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Es wird spicy! Allerdings nicht bei der literarischen Vorspeise, sondern im Interview mit Dark-Romance-Autorin Alessia Gold. Das Genre boomt wie nie zuvor, in den Buchläden gibt es extra Tische, darauf stapelweise Romane, in denen es um Sex, Gewalt und toxische Beziehungen geht. Die Cover sind düster, oft mit dem Hinweis „ab 18“ versehen, der aber durch silberne Schnörkelschrift und Rosen-Farbschnitt konterkariert wird. Sind die Bücher eine Gefahr für Minderjährige? Was macht den Reiz des Genres aus und wie weit gehen die Autorinnen in ihren expliziten Schilderungen? Ein Thema in dieser Folge. Außerdem gibt es Entdeckungen aus Italien und Malaysia, zwei extra Tipps für Buchladen-Kundinnen und Kinderbuchklassiker als All Time Favourite. Alle Infos zum Podcast: https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep Mail gern an: eatreadsleep@ndr.de Unseren Newsletter gibt es hier: https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep-newsletter Alle Lesekreise: https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep-lesekreise Podcast-Tipps: Internet Girl zum Thema Dark Romance https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/internet-girl-der-popkultur-podcast-mit-valentina-vapaux/dark-romance-was-ist-so-reizvoll-an-storys-ueber-gewaltvolle-beziehungen/br/14268893/ Barborie & Rakers https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/baborie-und-rakers-sie-orgeln-sich-durchs-alphabet/13759699/ Die Bücher der Folge: (00:05:07) Liz Moore: „Der Gott des Waldes“, übersetzt von Cornelius Hartz, C.H. Beck (Bestseller-Challenge) (00:14:50) Roberta Recchia: „Endlich das ganze Leben“, übersetzt von Christiane Burkhardt, Fischer (Tipp von Katharina) (00:22:14)Tan Twan Eng: „Das Haus der Türen“, übersetzt von Michaela Grabinger, Dumont (Tipp von Jan) (00:35:12) Alessia Gold: „Sinister Crown“, Federherz (unser Gast) (1:00:34) E.B. White: „Wilbur und Charlotte“, übersetzt von Anna Cramer-Klett, Diogenes (All Time Favourite (1:07:20) Josephine-Tey-Krimis von Nicola Upson, Kein und Aber (Buchladen, vorgestellt in Folge 99) (1:08:20) Dalgliesh-Krimis von P.D. James, Droemer (Buchladen) Rezept für südafrikanische Melktert http://www.ndr.de/kultur/buch/eatREADsleep-137-Melktert-und-Dark-Romance,eatreadsleep1042.html eat.READ.sleep. ist der Bücherpodcast, der das Lesen feiert. Jan Ehlert, Daniel Kaiser und Katharina Mahrenholtz diskutieren über Bestseller, stellen aktuelle Romane vor und präsentieren die All Time Favorites der Community. Egal ob Krimis, Klassiker, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Kinder- und Jugendbücher, Urlaubsbücher, Gesellschafts- und Familienromane - hier hat jedes Buch seinen Platz. Und auch kulinarisch (literarische Vorspeise!) wird etwas geboten und beim Quiz am Ende können alle ihr Buch-Wissen testen und Fun Facts für den nächsten Smalltalk mitnehmen.
Sapphire, Michelle and Joseph chat about what they've been reading, watching, and listening to this week including the thought-provoking The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry, the international bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent from Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, the atmospheric novella Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal (translated by Jessica Moore), and Blue Sisters, the highly anticipated second novel by Coco Mellors.This week's deep dive book is the critically-acclaimed grim dark epic Babel by R. F. Kuang.This week's listener recommendation request comes from Cathy who is looking for engaging detective fiction similar to her favourite, Agatha Christie. Sapphire recommends The Maid and The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose, An Expert In Murder by Nicola Upson, The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey, Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers, The Appeal by Janice Hallett, and The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett. Michelle recommends Whose Body? By Dorothy L Sayers, Footsteps In The Dark by Georgette Heyer, Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi, and Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn. Joseph recommends The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo.Also mentioned in this episode:The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah by Benjamin ZephaniahThe Bee Sting by Paul Murray The Year of Living Danishly by Helen RussellHow to Raise a Viking by Helen RussellThe Novel Thoughts team also pay tribute to poet and activist Benjamin Zephaniah. Rest in power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nicola Upson: Mit dem Schnee kommt der Tod | Preis: 20€
Wer Lust auf einen spannenden Krimi zum Miträtseln hat, kommt bei "Mit dem Schnee kommt der Tod" von Nicola Upson auf seine Kosten, sagt Buchhändlerin Sonja Vieth. Der Krimi ist ein klassischer "Who done it?" und spielt im Jahr 1938. Von Sonja Vieth.
