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 novelHow journalism taught her the discipline of writing every dayHow her home was the inspiration for her historical fiction debutHow 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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