Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive.
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I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there.Helen Dunmore
The poets whom I knew then were all men and all seemed dauntingly sure of themselves - although I am sure that really they were as uncertain as I was.
Helen Dunmore
However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition.
Helen Dunmore
I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.
Helen Dunmore
I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing.
Helen Dunmore
Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present.
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