Booker Prize Shortlisted author Paul Murray, author of THE BEE STING, THE MARK AND THE VOID, SKIPPY DIES and AN EVENING OF LONG GOODBYES.

Paul chats about:

• The role Ali Smith and John Boyne played in his journey to becoming an author
• How he writes all his longhand and how a first draft is a stack of loose sheets of paper
• Being careful about what you allow into your head when you are writing
• Whether he identifies as a writer of Family Sagas or State of The Nation novels
• The challenges and joys of writing multiperspective work

Guest Author: Paul Murray Books: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, The Mark and The Void by Paul Murray, Skippy Dies by Paul Murray, An Evening of Long Goodbyes by Paul Murray

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

Paul’s recommendations:
Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery, The Idiot by Elif Batuman, Either/Or by Elif Batuman, Soldier,Sailor by Claire Kilroy, Notes From An Apocalypse by Mark O’Connell, To Be A Machine by Mark O’Connell, A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell


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