My guest today is Matson Taylor, author of Richard and Judy Bookclub pick THE MISEDUCATION OF EVIE EPWORTH about a young woman coming of age in the late 60's in rural Yorkshire and the follow-up novel, set ten years later, ALL ABOUT EVIE where Evie is finding out what living in the London she has always dreamed of is really like- both books are published by Simon & Schuster.

Matson chats about:

his work as a design historian at the V&A and how that fed into the Evie bookswriting through decades and writing funny stories about serious thingsthe fact that his first book is set home county of Yorkshire the issues with writing dialect

how, though there is another Evie book planned, his next novel will be breaking away from the trilogy and heading to Rome

Guest: Matson Taylor  Twitter: @matson_taylor_ IG: @matson_taylor_Books:The Miseducation of Evie Epworth by Matson Taylor & All About Evie by Matson Taylor

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer  Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023. Available to pre-order now!)

Matson’s recommendations:

A book for fan’s of Matson’s work: Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe, Behind The Scenes at the Museum by Matson Taylor

A book Matson has always loved: Collected Stories by Katherine Mansfield, The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield

A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: House Arrest by Alan Bennett, Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah

Other books discussed in this episode: Okay Then That's Great by Susannah Wise, Henry and June by Anais Nin

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