Molly Aitken's guest appearances

Molly Aitken

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Sarah Knight

Tennessee Williams

Patti Smith

Julia Roberts

Jess Phillips

Dorothy Koomson

Emma Kennedy

Katy Brand

Clare Balding

Cerys Matthews

Malorie Blackman

Hugh Grant

Sarah Solemani

Margaret Thatcher

Bryony Gordon

OwlTail

Conor O'Callaghan

Enter the scintillating world of severed heads and banana delivery logistics, as we sit side by side with award winning guests Molly Aitkin, author of The Island Child, and Conor O’Callaghan, author of We Are Not In The World. Joining hosts Letty Butler and Stephen Mellor, as they respond live, against the clock, to a series of writing prompts, as well as discussing the highs and lows and challenges of being a writer, how to haunt your readers, and why it is so hard to say ‘I’m a writer.’ Oh, and Conor disrupts the prompts with the most succinct response to the 3 minute prompt ever.In this episode the pre-prepared prompt was taken from the twitter account @itstimetowrite, and was ‘go to your bookshelf, pull out a red book, turn to page 32, the first noun on the page is your character’s worse fear, the last word is their best defence.’ The live three minute prompt was ‘someone keeps sending you severed heads of birds.’ The final one minute prompt was ‘describe an orange to someone who’s never seen one.’ Why not have a go at the prompts yourself (but don’t forget to time yourself, and try not to cheat, lol) and send us your own responses at prompetyprompt@gmail.com or via twitter.com/prompetyprompt &amp; instagram.com/prompetyprompt A Cornucopia Radio productionCo-created &amp; Produced by Letty Butler and Stephen MellorBased on an original idea by Stephen Mellor. 

Enter the scintillating world of severed heads and banana delivery logistics, as we sit side by side with award winning guests Molly Aitkin, author of The Island Child, and Conor O’Callaghan, author of We Are Not In The World. Joining hosts Letty Butler and Stephen Mellor, as they respond live, against the clock, to a series of writing prompts, as well as discussing the highs and lows and challenges of being a writer, how to haunt your readers, and why it is so hard to say ‘I’m a writer.’ Oh, and Conor disrupts the prompts with the most succinct response to the 3 minute prompt ever.In this episode the pre-prepared prompt was taken from the twitter account @itstimetowrite, and was ‘go to your bookshelf, pull out a red book, turn to page 32, the first noun on the page is your character’s worse fear, the last word is their best defence.’ The live three minute prompt was ‘someone keeps sending you severed heads of birds.’ The final one minute prompt was ‘describe an orange to someone who’s never seen one.’ Why not have a go at the prompts yourself (but don’t forget to time yourself, and try not to cheat, lol) and send us your own responses at prompetyprompt@gmail.com or via <a href="http://twitter.com/prompetyprompt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/prompetyprompt</a> &amp; <a href="http://instagram.com/prompetyprompt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/prompetyprompt</a> A Cornucopia Radio productionCo-created &amp; Produced by Letty Butler and Stephen MellorBased on an original idea by Stephen Mellor.

Episode 6 - Severed Heads & Banana Delivery (with Molly Aitken & Conor O'Callaghan)

Molly chats about her writing, growing up in Ireland, and how that shaped her debut novel, The Island Child.

Molly chats about her writing, growing up in Ireland, and how that shaped her debut novel, The Island Child.

In this episode Jen catches up with author Molly Aitken to chat about her debut novel, The Island Child. They talk about motherhood, mental health, mythology, and why women don't ever seem to catch a break when it comes to complicated characters.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Jen catches up with author Molly Aitken to chat about her debut novel, The Island Child. They talk about motherhood, mental health, mythology, and why women don't ever seem to catch a break when it comes to complicated characters.Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

SIM Ep 345 Chops 151: Molly Aitken's Island Child