Krimi-Special! Auf Agatha Christies Spuren geht es ins Golden Age of Crime Fiction. Ein Krimi aus Indien, ein oktopusfreier Wissenschaftsthriller, eine neue und eine alte Cozy-Crime-Reihe, ein deutscher hardboiled Krimi, der aktuelle Bestseller – und mörderisch leckerer Schokokuchen. Gast Ivar Leon Menger verrät, wie er seine Cliffhanger findet und das Publikum muss raten, wie viele Tassen Tee Miss Marple getrunken hat. Eine Aufzeichnung vom Krimifestival in Braunschweig. https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep Mails an: eatreadsleep@ndr.de Lesekreise: https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep-lesekreise Newsletter: https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep-newsletter Podcast-Tipp: „10 Minuten Wirtschaft“ https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/zehn-minuten-wirtschaft/94506706/ Die Bücher der Folge: (00:04:35) Karen Pierce: “Recipes for Murder” (Norton) (00:06:30) Julie Otsuka: „Solange wir schwimmen“, üb. von Katja Scholtz (mare) (00:15:40) Ingo Bott: „Pirlo“ (S. Fischer) (00:17:47) Nicola Upson: „Experte in Sachen Mord“, üb. von Verena Kilching (Kein & Aber) (00:19:50) Josephine Tey: „Der letzte Zug nach Schottland“, üb. von Manfred Allié (Octopus) (00:23:28) Anjali Deshpande: „Mord“, üb. von Almuth Degener (Draupadi Verlag) (00:26:25) Kathrin Lange / Susanne Thiele: „Probe 12“ und „Toxin“ (Lübbe) (00:32:44) Ivar Leon Menger: „Angst“ (dtv) (00:43:31) ATF: Agatha Christe: „Und dann gab's keines mehr“, üb. von Eva Bonné. (Atlantik) Ausgelost für die Bestseller-Challenge: „Lichtspiel“ (Daniel Kehlmann) Extra-Tipp für Skandinavien-Krimi-Fans (nicht in der Folge vorgestellt): „Glutspur“ von Katrine Engberg Josephine-Tey-Krimis von Nicola Upson in der richtigen Reihenfolge (dt. Ausgaben: Kein & Aber) 1. Expert in Murder (2008) / Experte in Sachen Mord (2023) 2. Angel with two Faces (2009) 3. Two for Sorrow (2010) 4. Fear in the Sunlight (2012) 5. The Death of Lucky Kyte (2013) 6. London Rain (2015) 7. Nine Lessons (2017) 8. Sorry for the Dead (2019) 9. The Secrets of Winter (2020) / Mit dem Schnee kommt der Tod (2023) 10. Dear Little Corpses (2022) / Dorf unter Verdacht (2023) 11. Shot with Crimson (2023) Alan-Grant-Krimis von Josephine Tey in der richtigen Reihenfolge (deutsche Neuausgaben erscheinen bei Oktopus, es gibt aber antiquarisch auch andere) 1. The Man in the Queue (1929) / Warten auf den Tod (Jan 24) 2. A Shilling for Candles (1936) 3. The Franchise Affair (1948) / Nur der Mond war Zeuge (2022) 4. To Love and Be Wise (1950) / Wie ein Hauch im Wind (Jan 24) 5. The Daughter of Time (1951) / Alibi für König (2022) 6. The Singing Sands (1952) - Der letzte Zug nach Schottland (2023) Die 20 Regeln für Kriminalgeschichten: https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2019/01/s-s-van-dines-twenty-rules-writing-detective-stories/ Das Rezept für “Delicious Death”: http://www.ndr.de/kultur/buch/eatREADsleep-99-Delicious-Death-und-falsche-Faehrten,eatreadsleep790.html
In this week's round-up, we talk to Mary C Flannery about the continuing attraction of the irrepressible Wife of Bath; and mystery writer Nicola Upson on the unconventional life and unforgettable work of Josephine Tey.