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Best podcasts about Rose Tremain

Latest podcast episodes about Rose Tremain

A Reading Life, A Writing Life, with Sally Bayley

‘Silence, quietness, that's a way of living…' This week, we join Sally in the attic room of her family home, where she has been reading Rose Tremain's first novel Sadler's Birthday (1976). Follow her on a journey through the spaces in life where we find quietness, and the ways we make ourselves fit into them, in writing or otherwise. The piano music in the closing section is ‘Tuesday', by Paul Sebastian. This episode was edited and produced by James Bowen. Special thanks to Andrew Smith, Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Maeve Magnus.

Books and Authors
A Good Read: Sarah Phelps and Irenosen Okojie

Books and Authors

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 27:49


RADIO ROMANCE by Garrison Keillor, chosen by Sarah Phelps PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi, chosen by Irenosen Okojie ABSOLUTELY AND FOREVER by Rose Tremain, chosen by Harriett GilbertTwo authors pick books they love with Harriett Gilbert.Screenwriter, playwright and television producer Sarah Phelps (The Sixth Commandment, A Very British Scandal, EastEnders) brings us the trials and tribulations of a small-town radio station in the Midwest. Told with humour and irony, but also packs a punch.Novelist and short story writer Irenosen Okojie (Hag, Butterfly Fish, Speak Gigantular) chooses Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, an autobiographical graphic novel charting the writer's childhood in Iran, set against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution, before her move to Austria.Harriett Gilbert brings Absolutely and Forever by Rose Tremain, a story about the all-consuming power of first love, set 1960s London.Produced by Sally Heaven for BBC Audio Bristol Join the conversation on Instagram @bbcagoodread

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
Let the Games Begin!

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 47:18


This week, writers including Andrew O'Hagan, Rose Tremain, Ayobami Adebayo and Marian Keyes select their most memorable sporting moments; and we drop in on the European Writers' Festival at the British Library.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paraíso Perdido
Sonata a Gustav, Rose Tremain

Paraíso Perdido

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 5:53


Há música dos inimigos? Um livro com cenário na Suíça do pós-guerra, a partir de uma amizade sob suspeita. O nome desta escritora britânica é para ler e reler.

sexy & bodenständig
Adventskalender 19

sexy & bodenständig

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 6:10


In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it. Rose Tremain

Off Air... with Jane and Fi
Kefir on the verge (with Rose Tremain)

Off Air... with Jane and Fi

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 43:04


Jane is still trying to get Fi into The Archers and she's having none of it! They also reflect on the magic of time zones, neighbourhood Whatsapp groups and KissCams. Plus, Dame Rose Tremain joins them to discuss her new novel 'Absolutely & Forever'. If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi Assistant Producer: Eve Salusbury Times Radio Producer: Kate Lee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another Chapter
Chapter Fourteen - Interview with Hazel Gaynor

Another Chapter

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 82:07


Chapter Fourteen and Claire and Rebecca chat to Yorkshire lass, New York Times best-selling author Hazel Gaynor.Hazel lives in Ireland with her husband and two children. She has written seven Historical Fiction Novels and co-authored three with American author Heather Webb. Hazel's work has been translated into eighteen languages and is published in twenty-five territories to date. Her latest novel "The Last Lifeboat" is out now!Book Recommendations/Mentions: The book that got her into History fiction: Philipa Gregory "The Other Boleyn Girl"Hazel's Auto-buy Authors: Tracey Chevalier ("Girl with a Pearl Earring", "Remarkable Creatures"), Rose Tremain, Maggie O' Farrell, Kate Atkinson ("Life after Life").Last book that kept her up - "Yellowface" by Rebecca Kuang. "Weyward" by Emilia Hart.Palate cleansers from Historical Fiction - Emily Henry, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Catherine Ryan Howard.An underappreciated book Hazel loves : "Remarkable Creatures" by Tracey Chevalier and "A Terrible Kindness" by Jo Browning Wroe.- - -Thanks to Helen Becerra for the artwork and Mark Neville for the mixing.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/make-it-workLicense code: PLGGIGEZMJI9NR3G---Follow us on Instagram: @another.chapter.podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/another-chapter/message

Richard and Judy Book Club Podcast - exclusive to WHSmith
Behind The Scenes at the Book Club

Richard and Judy Book Club Podcast - exclusive to WHSmith

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 28:05


Richard and Judy are joined in this episode by Ashley Bruce, Senior Buyer for Adult Books at WHSmith, to take a peek behind the curtains at the Richard and Judy Book Club and discuss this week's Book Club pick ‘Lily' by Rose Tremain. Lily, a historical fiction novel, is this week's Book Club pick. Set in Victorian England, this is a story of murder and revenge. A baby is abandoned at the gates of a park only to be saved by a young policeman and taken to the Foundling Hospital. After suffering years of brutal hardship at the Hospital, Lily is released into the world of Victorian London. But she's hiding a dreadful secret... Richard and Judy also chat with Ashley about behind the scenes of each season's Book Club selections, from the moment publishers submit their books for consideration, to the huge group of people who read and begin to whittle the list down, to what Richard and Judy are looking for when they select their final six for each collection.

