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In this absorbing discussion three writers lauded for their work in other fields introduce their debut novels and talk to us about the challenges – as well as the freedoms – that working in this new form has given them. Lauren Elkin’s The Scaffolding, Andrew McMillan’s Pity and Joelle Taylor’s The Night Alphabet are very different books but share the attributes of close observation, linguistic verve and breathtaking imagination. These three writers will be in conversation with Calder Valley writer Janine Bullman.Lauren Elkin’s books include Flaneuse: women walk the City which was a Radio 4 Book of the Year.
Andrew McMillan’s three ground-breaking poetry collections have established him as one of the foremost writers of his generation.
Joelle Taylor was the winner of the TS Eliot Prize for her collection C+nto and othered Poems in 2021.
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St Mary's Todmorden, White Hart Fold,Walsden, United Kingdom
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