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Word-lover interview: Susan Purcell of The Virtual Linguist

19th Aug 2014

Meet Susan Purcell, the latest in our series of word lover interviews. Susan writes at The Virtual Linguist, and speaks and writes French, German and Russian as well as English. What is your favourite language?Out of those I have studied as a foreign language,… Read More

Word-lover interview: Nic Subtirelu of Linguistic Pulse

11th Aug 2014

Word-lovers abound in the Collins Dictionary community, and so we’re running an interview series with some of the ones we’re lucky enough to count as friends of the blog. We’re delighted to speak to Nic Subtirelu, who runs Linguistic Pulse and is interested in the… Read More

Word-lover interview: Andrew Taylor, crime and historical novelist

5th Aug 2014

We’re very pleased to introduce our first fiction author to the word-lover interview series; Andrew has published over 20 books in the crime and historical genre. His new book, The Silent Boy, is published on the 28th of August. You can read more about Andrew’s… Read More

Word-lover interview: Yousuf AlBader

30th Jul 2014

Word-lovers abound in the Collins Dictionary community, and so we’re running an interview series with some of the ones we’re lucky enough to count as friends of the blog. Following our interviews with Lynne Murphy of Separated By A Common Language, Tim Gorichanaz from ScratchTap… Read More

Word-lover interview: Bruce Holsinger, author and scholar

30th Jun 2014

We’ve been speaking to Bruce Holsinger, who as well as being a successful novelist, is also Professor of English at the University of Virginia, where he teaches courses on medieval and modern literature. You can read more about Bruce and his work at www.bruceholsinger.com as well as… Read More

Word-lover interview: Tim Gorichanaz of ScratchTap

19th Jun 2014

Word-lovers abound in the Collins Dictionary community, and so we’ve kicked off an interview series with some of the ones we’re lucky enough to count as friends of the blog. Following our interview with Lynne Murphy of Separated By A Common Language, we’re delighted to… Read More

Word-lover interview: Lynne Murphy of Separated By A Common Language

4th Jun 2014

Word-lovers abound in the Collins Dictionary community, and so here begins an interview series with some of the ones we’re lucky enough to count as friends of the blog. Lynne Murphy blogs at Separated By A Common Language and tweets as @lynneguist. She’s… Read More