Novel Experience
S1 E8 Emma Stonex author of The Lamplighters

Novel Experience

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 49:49


Sunday Times bestselling author Emma Stonex author of THE LAMPLIGHTERS.Emma chats about:writing being a collaborative processhow the success of a book is only ever partly down to its qualityhow much joy there is to be had in the writing of a bookhow different books command to be written to a background of either music or soundtrackGuest: Emma Stonex Twitter: @stonexemma Instagram: @stonexemma Books: The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer Instagram: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer &This Family by Kate SawyerEmma's recommendations: A book for fans of The Lamplighters: Metronome by Tom Watson A book Emma has always loved: The Road Home by Rose Tremain A book coming soon or recently released that Emma would recommend: Summer Fever by Kate Riordan Other books that came up during our chat: Writers & Artists Yearbook, Instruction For A Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell , Music and Silence by Rose Tremain, Sacred Country by Rose Tremain Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCHTo receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.Thanks for listening!Kate xHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Break Out Culture With Ed Vaizey by Country and Town House
75. Ring Master: John Walsh on his Book Circus of Dreams About 1980's Literary London, with Sally Emerson

Break Out Culture With Ed Vaizey by Country and Town House

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 31:47


This week we're going back to the eighties, a time of momentous change, as chronicled by John Walsh in his new book Circus of Dreams. John, renowned literary editor, journalist, author and popular panellist on Radio Four's The Write Stuff, persuades us that the eighties were probably the most exciting time to work in the literary world. The decade was hit by a tsunami of talent as new authors like Martin Amis, Rose Tremain, Jeanette Winterston, Hanif Kureshi, Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes, Sebastian Faulks, Douglas Adams and Salman Rushdie and many more exploded onto the scene and changed the literary landscape forever. Together with Sally Emerson, who was then Editor of Books and Bookmen and is now an award-winning and highly acclaimed anthologist, novelist, short story and travel writer, John takes us on a highly entertaining journey back to the days before computers when business was done in pubs or parties, office life was ramshackle and fun and writers were the great glittering stars of their day. John brushed shoulders with everyone from Andrew Neil and Rupert Murdoch to every author you've ever heard of. It was an exciting time and John and Sally transport us back to it with their insider knowledge, much laughter and hilarious anecdotes.

Victorian Legacies
Episode 27 - Dr Barbara Franchi - Postcolonial Neo-Victorianism, and expanding the 'canon'

Victorian Legacies

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2022 54:55


In this episode I'm joined by Dr Barbara Franchi, who researches into neo-Victorian fiction, intertextuality and echoes of Empire. We consider issues such as the risks of nostalgia in society, and the enduring legacy of the 19th century in neo-Victorian works. We discuss the idea of a neo-Victorian 'canon' and how literature and critical scholarship is redefining this concept - as well as the whole genre of neo-Victorianism. We consider the roots of the field and genre in the reaction to Thatcherism, and how the British-centric approach is actually an Anglocentric one, and narrowed to a specific idea of Englishness. About my guest: Dr Barbara Franchi obtained her PhD in 2017 from the University of Kent, where she wrote a thesis on A. S. Byatt's fiction and intertextuality. She holds a BA in Modern Languages and an MA in English and Postcolonial studies, both from the University of Venice (Italy). Her research focuses on contemporary women's writing, cultural memory, historical fiction, and echoes of Empire in all of the above: it is through these angles that she approaches neo-Victorianism. She has published book chapters and articles on neo-Victorian and neo-historical authors such as Byatt (in Sea Narratives, ed. Charlotte Mathieson: Palgrave 2016), Eleanor Catton (Partial Answers, 2018), Rose Tremain and Isabel Allende (Neo-Victorian Studies, 2019), and David Mitchell (with the Italian journal MediAzioni, 2019). Future publications include a chapter on Byatt's The Children's Book and Peacock and Vine (in Neo-Victorian Decadences, forthcoming within Rodopi's Neo-Victorian series), and an article on the novelist's short stories (in the Journal of the Short Story in English). She has also worked on travel studies, co-editing Crossing Borders in Victorian Travel: Spaces, Nations and Empires (Cambridge Scholars 2018, with Elvan Mutlu): the collection examines imperialism and intercultural crossovers in Victorian travel writing, covering travel accounts, fiction and journalism. She has taught at the Universities of Newcastle, Kent, and Canterbury Christ Church, and is now a Teaching Fellow at Durham University.For more information on Barbara's work, check out the details below:Email: Barbara.Franchi@durham.ac.ukTwitter: barbara_franchiAcademia: https://durham.academia.edu/BarbaraFranchiCheck out Barbara's suggestions:Angels and Insects (1995 film)Sophie Ellis-Bextor -- Love is a Camera (2014 single and video)Sarah Waters : The Little StrangerAbdulrazak Gurnah - Desertion, AfterlivesEpisode Credits:Episode Writer, Editor and Producer: Emma CatanMusic: Burning Steaks (by Stationary Sign) - obtained via EpidemicSoundCheck us out at the following social media pages and websites!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorianlegaciespodcastTwitter: @victorianlegac1Instagram: @victorianlegaciespodcastWebsite: https://emmacatan.wordpress.com/victorian-legacies-podcast/Email: victorianlegacies@gmail.com

