book reviews and conducted interviews for SFX magazine, starting with the Iain Banks interview in the very first issue. If you've seen the publicity photograph showing Iain poised at a cast iron gate, about to walk away, that was taken at the every end of the day after the photographer had kept us on top of Colton Hill in the howling wind for the whole interview and kept begging for one last shot. Courteous to the end, Iain stopped one last time and then strode away. I was also invited to write the programme notes for the Newcastle Playhouse production of The Wasp Factory. Despite having known him for many years, I still haven't managed to persuade anyone to have me interview Bryan Talbot.
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