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Simon Akam

@simonakam

Magazine journalist and author. Co-host @takenotesalways. “Always Take Notes: Advice From Some Of The World’s Greatest Writers” available now.

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Fascinating new episode of Always Take Notes with top literary agent Clare Alexander... lots of useful advice here as well as some hilarious anecdotes.

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Late to this one but nice to see Always Take Notes in Times Diary again, this time via our interview with Frederick Forsyth. Thanks for the mention Patrick Kidd ... thetimes.com/uk/society/art…

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Nice to see my book "The Changing of the Guard" brought up in parliament - thankyou Mark Francois hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-1…

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NEW EPISODE: Journalist and author Hannah Barnes (Hannah Barnes) speaks to Simon and Rachel about her book “Time to Think” about the Tavistock’s gender clinic, her work as an investigative journalist at the BBC, and not caring what people think about you. buff.ly/4112JPu

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NEW EPISODE: Novelist Tim Winton shares his wisdom about editing, language and character from an acclaimed writing career that’s ranged from children’s fiction to his latest novel, “⁠Juice⁠", set in a post-apocalyptic future ravaged by climate change. buff.ly/4gKx5ue

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I wrote for UnHerd on how different a possible Ukraine deployment may look from inside - as opposed to outside - the British army. Opportunity v. Obligation etc.

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Congratulations Sophie Elmhirst! It was our pleasure to interview Sophie in 2020 about her magazine writing, managing multiple commissions at once and covering subjects as diverse as millenial culture and the tampon business: alwaystakenotes.com/episodes/79-so…

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NEW EPISODE: Founder of Mill Media Joshi Herrmann Herrmann speaks to Simon and Rachel about how and why we can save local journalism, learning to call people’s bluff, what he learnt from his years as editor-in-chief of the The Tab and more. alwaystakenotes.com/episodes/210-j…

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While researching his novel “Caledonian Road”, Andrew O'Hagan spoke to nearly every kind of Londoner – from oligarchs to the young people caught up in gang violence. In our latest episode, he tells us how he gains the trust of his sources. alwaystakenotes.com/episodes/212-a…

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NEW EPISODE: Novelist and academic Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about his Pulitzer prize-winning novel “The Sympathizer”, his politics and the literary representations of Vietnamese people he encountered growing up as a refugee in the US. alwaystakenotes.com/episodes/216-v…