RNZ: Nine To Noon
Book review: Lily by Rose Tremain

RNZ: Nine To Noon

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 5:19


Ralph McAllister reviews Lily by Rose Tremain, published by Penguin

The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf That Made Me: Ken Follett, Rose Tremain, Amie Kaufman & Jaclyn Moriarty

The Bookshelf

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 60:32


What are the books that have shaped these writers and (in particular) their latest works? Ken Follett, Rose Tremaine, Amie Kaufman & Jaclyn Moriarty

Queer Lit
"Holigay Special" Part 1

Queer Lit

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 44:05


Light the candles, grab the tinsel! Our very first festive special has arrived! In this extravagant episode, I listen to all the fabulours voice notes you have sent in about queer Christmas and reflect on how great it is to be hohohomosexual (or pansexual, or ace or inter or queer in any way -- I'm just doing it for the puns). You will hear familiar voices from past episodes but also meet a lovely listener and a very merry scholar who will be on Queer Lit in 2022. Of course, this episode also includes reading recommendations and a list of (questionable) holigay films.Queer Lit episodes mentioned:“Drag, Panto & Genderfuckery” with Nick Cherryman“Queer Kings and Trans Histories” with Kit Heyam“Tarot, Femmes and Asian Diasporic Literature” with Xine Yao“Queer Pets” with Sarah Parker and Hannah Roche (coming in January!) “Disability and Queerness” with Chris Mounsey“Black Trans Narratives” with LaVelle RidleyOther people, films and podcasts mentioned:Homosapiens PodcastChris SweeneyKathrin Horn https://knowledge-failure.org/knowledge-blog/thoughts-on-the-closets-failed-knowledge/ Rose Tremain's Sacred Country“Hail Smiling Morn”Happiest SeasonClea DuVallBut I'm a CheerleaderThe Children's HourShirley MacLaineThe Retro BarDan LevyJana FunkeRadclyffe Halll's The Well of LonelinessJeanette Winterson's Christmas DaysThe Christmas HouseLet It SnowThe Christmas Set-upCarolTangerineFriendsgiving/Dinner with FriendsNew York Christmas WeddingLez BombTruman Capote's “A Christmas Memory”Make my yuletide gayer by following me on Twitter (@lena_mattheis) or Instagram (@queerlitpodcast).Questions you may want to reflect on this festive season:1.What do you appreciate most about your queer family?2.What would be a good gender-affirming gift?3.Which queer charity could you donate to this season? Donations also make great gifts!4.Kathrin references Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's Epistemology of the Closet to speak about queer temporality and the holigays. Why not read up on Sedgwick and the closet this season?

