S5 Ep6 Sarah Hardy author of The Walled Garden

Journalist and author Sarah Hardy, author of THE WALLED GARDEN
Sarah chats about:

• How writing a letter to a newspaper led to her journalism career at Vogue.
• How redundancy led her to writing her first novel
• How journalism taught her the discipline of writing every day
• How her home was the inspiration for her historical fiction debut
• How she writes flawed characters hoping to evoke compassion for those we don’t agree with

Guest Author: Sarah Hardy Books: The Walled Garden by Sarah Hardy
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
Sarah’s recommendations:
A book for fans of Sarah’s work: South Riding by Winifred Holtby
A book Sarah has always loved:Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnon, The Towers of Trevisand by Rose McCauly
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: The Seal Woman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson
Other books discussed in this episode: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

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