Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Philippa Gregory webcast II

This past Sunday I watched a live web cast of Philippa Gregory. It was an interesting way to present an author and more writers should try the same. It gives a whole new dimension to the worldwide tour. At the moment I have no statistics of how many actually watched the web cast, but for those who attended, it was certainly a great event.
Gregory gave a short introduction and then she opened up to the floor to questions from the audience in the studio as well as the audience on the web. The questions ranged anywhere from the craft of writing, to the specific of one book to which of her characters she would have been if she lived in Tudor England.

There were many questions about the upcoming films made from two of her books. In February The Other Boleyn Girl will have premiere and next autumn The queens fool will be released.

If you have ever read her books you notice that most of her characters are strong women, during times when women had no rights. You notice the commitment Gregory has for these kinds of characters. When she got the questions of who she would want to be in a past life, she determinedly said that she would not want to be born in any time period before the 1920s when women got the right to vote. If she had to choose one of her characters she would have picked Henry VIII during his best days in The constant Princess when he, young and handsome was at the height of his career.

Gregory is like her books, very sympathetic and I can’t wait for her newest books and the film to be released in Sweden.
Josefine

My recommendations: A respectable trade by Philippa Gregory.

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