Past Imperfect
Rose Tremain

Past Imperfect

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 48:11


Dame Rose Tremain is the multi award-winning novelist and former Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. Rachel and Alice join Rose in her home to talk about her difficult life at boarding school in France, defying doctors with her cancer treatment and growing up with a mother who she doesn't think ever loved her.Get The Times free for a month: thetimes.co.uk/pastimperfectNSPCC: www.nspcc.org.ukAction for Children: www.actionforchildren.org.ukVoices in the Middle: www.voicesinthemiddle.comThis podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.orgProducer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Break Out Culture With Ed Vaizey by Country and Town House
55. Rose Tremain on Her New Novel Lily

Break Out Culture With Ed Vaizey by Country and Town House

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021 38:06


Plus Fragonard's The Swing restored and introducing Inque, a new concept in magazines We're reading: Lily by Rose Tremain We're visiting: The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square www.wallacecollection.org Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing Permanent Collection Jean Hals: The Male Portrait Till January 30th 2022 And booking: Meet the Expert: The Fragonard Project 18th November at 13.00 https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/meet-the-expert-the-fragonard-project/ Swing Time: Serendipitous Conversations about the Rococo: Identity 22nd November at 19.00 https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/swing-time-serendipitous-conversations-about-the-rococo-identity/ Swing Time: Serendipitous Conversations about the Rococo: Fashion 29th November at 19.00 https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/swing-time-serendipitous-conversations-about-the-rococo-fashion/ Introducing… Fragonard and The Swing 1st and 2nd December 18.00 to 20.00 https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/introducing-fragonard-and-the-swing/ We're subscribing to: The first edition of Inque www.inquemag.com Produced by Audio Coast

Woman's Hour
Mary Robinson, Rose Tremain, Daddy Issues

Woman's Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 57:29


Mary Robinson, once President of Ireland and now the Chair of The Elders, has been at COP26 in Glasgow all fortnight. She explains why the climate challenge ahead is so emotional. Rose Tremain's new novel called Lily begins with a baby being abandoned by her mother outside a London park in Victorian London. She's rescued from prowling wolves by a young police officer and Lily's life as a foundling child begins. It's a story of revenge and, as often with Rose Tremain's work, the setting might be historical but there are contemporary parallels. Daddy Issues. It's an insult now but it started out as a psychological term to explain the importance of father figures. But what exactly are Daddy Issues, how real are they and what do you do if you think you have them? Katherine Angel, author of ‘Daddy Issues', and Angharad George-Carey, host of the Daddy Issues podcast joins us. And today is Single's Day in China. It's the world's biggest shopping spree. It's supposed to honour those who are not in a romantic relationship, and sales tempt people to treat themselves. It brings in more money than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. We talk to Nina Yu of Hylink, China's largest digital advertising agency, about the scale and origins of the event. We also find out about changing attitudes towards being an unmarried or ‘leftover' woman in China with Dr Ye Liu, a sociologist from King's College London.

The Best in Mystery, Romance and Historicals
Alexandra Joel – Fleet St to Palace

The Best in Mystery, Romance and Historicals

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 40:26


Alexandra Joel's latest book The Royal Correspondent is one for fans of The Crown TV series – revisiting as it does swinging London in the 60s, seen through the eyes of a young Australian journalist, coming from the wrong side of the tracks, promoted to covering the British royal family. Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler and in today's Binge Reading episode Alexandra talks about the scandalous family story – one from her own family – that got her started in fiction, her father's rags to riches story, and how, having discovered fiction writing as her third career, she doesn't plan to change to a fourth any time soon. Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How her father's amazing life inspired The Royal CorrespondentHer grandmother's scandalous escapeGrace Wood - a remarkable Australian in ParisThe magic of Mary QuantWhy she loves her third career The writers she loves - including Rose Tremain and Benjamin Black Where to find Alexandra Joel:  Website : https://www.alexandrajoel.com/ Facebook: @AlexandraJoelAuthor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandrajoelauthor/ What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. But now, here's Alexandra. Jenny Wheeler: Hello there, Alexandra, and welcome to the show. It's so good to have you with us. Alexandra Joel: I am delighted to be talking to you, Jenny. Alexandra Joel - Australian historic fiction author Jenny Wheeler: You've had a stellar career in journalism, and we'll talk about that a little later, but you have now very successfully transitioned to writing fiction and your most recent book, The Royal Correspondent, is an entertaining revisiting of 1960s London through the eyes of a young Australian journalist, Blaise Hill. It's one for fans of The Crown for starters, isn't it? As we've said, you started as a journalist yourself. How did you make that transition to being a novelist? Introducing author Alexandra Joel Alexandra Joel: As a child, I learned to read very young and I was immediately captured by the concept of story. I read and read. I used to tell stories to my classmates, but I was so in awe of novelists, I didn't think I could ever do it, so I stuck to nonfiction. When I wrote my memoir about my great-grandmother Rosetta, something shifted within me. To set the scene, Rosetta was a happily married (so we thought) very young woman in Edwardian Melbourne with a husband and a five-year-old child, and she ran away with a half-Chinese fortune teller called Zeno the Magnificent. The pair completely reinvented themselves. He said he was a distinguished doctor from Japan; she said she was American. Alexandra's great-grandmother and Zeno together - Picture ABC. They went over to London and they became the toast of the town. I have letters from royalty and wonderful telegrams saying things like, please come and stay at my villa in Cap Martin because Princess Charlotte will be there, and Empress Eugenie is popping in. But the whole thing was invented. They led an incredible life, but she never saw her child again, and that child was my grandmother. A scandalous grandmother's story When I wrote the book, I used two voices. One was their life, told using the techniques of fiction because after all, whoever knew what they were saying – was it true, was it false? Nobody knew. The other was grounded in fiction because it was the story of me looking for her. When I finished the book and it had a very good reception, I started thinking, maybe I could channel my great grandmother. She led a life which was filled with glamour and adventure but most of all with invention. I thought maybe I can do that too, except I'm going to do it a little more safely and conservatively through books. And it all started happening. Rosetta - A Scandalous True Story by Alexandra Joel

