January Book Club with Grace Murray: Campus Novels, Deception & Penguin's WriteNow Scheme

Welcome back to our first Book Club episode of 2026, this month Hannah spoke to debut author Grace Murray about her novel Blank Canvas. They discuss how Grace balanced work, studies & writing this novel, writing advice for budding writers & her experience of being on Penguin's WriteNow scheme. They also discuss chat through campus novels, writers that inspire Grace, lies and deception and so much more. 
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Books & other mentions in this episode: 
The Difficult Ghost: Searching For Truman Capote by Leila Guerriero
Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Mrs. S by K. Patrick
Small Rain by Garth Greenwell
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Heated Rivalry (NowTV)

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