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May 20 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
📚Welcome to the inaugural Santa Fe Literary Festival...

#santafeliteraryfestival @SantaFeLiterary
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From Margaret Atwood to John Grisham, George RR Martin to Don Winslow, the biggest names in literature are gathering in New Mexico
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@JohnGrisham talks about the real-life moment that inspired ‘A Time to Kill’, why innocent people are still being locked up, and what aspiring thriller writers need to get right in chapter one
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@GRRMspeaking gives his advice on how to make it as a writer independent.co.uk/tv/culture/geo…
How a new literary festival was founded with some of the world’s biggest authors independent.co.uk/santa-fe-liter…

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