Reading Envy
Reading Envy 210: 2021 Reading Goals

Reading Envy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021


Jenny reports back on how she did on her 2020 reading goals in the midst of challenging circumstances, then sets goals for 2021. Then a handful of podcast and reading friends share their reading goals for 2021. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 210: 2021 Reading GoalsSubscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Jenny’s Goals Focus on reading Europe Catch up on books with music as a central theme Authors to try list Keep up with subscriptions Participate in challenges Audrey (@dreesreads in Instagram) Be more relaxedOne big non-fiction readBooker International long/shortlistNational Book Award Poetry LonglistContinue listening to audiobooksLaurie Pop Sugar 2021 Reading Challenge Back to the Classics 2021 Challenge (Books and Chocolate blog) Ellie (@shatterlings in Instagram)Russian classics Vassily Grossman buddy reads Scott  Emphasis on reading, continue checking off TBR Shakespeare plays Presidential biographies Courtney Read 40 booksRead 20 books she already owns Robin Be consistent about journaling about books read Slow down and be more reflective after finishing More classics, more Willa Cather, maybe Proust Authors around the world Read more from physical TBR Karen Naughton (@BarkerForBooks in Instagram)Complete reading Thomas Hardy, hopefully 1 book a monthPaula This year's theme will be nature books Books discussed: The Ensemble by Aja GabalMusical Chairs by Amy PoeppelThe Student Conductor by Robert FordMusic and Silence by Rose TremainSongbook by Nick HornbyGrace Notes by Bernard MacLavertyThe Forest of Wool and Steel by Natsu MiyashitaCompass by Mathias EnardWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyDevils by Fyodor DostoevskyCloud Atlas by David Mitchell Neverness by David Zindell The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin Wilson by A. Scott Berg A Full Life by Jimmy Carter Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively At Hawthorne Time by Melissa Harrison Station Life in New Zealand by Lady BarkerWhy We Swim by Bonnie Tsui Other mentions:Two Lines PressRestless BooksGraywolf Galley ClubND New ClassicsErin and Dani's Book Club on InstagramReadtheWorld21 in InstagramRainy Day Bites Cookbook ClubThe Free Black Women's Library on InstagramThe Free Black Women's LibraryStalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy If you want to hear more from one of the guests who appeared on this episode, go to the episode guide and do a search. All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate.

NDR Kultur - Neue Bücher
Rose Tremain: "Die innersten Geheimnisse der Welt"

NDR Kultur - Neue Bücher

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 4:51


In England ist Rose Tremain eine Bestsellerautorin. Sie schreibt erstaunlich kitschfrei über Sex und Sinnlichkeit.

RNZ: Nine To Noon
Book review - Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain

RNZ: Nine To Noon

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2020 3:35


Elisabeth Easther reviews Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain, published by Penguin Random House.

Books and Authors
Rose Tremain; Science in Fiction

Books and Authors

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2020 27:51


Rose Tremain; Science in Fiction

Monocle 24: Meet the Writers

Georgina Godwin interviews acclaimed novelist Rose Tremain about her relationship with her parents and how that has impacted on her writing, including in her latest book, ‘Islands of Mercy’. Set in 1986, it shifts between the genteel town of Bath and the wild island of Borneo.

