Alan Garner

Write-Off with Francesca Steele by Francesca Steele

Jan 26, 202346:26Arts

Last year, Alan Garner became the oldest person ever to be shortlisted for the Booker prize, at the age of 87, for his novel Treacle Walker. Alan has been writing novels and other books for more than 60 years, many of th...

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