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Colin Dexter at Winchester Discovery Centre
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| Colin Dexter at Winchester Discovery Centre |
A HANDFUL of Colin Dexter fans listened to the author talk at Winchester Discovery centre earlier today (Saturday June 28).
The 78 year-old writer of the Inspector Morse books was at the Jewry Street based centre as part of the 28th University of Winchester's Writer's Conference.
He had come into town for the tête-à-tête after giving a keynote address to the conference at the University of Winchester, off Romsey Road.
Mr Dexter invited his audience to gather intimately around him and he chatted and answered questions in a relaxed manner.
He said it took him two years to finish his longest Morse novel, Remorseful Day, and about how adapting his novels for the television series was far more restrictive than writing his books.
He also praised, arguably the greatest crime writer of all, Agatha Christie.
Mr Dexter said: "Agatha Christie had more imagination than all the crime writers had all together. She pulls the wool over your eyes from the first page. You don't know how she is doing it or why. She had a huge imagination."
The author added: "Unless you are a geneious, which I am not and Agatha Christie was, as a writer you tend to be semi auto biographical."
Mr Dexter revealed how he sung in a church choir as a young man, as Morse sings in a choir as a form of relaxation. He also said he had a soft spot for double malt whisky.
Organiser of the University of Winchester's Writer's Conference, Barbara Large, said: "We have over 600 people coming to the conference, not just from Winchester and Hampshire, but from all over the world who have come ti hone their creativity. Colin Dexter gave a wonderful talk.
"The idea was we would share Colin with the rest of Winchester and come to this lovely new building and meet some of his readers."
1:05pm Saturday 28th June 2008
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