EP136: John McGhie – Writing Living History

John McGhie has been an investigative journalist for the BBC and Channel 4 News and was the Observer’s political correspondent, and his debut novel White Highlands looks at the Mau Mau and a dark period in history.

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PODCAST

In this episode you will discover…

The pros and cons of adapting recent history into fiction
The challenges writing a story set in two time periods
The essential resources for writing historical fiction
The challenges of cultural appropriation

Here are some of the links we talked about in the show…

John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/odinsman
John’s website: https://johnnymcghieauthor.wordpress.com
John’s novel White Highlands: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34809871-white-highlands
John’s documentary White terror: https://johnnymcghieauthor.wordpress.com/2018/03/28/film-that-inspired-the-book/
Our episode with entertainment lawyers where we discuss literary law, privacy, libel and defamation: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep32-legal-eagles/

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