‘Sweetness and Light’ takes us into the back story of the two main characters at the start, so of course we are primed to watch what happens when they meet. Each is broken in their own way – physically, and emotionally, and Liam throws them into the disorientating setting of an ashram hidden deep in a forest in India and throws in a drug deal gone awry to thicken the plot.
Liam Pieper Interview
To hear Liam read from ‘Sweetness and Light’ go to the Narratives Library here. (Please scroll down page to ‘P’)
Nichola Hamilton has lived with this terrible disorder for most of her life. She has had countless surgical procedures and swallowed probably truckloads of different drugs to help her live a relatively normal life. Through all this she has remained cheerful ( most days) and determined that she will not be limited or defined by this disease. Through many health obstacles she has written an handbook for those who have been diagnosed or are living with Crohn’s, and for those who live with them. It sets out the options for treatment, ways of coping and just simple encouragement that there is life possible even after radical surgery.
A beautifully written novel that is based on one single imaginary starting point- what was life like for the the wife of the eponymous hero of Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’? Although Gulliver was fictional, Lauren Chater’s book is firmly grounded in her research of the reality of day today existence for women in this period- and particularly the extraordinary niche occupied by midwives.
Lauren Chater Interview
Author Lauren Chater
Lauren Chater is in the Narratives Library. To hear her read from the book click here. (Scroll down to ‘C’ on the page)
Next week , a truly inspiring story and really useful reference book – Nichola Hamilton’s ‘Living with Crohn’s Disease’
Born in the UK but now a full time resident of Australia, Thriller writer L. A Larkin writes fast paced, action novels with an environmental theme. Her previous three novels – The Genesis Flaw, Thirst, and Devour all examined the ways in which money and technology and criminal activity are impacting on the environment- her fourth latest book ‘Prey’ takes her heroine Olivia Wolfe, to South Africa where she digs down deep into the illegal rhino horn trade.But first we are going to hear Louisa herself reading from ‘Prey’
L.A Larkin reads from her latest novel ‘Prey’
Author L.A Larkin
Read &Interview on ‘Prey’ with L.A Larkin
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