Welcome to Listening Books', 'Ask the Author' with Stephen Fry, where we put your questions to our wonderful patron Stephen Fry.

We asked members and followers of Listening Books what they would ask Stephen if they could ask him anything. Here are just a selection of the best questions. Hear Stephen talk about narrating Harry Potter, his favourite word and all things writing and books!

Questions are:
Do you have a favourite word? (00:23)
Who would you cast as Jeeves and Wooster for a new series? (00:18)
Is the word hopefully grammatically correct? (02:32)
Now we are older, does our response to bullying have to change? (04:17)
Do you think antidepresents dull creativity? (06:52)
What has made you happiest in the past month? (08:33)
Do you plan what to write in advance? (10:06)
What's the first book that really left a mark? (13:14)
Was it more difficult to read the later Harry Potter books after they became a worldwide phenomenon? (15:53)
What was the hardest part about narrating the Harry Potter audiobooks? (19:36)
If you could time travel and meet an author in their own time, who would you choose and why? (21:35)
Is there any hope for an expanded or second volume of Mythos? (24:00)
Do you enjoy performing audiobooks? (25:46)

Huge thanks to Stephen for taking part. If you like the video please give us a thumbs up and subscribe, as we will be publishing more 'Ask the Author' videos straight to this channel. Also follow us on social media to see who we will be talking to next, it could be your questions that get chosen!

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