Patricia Forde

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460 appearances 4 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 5d ago

Patricia Forde’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Then the publisher finds an illustrator.

And then the art editor in that house will deal with Paddy.

And the text editor will deal with me.

And it's actually a good idea because they're kind of like the referee.

Otherwise, it could come down to personality.

You know, when the publisher rings me and says, Trish, Paddy wants to do a bigger picture there.

Could you lose a couple of sentences?

Now, if Paddy and I were talking over a pint, I might be saying, well, now, listen, make the picture a bit smaller, love.

But when it's the publisher, it's easier.

But it doesn't happen, weirdly.

They are incredibly intuitive illustrators.

They get the hints from the text.

And I've never really looked at a book, I looked at the pictures and thought, oh, I'm disappointed in that.

It's always, you're surprised.

You're surprised at what they bring, what they add that you didn't think of.

That's incredible.

No, it doesn't really.

They seem to know what's in your head.

The good ones, they absolutely know what you're thinking about.

Now, that was a strange book because I sold it on a false premise.

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