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Selling: no matter how much experience we have, it's still a tricky topic. How can we face our fears and feel better about selling? Welcome to our podcast for all stitchers, embroiderers, textile artists and creative souls, where we have friendly informal conversations about what it actually means to be an artist working in textiles. Isobel and Gina are both practicing artists and tutors specialising in machine embroidery, but we're still figuring it all out! We chat about combining the creative process with running a business and hope that you will find inspiration and support for your own creative journeys. Mentioned in this episode: Gina's course https://ginaferrari.podia.com/paint-print-collage-stitch Izzy's course https://isobelmoore.podia.com/confidence-kickstart Helen Perry https://www.helen-perry.co.uk/ 4000 weeks by Oliver Burkeman https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54785515 Can You Hear Me by Jake Jones https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51840886 Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15101.Blackberry_Wine Notera desk organiser https://www.urbantravellerco.com/collections/notera-all-in-one-desk-organizer-and-premium-note-taking Stanley and Elsie by Nicola Upson https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44428398 You can find us at: Gina Ferrari https://www.ginaferrari-art.co.uk/ Izzy Moore https://isobelmoore.co.uk/ The music is Dear Autumn by Ikson and you can find it at https://soundcloud.com/ikson --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/izzyandginainstitches/message
On this week's Book Club podcast we're talking about the best crime writer you've (probably) never heard of. As Penguin reissues three of Josephine Tey's classic Golden Age novels, I'm joined by Nicola Upson, whose own detective stories (most recently Dear Little Corpses) feature Tey as a central character. She tells me about the unique character of Tey's writing, her discreet private life, and about how she made possible the psychological crime fiction that we read now.
On this week's Book Club podcast we're talking about the best crime writer you've (probably) never heard of. As Penguin reissues three of Josephine Tey's classic Golden Age novels, I'm joined by Nicola Upson, whose own detective stories (most recently Dear Little Corpses) feature Tey as a central character. She tells me about the unique character of Tey's writing, her discreet private life, and about how she made possible the psychological crime fiction that we read now.
NICOLA UPSON chats to Paul Burke about DEAR LITTLE CORPSES, Josephine Tey, Margery Allingham, WWII, Golden Age crime, the Hitchcocks and Gielguds, not so cosy emotions and the fun of writing. DEAR LITTLE CORPSES: It takes a village to bury a child.1 September, 1939. As the mass evacuation takes place across Britain, thousands of children leave London for the countryside, but when a little girl vanishes without trace, the reality of separation becomes more desperate and more deadly for those who love her.In the chaos and uncertainty of war, Josephine struggles with the prospect of change. As a cloud of suspicion falls across the small Suffolk village she has come to love, the conflict becomes personal, and events take a dark and sinister turn.NICOLA UPSON's debut novel, An Expert in Murder, was the first in a series of crime novels whose main character is Josephine Tey, who - along with Agatha Christie - was one of the masters of Britain's Golden Age of crime writing. She was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger in 2018 for Nine Lessons and longlisted in 2021 for The Dead of Winter. Recommendations: JOSEPHINE TEY'S CRIME NOVELSCHRISTIANNA BRAND GREEN FOR DANGERNOEL STREATFEILD SAPLINGSMOLLY PANTER-DOWNES ONE FINE DAYProduced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimePaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network.
