An evening with M.C. Beaton

MC Beaton is the popular and prolific author of both the Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin series of novels and a New York Times bestseller. Following an early career as a journalist, she wrote over 100 Regency romances before eventually turning to crime.

In April 2010 we held an evening with MC Beaton in the Central Library. You can listen to the conversation below:

An evening with MC Beaton 1 - Marion talks about her many pseudonyms and genres.
Recording time - 3 minutes 55 seconds
File format MPEG (mp3) - 3.5MB

An evening with MC Beaton 2 - murder methods and growing up in Glasgow.
Recording time - 4 minutes 52 seconds
File format MPEG (mp3) - 4.4MB

An evening with MC Beaton 3 - career as a journalist and the crossover between fiction and journalism.
Recording time - 3 minutes 56 seconds
File format MPEG (mp3) - 3.6MB

An evening with MC Beaton 4 - the writing process, reading for pleasure and Agatha Raisin.
Recording time - 5 minutes 29 seconds
File format MPEG (mp3) - 5MB

An evening with MC Beaton 5 - adaptations of her work.
Recording time - 3 minutes 3 seconds
File format MPEG (mp3) - 3.2MB

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