Author interview: ‘Writing is exploration, as opposed to experiment’

Adrian Duncan's freestyle approach to writing is very much antithetical to that of his previous job as a structural engineer
Author interview: ‘Writing is exploration, as opposed to experiment’

Adrian Duncan: 'When you’re an engineer, you have to deduce and plan everything because you don’t want mistakes, whereas in art, mistakes aren’t a problem.'

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025 - 15:00
Marjorie Brennan

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