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Graham Norton has been rather busy lately.\xa0

When he\u2019s not hosting his number one show, a new season of which will be airing shortly, he\u2019s continuing his budding career as an author.\xa0

His latest novel is called \u2018Frankie\u2019, a decades-sweeping story about love, bravery, and what it means to live a significant life.\xa0

This novel required some research to ensure the accuracy of the world, which Norton wasn\u2019t entirely sure he\u2019d enjoy.\xa0

\u201cWould it be a bit like homework? And turns out, I did enjoy it,\u201d he told Mike Hosking.\xa0

\u201cI think the key part was that I was writing about worlds that I was interested in.\u201d\xa0

\u201cTo do kind of the deep dive reading, I found it all fascinating.\u201d\xa0

Since the two last talked, Norton had quit working in radio, something he\u2019d done for 13 years, focusing more on his writing.\xa0

\u201cTo have my weekends back, I\u2019m just seeing it as the evolution of Graham Norton not doing anything at the weekend,\u201d he told Hosking.\xa0

\u201cMaybe there\u2019s a bit of, I\u2019m taking the books more seriously. I think I\u2019m getting better.\u201d\xa0

\u2018Frankie\u2019 is Norton\u2019s fifth novel, and the one he enjoyed writing the most, he revealed. The novel also seems to be landing with readers in a different way.\xa0

\u201cSome seem more enthused about this book than they have others.\u201d\xa0

\u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d\xa0

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