The Bookshelf
Imagined taxonomies of life, love, death and memory

The Bookshelf

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 54:07


On Andrew O'Hagan's Mayflies, Eley Williams' The Liar's Dictionary, Pip Williams' The Dictionary of Lost Words and Rose Tremain's Islands of Mercy

Savannen
Savannen Guld

Savannen

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 38:39


Savannen - GuldVi samtalar om allt som glimmar.Litteraturtips:Ordspråksboken & PredikarenGuld, Rose Tremain; Albert Bonniers 2004...Och lyssna på Neil Young A heart of gold 

Writers and Company from CBC Radio
'Each novel is a journey.' Rose Tremain explores the exile experience in her vivid, engaging fiction

Writers and Company from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 52:43


The award-winning British author spoke with Eleanor in 2010 about her novels Trespass and The Road Home.

Drama of the Week
The Jester of Astapovo

Drama of the Week

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 45:13


Nothing happens in Astapovo, an isolated little place in the vast Russian countryside. Until the day a very unwell Count Leo Tolstoy arrives at the little railway station with the Countess - and the hungry Russian press pack - on his trail. Rose Tremain's dramatisation of her own short story is based on real events. Ivan ..... John Lightbody Anna ..... Maggie Service Countess Tolstoya ..... Barbara Flynn Chertkov ..... Ewan Bailey Dushan ..... Chris Lew Kum Hoi Count Leo Tolstoy/Dmitri ..... Roger Ringrose Sound ..... Caleb Knightley Directed by Marc Beeby Written by Rose Tremain This was originally aired on Radio 4.

Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast
#ReadingWomen: Nationhood

Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 55:40


In this episode Zing Tsjeng is joined by actress, comedian and cartoonist Jessie Cave, comedian Jessica Fostekew and actor, musician, and one-half of Rizzle Kicks, Jordan Stephens. The theme of today's #ReadingWomen book club is nationhood – a big, meaty issue that’s never felt more relevant in this day and age. The panel dive into the 2018 winner Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie, The Road Home by Rose Tremain - our 2008 winner - and Bel Canto by Ann Patchett which won the prize back in 2002.Every fortnight, join Zing Tsjeng, editor at VICE, and inspirational guests, including Dolly Alderton, Stanley Tucci, Liv Little and Scarlett Curtis as they celebrate the best fiction written by women. They'll discuss the diverse back-catalogue of Women’s Prize-winning books spanning a generation, explore the life-changing books that sit on other women’s bookshelves and talk about what the future holds for women writing today. The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and this series will also take you behind the scenes throughout 2020 as we explore the history of the Prize in its 25th year and gain unique access to the shortlisted authors and the 2020 Prize winner. Sit back and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

PGAjay Golf Business Podcast
Don’t Plan the Ending to Your Story, Earn It

PGAjay Golf Business Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 7:46


Sometimes we have an idea of how a plan will come together, other times we just need to start telling a story and let the ending reveal itself. This was a paraphrasing if a quote by Rose Tremain by the way. Hers was better but too long for the title. “ In the planning stages of a book, don’t plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.”

The Readerly Report
Because Vacation Reads Are The Best Reads Around

The Readerly Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2019 54:45


Gayle and Nicole talk about dark book-based dramas on various TV networks, particularly Caroline Kepnes' https://amzn.to/2tOGqfD (You) (Lifetime and Netflix) and and Teddy Wayne's https://amzn.to/2Un7cau (Loner) (HBO). Then we get into our favorite vacation reading experiences – books we've read when we were away, and why they've stayed with us. Does the place we read books impact how we enjoy them? https://amzn.to/2NIFX7O (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) by Lee Israel https://amzn.to/2SKvolq (The Ones We Choose) by Julie Clark https://amzn.to/2TjGnr5 (The Wartime Sisters) by Linda Cohen Loigman https://amzn.to/2ISIUny (Tin Man) by Sarah Winman https://amzn.to/2Ul8kLO (Talent) by Juliet Lapidos https://amzn.to/2SLdorh (City of Thieves) by David Benioff https://amzn.to/2SJ64wk (Trespass) by Rose Tremain https://amzn.to/2tODOhP (The Vacationers) & https://amzn.to/2XFZnyI (Modern Lovers) by Emma Straub https://amzn.to/2EPIytN (The Lemon Grove) by Helen Walsh https://amzn.to/2C6zIpT (Labor Day) & https://amzn.to/2SKwYDS (Under The Influence) by Joyce Maynard https://amzn.to/2VFPA9R (The Breakdown), https://amzn.to/2VHlGCp (Behind Closed Doors) & https://amzn.to/2EQ675H (Bring Me Back) by B.A. Paris https://amzn.to/2EMDxkD (The Last Mrs. Parrish) by Liv Constantine https://amzn.to/2UhOPUl (The Book of Essie) by Meghan MacLean Weir https://amzn.to/2XGb8Fe (The Passenger) by Lisa Lutz https://amzn.to/2SNztWh (Girls Burn Brighter) by Shobha Rao https://amzn.to/2SHlDV7 (The Sympathizer) by Viet Thanh Nguyen https://amzn.to/2tOtN44 (Girls In White Dresses) by Jennifer Close https://amzn.to/2ERxkFj (Girl In Translation), https://amzn.to/2XO0E70 (Mambo In Chinatown) & https://amzn.to/2SHlP6N (Searching For Sylvie) https://amzn.to/2SHlP6N (Lee) by Jean Kwok https://amzn.to/2EOKqD4 (The Editor) by Stephen Rowley https://amzn.to/2tRXIs3 (People Who Knew Me) by Kim Hooper https://amzn.to/2tTOJXk (The Lost History of Dreams) by Kris Waldherr Support this podcast