Show notes episode 3 – Common fears and frustrations In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—discuss some of the fears and frustrations that might come up when writing diverse characters. More specifically, we talk about the following fears: Representing someone in the wrong way… …and why that shouldn't keep us from trying Taking someone else's voice away by trying to speak for them… …and where we stand in the Own Voices vs. Allies debate Misrepresenting your own community… and why this calls for a multiplicity of voices from each and every community Some quotes from this week's episode: “Not all differences are considered equal. Depending on where we are as a society, and which society you're writing about, some identity markers might carry more charge than others. Which is why some misrepresentations cause more outrage than others, and why we might be more scared of representing this character the wrong way than that character.” “What we would love to see happen all around us is that people, instead of stepping away from the challenge because something is at stake, lean into the challenge and start taking those steps.” “There are loads of things that are hard to get right as an author. The feel of a place, of an era, dialogue, how characters interact, character and story arcs that come full circle. Writing diverse characters is just one of those aspects. You don't stop describing a place or cut out all your dialogue because it's hard getting it right or needs more research.” “Why put all of that labour on those diverse authors when we can actively contribute to creating a more diverse reading experience? Why can we not both create space for diverse authors and their voices WHILE we ourselves are working as hard to turn this world into a better place?” And here are the (re)sources we mentioned on the show: Nicola Upson's The Death of Lucy Kyte: https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571366415-the-death-of-lucy-kyte.html Sally Andrew's Recipes for Love and Murder: https://www.sallyandrew.com/recipes-for-love-and-murder You can find the “Yes, you should be afraid to write ‘diverse' characters” article by Mo Black here: https://curiosityneverkilledthewriter.com/yes-you-should-be-afraid-to-write-diverse-characters-4a6c482a7379 Joanna Penn's interview with Clare Lydon can be found here: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2016/06/13/writing-lesbian-fiction The “Writing fictional characters who aren't like you” article by Randy Ingerman can be found here: https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/10/11/writing-fictional-characters-who-arent-like-you Mariëlle's My Voice, My Story anthologies: https://mswordsmith.nl/anthologies Claribel A. Ortega's TikTok can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJpZZcpAn6t/ This week's bonus material can be found here: https://representationmatters.art/2021/10/14/episode3/ To be the first to know when our next episode drops, subscribe to our newsletter here: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r3p6g8 As always, we'd love for you to join the conversation by filling out our questionnaires. Our Doing Diversity in Writing – Writer Questionnaire can be filled in at https://forms.gle/UUEbeEvxsdwk1kuy5 Our Doing Diversity in Writing – Reader Questionnaire can be filled in at https://forms.gle/gTAg4qrvaCPtqVJ36 Don't forget, you can find us at https://representationmatters.art/ and on https://www.facebook.com/doingdiversityinwriting
Nicola Upson reviews ‘Magic Goes Wrong’, which is on at the Cambridge Arts Theatre until 21st August.
"The world of the imagination is being diminished by the day, with theatres dark, cinemas closed, and actors and musicians encouraged to retrain in more ‘viable' professions, so books are more vital than ever, bringing us together safely at a time when we have never felt more isolated." The wonderful Nicola Upson returns to the podcast to talk about her early career, finding her confidence and how the Escalator talent development scheme helped to demystify the publishing industry. We're currently fundraising for Escalator so that we can help as many new writers as possible. To find out more and donate head over here: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/escalator-donations-2020/ Find out more about our Start Writing Crime Fiction course and join the waiting list: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/introduction-to-crime-fiction/ Hosted by Simon Jones and Steph McKenna. Music by Bennet Maples.
Philippa interviews Rosamund Lupton about her book "Three Hours" and also reviews "The List" by Carys Jones, "Lost" by Leona Deakin, "The Dead of Winter" by Nicola Upson and "Untamed" by Glennon Doyle.
Crime writer Nicola Upson returns to the pod to talk about designing a good plot. Nicola tells us how her process has adjusted over time and discusses the unique requirements of the crime genre. Nicola's latest book is Sorry for the Dead, continuing her hugely successful Josephine Tey series. This episode is part of our latest Early Career Writers' Resource pack, which is all about PLOT. Check out the website for more amazing free stuff from Okechukwu Nzelu and Inua Ellams. https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/4-plot/ Supported by Arts Council England. Hosted by Steph McKenna and Simon Jones. More about us: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk Music by Bennet Maples.
