Sarah Bower's guest appearances

Sarah Bower

The Writing Life

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Sarah Ardizzone

Chris Gribble

Elvira Dones

Megan Abbott

Peter James

Will Harris

Anthony Horowitz

Elif Shafak

John Boyne

Ian Rankin

Joanna Penn

Jackie Kay

Mohsin Hamid

Bernardine Evaristo

Ali Smith

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Valur Gunnarsson

Icelandic writer Valur Gunnarsson joins Sarah Bower to discuss his work, with a focus on alternate histories. He is best known as a writer of creative historical fiction; his first novel was a Viking fantasy and his third an alternative history where the Germans invade Iceland in World War II. Meanwhile, his second novel was a piece of autofiction set in the aftermath of the economic collapse of 2008. His fourth book, Bjarmalönd, is set in the former Soviet Union. He also co-founded Grapevine magazine and has made three albums and a poetry book.  Valur was in town virtually as part of our Imagining the City residencies, which you can find out about here: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/imagining-the-city/ Meanwhile, Simon and Steph get over-excited about recording the first podcast IN DRAGON HALL since March 2020. While some Covid-19 rules remain in place, this week marks the first public event held in the building since the start of lockdown. As such, the centre is a hive of activity - as you'll hear in the background of this episode. We're also launching the City of Literature programme as part of the Norfolk &amp; Norwich Festival this week. Find out all about it and book your (FREE!) tickets here: http://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/cityoflit-21/  Hosted by Simon Jones and Steph McKenna Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/3G39dRW Find out more about what we do: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/  Music by Bennet Maples.

Icelandic writer Valur Gunnarsson joins Sarah Bower to discuss his work, with a focus on alternate histories. He is best known as a writer of creative historical fiction; his first novel was a Viking fantasy and his third an alternative history where the Germans invade Iceland in World War II. Meanwhile, his second novel was a piece of autofiction set in the aftermath of the economic collapse of 2008. His fourth book, Bjarmalönd, is set in the former Soviet Union. He also co-founded Grapevine magazine and has made three albums and a poetry book.  Valur was in town virtually as part of our Imagining the City residencies, which you can find out about here: <a href="https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/imagining-the-city/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/imagining-the-city/</a> Meanwhile, Simon and Steph get over-excited about recording the first podcast IN DRAGON HALL since March 2020. While some Covid-19 rules remain in place, this week marks the first public event held in the building since the start of lockdown. As such, the centre is a hive of activity - as you'll hear in the background of this episode. We're also launching the City of Literature programme as part of the Norfolk &amp; Norwich Festival this week. Find out all about it and book your (FREE!) tickets here: <a href="http://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/cityoflit-21/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/cityoflit-21/</a> Hosted by Simon Jones and Steph McKenna Join our Discord community: <a href="https://discord.gg/3G39dRW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/3G39dRW</a> Find out more about what we do: <a href="https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/</a> Music by Bennet Maples.

Valur Gunnarsson & Sarah Bower on writing alternate histories

Conversation between Sarah Bower (Norwich Centre for Writing) and Sarah Ardizzone (French Translator) about translation mentorship at the British Centre for Literary Translation

Sarah Ardizzone in conversation with Sarah Bower