End of All Things podcast
Letting the light in with Clare Fisher

End of All Things podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 72:14


In this episode, Rob chats to novelist and short story writer, Clare Fisher about writing things that won't sell, PhDs in failure, Lydia Davis, and being a southern softie living in Leeds (Leeds Leeds). Rob and Kate again come to you live from the infamous Salford pod in the even more infamous Media City. They chat about experimental fiction, Irish writers (again!), famous writers working shit jobs, that awful Rose Tremain interview in the TLS and writing the impossible.

First Graft Podcast
Chapter four: Whinge Window

First Graft Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2018 28:22


This chapter I'm talking about creative slumps, reaching out, feeling grateful for the generosity of the writing community and point of view... something that I wrestle with in the beginning of all my stories. We talk about the brilliance of James Wood, Virginia Woolf, Rose Tremain, Graham Greene and Deborah Levy.

Saturday Review
First Man, Modern Couples, The Height of the Storm, Penguin Short Stories, Informer

Saturday Review

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2018 48:07


First Man is a film about astronaut Neil Armstrong's life in the lead-up to the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission. The Modern Couples exhibition at The Barbican Gallery shines a spotlight upon the often under-appreciated partners of artistic geniuses whose contribution to their work and achievements has been hitherto unacknowledged or unknown. Jonathan Price and Eileen Atkins star in The Height Of The Storm, a new play by Florian Zeller translated by Christopher Hampton which has just opened in London The Penguin Book Of The Contemporary British Short Story includes 30 works from writers including Ali Smith, Zadie Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis, Rose Tremain and many more Informer is a new BBC TV series about a young British Muslim who is coerced into becoming a police informer to infiltrate his own community. Tom Sutcliffe's guests are John Mullan, Tiffany Jenkins and Arifa Akbar. The producer is Oliver Jones Podcast Extra: Arifa recommends: Memoirs of An Asian Football Casual and Ben Okri's short film The Insider Tiffany recommends the Slow Burn Podcast from Slate John recommends The Wife Tom recommends Sondheim's Company

That Book
TB5: Katherine

That Book

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2018 51:14


Michael and Hannah visit the fourteenth century with Anya Seton’s 1954 historical romance Katherine. Hannah, our resident medievalist, gets hot about the Middle Ages, and Michael gets quizzed on saints’ gnarly iconography. Books mentioned: Rose Tremain, Music and Silence; Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend; Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice; Provenance. Saints mentioned:  St Michael; St George; St Jerome; St Sebastian; St Peter Martyr; St Stephen; St Dennis; St Agatha; St Lucy; St Bartholemew; The Four Evangelists Friend us on Goodreads. And write in at thatbookpod@gmail.com.

VINTAGE BOOKS
Around the World in Vintage Books

VINTAGE BOOKS

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 23:22


The Vintage bookish experts give you a run down of books to take you around the world this summer...Liz's recommendation:Waiting For The Wild Beasts To Vote by Ahmadou Kourouma http://po.st/uu0f7yEd's recommendation:Home and Away, Writing the Beautiful Game by Karl Ove Knausgaard http://po.st/Q51vQ6Ellie's recommendation:Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue http://po.st/24q94NCorina's recommendation:Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami http://po.st/aKtCa4 Rowena's recommendation:The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes http://po.st/gh53OpJade's recommendation:Watching You by Arne Dahl http://po.st/YoOvm7Mikaela's recommendation:The Traitor's Niche by Ismail Kadare http://po.st/e3RMlAHattie's recommendation:There There by Tommy Orange http://po.st/8c3PnU Rosanna's recommendation:Restoration by Rose Tremain http://po.st/jsgAGi Leena's recommendation:Small Country by Gaël Faye http://po.st/OLqeOWFollow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

