S5 Ep8 Elizabeth McKenzie author of The Dog Of The North

Elizabeth McKenzie, author of THE PORTABLE VEBLEN & the Women’s Prize Longlisted THE DOG OF THE NORTH which is an hilarious and epic road trip novel about family and finding yourself when your life has fallen apart
Elizabeth chats about:

• How exaggerating when she was studying journalism made her realise that fiction was the route her writing should take
• Why working in publishing was the best training for being an author herself
• How the notebook of rejections she kept is something she still uses in her teaching now
• How although her first book was sold as a ‘novel’ she actually wrote it as a collection of short stories
• How drawing on personal details and family history helps to draw her extraordinary characters because truth is stranger than fiction

Guest Author: Elizabeth McKenzie Twitter: @elmckenzie1 Books: THE DOG OF THE NORTH & THE PORTABLE VEBLEN
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
Elizabeth’s recommendations:
A book for fans of Elizabeth’s work: Avalon by Nell Zink
A book Elizabeth has always loved: The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss, The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro, The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: Same Bed, Different Dreams by Ed Park
Other books discussed in this episode: The Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank

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