Francis Spufford

01/08/2021 29 min
Francis Spufford

Listen "Francis Spufford"

Episode Synopsis

Author Francis Spufford discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.
Francis Spufford’s novel Light Perpetual has been longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. His first novel Golden Hill was published in 2016 and won the Costa First Novel Award.He is the author of five celebrated books of non-fiction. The most recent, Unapologetic, has been translated into three languages; the one before, Red Plenty, into nine. In 2007 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He teaches creative writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

The leafy hills of South London https://www.southlondonclub.co.uk/blog/2016/10/14/8-secret-leafy-getaways-to-visit-this-autumn-in-south-london


The Pilot G-Tec C4 fine-line pen https://www.penandpaper.co.uk/product/pilot-microtip-rollerball-g-tec-c4/


Crisp Green Williams pears sliced thin, and eaten with Italian blue cheese https://www.bertolli.co.uk/recipes/warm-pearblue-cheese-crostini-180506


The works of Elizabeth Knox https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/25/the-absolute-book-by-elizabeth-knox-review-an-instant-classic


The Church of England https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-defence-of-the-church-of-england


The entire genre of science fiction https://www.salon.com/1999/05/25/sfdefense/

This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

More episodes of the podcast Better Known

Dean Koontz 11/01/2026
Ryan Gingeras 04/01/2026
Pete Brown 14/12/2025
Sandy Pentland 07/12/2025
Jaime Davila 30/11/2025
400th episode 23/11/2025
Sasha Butler 02/11/2025