S6 Ep4 Paul Murray author of The Bee Sting

Booker Prize Shortlisted author Paul Murray, author of THE BEE STING, THE MARK AND THE VOID, SKIPPY DIES and AN EVENING OF LONG GOODBYES.

Paul chats about:

• The role Ali Smith and John Boyne played in his journey to becoming an author
• How he writes all his longhand and how a first draft is a stack of loose sheets of paper
• Being careful about what you allow into your head when you are writing
• Whether he identifies as a writer of Family Sagas or State of The Nation novels
• The challenges and joys of writing multiperspective work

Guest Author: Paul Murray Books: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, The Mark and The Void by Paul Murray, Skippy Dies by Paul Murray, An Evening of Long Goodbyes by Paul Murray

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

Paul’s recommendations:
Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery, The Idiot by Elif Batuman, Either/Or by Elif Batuman, Soldier,Sailor by Claire Kilroy, Notes From An Apocalypse by Mark O’Connell, To Be A Machine by Mark O’Connell, A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell


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