Julia Crouch returns to the pod to share her six top tips for writing crime fiction. Most of this applies to ALL fiction, and as a concentrated burst of writing advice it's hard to beat. If you missed part 1, make sure you go back and listen to episode #75! Take a look at our Start Writing Crime Fiction course, led by Nicola Upson and originally created by Julia! https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/introduction-to-crime-fiction/ Eimear McBride launch event: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/eimear-mcbride-strange-hotel-launch/ Jenny Offil launch event: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/jenny-offill-weather/ More on the work we do with writers: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk Find out more about our crime writing festival at https://noirwich.co.uk Julia's website: http://juliacrouch.co.uk/ Norfolk & Norwich Festival: https://nnfestival.org.uk/ Music by Bennet Maples.
Louise and Virginia discuss a number of British books and authors and a few other things they’ve been diving into.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @les__livres__Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.BooksA Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor, 1951. Published by Virago.A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier, 2019. Published by Borough Press,An Academic Question by Barbara Pym, 1986. Published by Virago.Stanley and Elsie by Nicola Upson, 2019. Published by Duckworth.Tracey Chevalier: https://www.tchevalier.comSBS TV series Years and Years, 2019, produced by BBC & HBOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY41jhIP_xIPodcastsFortunately… with Fi and JaneFull Disclosure with James O’Brien, LBC 4th November, Gulwali Passarlay.
Nicola Upson talks to Leigh Chambers about her latest novel, Stanley and Elsie, based on the complicated love-life of the artist Stanley Spencer. Dennis Grube discusses his new book Megaphone […]
Nicola Upson talks to Leigh Chambers about her latest novel, Stanley and Elsie, based on the complicated love-life of the artist Stanley Spencer. Dennis Grube discusses his new book Megaphone Democracy, an examination of the increasing role civil servants are playing in political public life. And Kate Fleet and Angela Cogo chat about their bestselling […]
My guest today is Nicola Upson. With thanks to Literacy Live for reaching out to us to collaborate and create this awesome podcast with them. We'd also like to thank them for gifting us tickets and travel subsidy in exchange for our work on the podcast. This give us the opportunity to attend the event to meet all of the lovely people we have interviewed. You can get in touch with me on twitter: https://twitter.com/NovelEm16?s=09 If you would like to be involved with the podcast you can email at slumberingslothbooknook@gmail.com Visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIO41KL5l0IemhXMha
Author Nicola Upson has imagined the life of Stanley Spencer from the viewpoint of his maidservant. Ella Parry-Davies researches the lives of women from the Philippines who work as domestic and care workers. The novel The Farm by Joanne Ramos imagines a surrogacy service provided by Filippina women for wealthy American clients. Gulzaar Barn researches the ethics of surrogacy. Naomi Paxton presents. Nicola Upson has turned from novels featuring Josephine Tey as a detective to write a potrait of the British artist Stanley Spencer, his relationships with his wives Hilda Carline and Patricia Preece and her partner Dorothy Hepworth in her novel called Stanley and Elsie. Joanne Ramos was born in the Philippines and moved to Wisconsin when she was six. The Farm, her first novel, imagines the lives of Hosts at a surrogacy service. New Generation Thinker Gulzaar Barn is at King's College London working on the ethics of surrogacy. You can hear her Free Thinking Festival Essay https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003t1w New Generation Thinker Ella Parry-Davies has just returned from a research trip in Lebanon. Hear more from the 2019 New Generation Thinkers in this broadcast from the Free Thinking Festival https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p036y2hb/members/all Producer: Robyn Read
Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey mystery series began as research for a biography about a writer who captivated her imagination. . . and grew into a highly acclaimed long running mystery series centered on the life on one of literature's “lone wolves.” Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler and today Nicola talks about why Tey is in a class of her own, how the 20s and 30s are still relevant for 21st century women, and her Cambridge radio show. Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How Nicola became fascinated with Josephine TeyWhy imagination is truer than "facts"Dividing life between Cambridge and CornwallWhy the Between the Wars period was crucial for womenHow a famous painter inspired her latest bookWhy she loves a Virago Classics Where to find Nicola Upson: Facebook: @NicolaUpsonAuthor Twitter: @nicolaupsonbook Podcast: The Eclectic Light Show What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. Jenny: Hello there, Nicola, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. Nicola: It's great to be here, Jenny. I can't believe we're actually so far apart, so this is lovely. Nicola Upson mystery author Jenny: I know. Technology's a wondrous thing. It's predictable I know, but I like to begin with that "Once Upon A Time" question. Was there an epiphany moment where you thought, I've just got to write fiction or my life won't be what it's meant to be? And if so, what was the catalyst for it? Nicola: Well, I feel a bit fraudulent about it, Jenny, because there wasn't that sort of moment. I owe it to Josephine Tey who obviously we are going to come to talk about. The series really began about 25 years ago when I read her book The Franchise Affair and I thought it was just an extraordinary novel, so different from any of the ones written by her contemporaries and I wanted to find out more about her, because as much as we analyse Tey she has a wonderful characterization, a brilliantly rich sense of place, but there was just that voice. It's less hard to quantify than those reasons. And I found out that she, in her lifetime, was known just as well, if not better, as a playwright. She had several hits on the West End stage, one in particular called Richard of Bordeaux, and I thought it was very strange that somebody who had achieved as much as she had done in those two very different spheres hadn't had a full-length biography written about her. So that's what I set out to do. I'd only written non-fiction up to that point, I'd done some arts journalism and an art book and a theater book and it was the Tey biography that I wanted to do. But as you probably know she was a very private woman, she rolled the carpet of her personal life up quite closely and cleverly behind her and eventually the gaps became as intriguing as the facts. Josephine Tey - author of brilliance It was actually my partner Mandy who said to me one evening – we were staying in a National Trust holiday cottage on a beautiful Cornish estate and, yes, we had had a glass of wine or two – and she said to me “Oh for God's sake, just make it up” and that really is how the series started – to tell a truthful picture of Tey's life through a series of fictional murder mysteries in the genre that we know and love her best for these days. So purely by accident to answer your question, and if it weren't for Josephine Tey I don't know that I'd have written fiction at all, let alone as quickly as I did. Jenny: It's interesting that it seems you really came to truth through imagination rather than fact. Nicola: Yes, I think that's true. And for somebody who was as complex and in some ways contrary and contradictory as Josephine Tey was – as you probably know Josephine Tey wasn't her real name, her real name was Elizabeth Macintosh, but she also had another pseudonym, Gordon Daviot,
We feature an interview with Nicola Upson who is a British novelist, author of An Expert in Murder, and several other novels featuring a fictional version of Josephine Tey as the heroine and detective. The latest in the series will be released in April - "Sorry for the Dead" Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk in 1970 and has a bachelor's degree in English from Downing College, Cambridge.
Graham Laycock talks to crime writer Nicola Upson about her writing and her session at Farnham library this Friday at 7pm Nine Lessons in Murder as part of Surrey Libraries crime festival Body in The Library.
Crime writer Nicola Upson discusses the history of crime fiction and writing a historical detective series without it being old fashioned. Hosted by Simon Jones, writer and Digital Marketing Manager at the National Centre for Writing. Find out more about the National Centre for Writing: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/ Mentioned events: Noirwich: https://noirwich.co.uk/ Music by Bennet Maples: https://sonicfruit.co.uk/
GORGEOUS READS: Nicola Upson, Nine Lessons with Donna Freed Nicola Upson weaves fact and fiction throughout her Josephine Tey mysteries; she incorporates what is known of the real life Golden Age crime writer and casts her in the role of detective. Upson's triumph is to not only resurrect historical crimes cleverly and enjoyably but to create an engaging series of books that can stand alone. #crime #NicolaUpson #radiogorgeous
Historian Archie Brown and military expert Frank Ledwidge join Samira Ahmed to discuss whether strong leaders undermine rather than enhance the possibility of good leadership. Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh talks about making life-or-death decisions in the operating theatre. And Susannah Clapp and novelist Nicola Upson review Blithe Spirit, which sees Angela Lansbury return to the London stage. Broadcast from the pop-up studio at London's Southbank Centre where Radio 3 is broadcasting live all day every day for the last two weeks of March.