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Episode Synopsis
On this first episode of The Writer and the Critic for 2022, your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, begin with an exciting announcement: Kirstyn will have some actual books being published this year! She's a writer again! Huzzah!
Ahem. The books up for discussion this month are When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut [6:08] and A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofal [52:35].
If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:18:15 for final remarks including a discussion about just what we mean when we say "novel" and why we might need to find some new words to describe long-form fiction.
Some helpful links for things mentioned in this episode:
Burnt Sugar and the Never Afters series by Kirstyn McDermott available from Brain Jar Press
You Tube: Doireann Ní Ghríofa introduces A Ghost in the Throat
Next month, the two books up on the slab will be:
The Wych Elm by Tana French
My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley
Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!
Ahem. The books up for discussion this month are When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut [6:08] and A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofal [52:35].
If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:18:15 for final remarks including a discussion about just what we mean when we say "novel" and why we might need to find some new words to describe long-form fiction.
Some helpful links for things mentioned in this episode:
Burnt Sugar and the Never Afters series by Kirstyn McDermott available from Brain Jar Press
You Tube: Doireann Ní Ghríofa introduces A Ghost in the Throat
Next month, the two books up on the slab will be:
The Wych Elm by Tana French
My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley
Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!
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