Man writes woman: The Ginger Tree

Writing a character is always a leap of the imagination, so is it any more of one to take on a member of the opposite sex? Maybe not, and I certainly haven’t had a problem withcreating and speaking for the odd romantic hero, but many years ago when I first read The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd I remember empathising so deeply with the heroine that I found it hard to believe her story had beenwritten by a man.

Now Bristol HNS have chosen the theme of ‘gender and character’ for a forthcoming meeti...