Oct 25, 2021
Charlie and Rosie Travers (The Theatre Of Dreams) discuss writing novels set amongst the working class of the south coast, Art Deco buildings we've lost and those we've saved, and the sporting professional heroine publishers rejected.
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My post on The Theatre of Dreams'
first book launch
Lee-On-Solent
Pictures and memories of Old Lee
Tower
Reading Room Lane, Curdridge (Google
Maps)
The De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill
The Midland Hotel, Morcambe
Bay
The Facebook page for the campaign
to save The Floral Hall, Belfast Zoo
Question Index
00:36 As writers do you've always written but
you got into it more seriously when living in California and The
Netherlands. Can you tell us about your publication journey?
02:52 Why have you decided to relaunch The Theatre
of Dreams?
04:57 This story was somewhat inspired by Old Lee
Tower in Lee-On-Solent?
06:27 Could you have set this book in a real
place; would it have worked for you?
08:21 Lee-On-Solent was going to become either a
resort or residential, and ultimately it became residential. Do you
think that was the right decision?
13:04 Is either of these two characters more
important than the other?
14:03 Was it difficult working with such a large
cast of characters?
15:31 Was setting the book amongst so many working
class characters important for you?
16:55 Where does Tara in fit in terms of her being
a celebrity?
18:54 Have we lost many buildings of the sort you
write about?
20:27 Have you ever been involved in a campaign to
save a building?
21:09 Was the mystery of Jez's death always going
to be a part of the book?
22:59 What was the element you wanted to leave
your readers with at the end?
24:17 A Crisis At Clifftops - you found it
difficult to get published because of the heroine's career?...
Purchase Links
The Theatre Of Dreams:
Amazon UK
Amazon US
Amazon Canada
A Crisis At Clifftops:
Amazon UK
Amazon US
Amazon Canada
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Photograph used with the permission of the author.