(7pm Thursday 25 March, Sheldonian) - Family event
Screenwriter and bestselling novelist Anthony Horowitz will be in conversation with Paul Blezard about his writing for television and for young people. He will offer behind-the-scenes insights into the acclaimed five-part ITV mini-series, Collision and into his writing for the wartime detective series Foyle's War. Celebrated for his books about teenage superspy Alex Rider, the first of which, Stormbreaker, was filmed starring Alex Pettifer, Horowitz will reveal, for instance, why he is proudest of his Power of Five series of novels, and why he names his villains after his schoolteachers ...
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