IAN MORTIMER

Audio interviews available online

• Podcast of a short lecture on the differences and similarities beteen history and historical fiction, 18 November 2011 (part of the Novel Approaches conference at the Institute of Historical Research)
• Interview about historical fiction with Kathryn Hadley, 26 May 2011 (History Today)
• Interview about 1415 with Jason McCrossan, 24 June 2010 (Link 92.2FM: The Late Show)
• Interview about 1415 with George Miller, 25 Feb 2010
• Podcast for 1415, September 2009 (Blackwells/podularity.com)
• 'Excess Baggage', 3 October 2009 (BBC)
• 'The Book Show', 17 February 2009 (Radio National Australia)
• BBC History downloads. These are freely available via Itunes: interviews about The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England and 1415: Henry V's Year of Glory appear under October 2008 and October 2009 respectively.

Video interviews available online

• Panel session, 'Novel Approaches: The differences and similarities between historical fiction and academic history' at the Institute of Historical Research, London (2011) (Youtube). I have to say, I was not feeling great that day, as I explained in my write-up for the Society of Authors about the whole conference.
• Ways with Words, Dartington, July 2011 (Telegraph)
• Appledore Festival, October 2009 (Youtube)
• 'The Real Knights of the Round table' - a Time Team Special (C4 on demand). NB this is the whole programme; about five excerpts include Ian speaking, starting about 1/3 of the way in.

Written interviews available online

• Interview with the editor of Historically Speaking, Donald A. Yerxa (2010)
• Interview with medievalists.net (2009)
• Interview for the Richard III Society (2008)
• Interview at The Book Depository (2007)

For interviews as James Forrester see the James Forrester website

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