VINTAGE BOOKS
Stealing the Master's ideas ᛫ Henry James

VINTAGE BOOKS

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2018 22:05


A live event all about the wonderful new collection, 'Tales from a Master's Notebook, Stories Henry James Never Wrote' http://po.st/1tAWOl Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletterWhen Henry James died he left behind a series of notebooks filled with ideas for novels and stories that he never wrote. Now ten of our best contemporary authors and James enthusiasts have written new short stories based on these 'germs' of ideas. Differing dramatically in setting and style, these stories are modern interpretations of the richly suggestive and enticing notes that Henry James left behind, offering a fresh and original approach to a canonical literary author.Professor Philip Horne, a renowned authority on Henry James, has edited and introduced this collection, which also includes transcripts of James’s original jottings allowing readers to trace the raw ideas through to their modern-day interpretations.Contains stories by Colm Toibin, Rose Tremain, Jonathan Coe, Paul Theroux, Amit Chaudhuri, Giles Foden, Joseph O'Neill, Lynne Truss, Susie Boyt and Tessa Hadley.WITH A FOREWORD BY MICHAEL WOODRead more at https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1111097/tales-from-a-master-s-notebook/#ogCrVtOmfckA0Ebj.99 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Cinematologists Podcast
Ep58 Dark River (with Clio Barnard and Andrew Kötting)

The Cinematologists Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2018 63:42


The arrival of a new film by Clio Barnard promises an in-depth and uncompromising study of character and place; Dark River, her new film set in the harsh and beautiful Yorkshire farming landscape, is no exception. The northern locale links to her previous films The Arbor and The Self Giant, as does the bleak and brutal tragedy of the human stories. However, this rural tale, based on the Rose Tremain novel Trespass, is somewhat of a departure from the urban working-class focus of those previous films.  In this Q&A, presented in association with Cinecity, Clio talks about the film with long-time friend Andrew Kötting, touching on the development of the script from the book, the casting, her minimalist aesthetic, the P.J. Harvey soundtrack and the challenges of the rural locations. Show notes Clio Barnard interview in The Independent with Jacob Stolworthy Arrow Film Dark River Press Release Interview with Clio Barnard on The Selfish Giant Dark River: Why British Films Have Gone Back To The Land - Nick Hasted in The Guardian If you enjoy the podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon. You will get access to all our bonus content, the full podcast archive, our monthly newsletter, and further perks as and when we think of them.    

Out In Brighton with Kathy Caton
Out In Brighton 23rd January 2018

Out In Brighton with Kathy Caton

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2018 59:38


We’re back with the first show of 2018. Good to be back! This week, we’re focussing on the power of LGBTQ stories and representation in arts and culture - We’ve an extended interview with Pete Lawson, playwright and EastEnders scriptwriter, and the man responsible for the Christian and Syed storyline. From Colin and Barry’s kiss to trans representation and portrayal, what can popular culture achieve that the academy can’t? - And we be continue the theme with the announcement of this year’s City Reads novel - Rose Tremain’s Sacred Country - Sarah Hutchings gives us the thorough low down on that - and the news that Britney Spears is to headline Brighton Pride sees record early ticket sales...

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
Rose Tremain at the Wimbledon Bookfest

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2016 37:04


The novelist in conversation, with Michael Caines, about her latest novel, The Gustav Sonata, and forty years as a published author. www.the-tls.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We Need to Talk About...
Rose Tremain on her novel The Gustav Sonata - Books podcast

We Need to Talk About...

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2016 59:57


Orange Prize winner Rose Tremain gives an account of writing her latest book, The Gustav Sonata

The Guardian Books podcast
Rose Tremain on her novel The Gustav Sonata - Books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2016 59:57


Orange Prize winner Rose Tremain gives an account of writing her latest book, The Gustav Sonata

The Writing Life
The Gustav Sonata with Rose Tremain - NNF16

The Writing Life

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2016 54:07


Internationally renowned author and UEA Chancellor Rose Tremain discusses her new book, The Gustav Sonata. Beginning in the 1930s under the shadow of the Second World War, it is a gripping story of the struggle for love and the healing power of lasting friendship. Part of the City of Literature programme at Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2016.

VINTAGE BOOKS
May Podcast: MEN with Rose Tremain, Rebecca Asher, Juno Dawson and David Szalay

VINTAGE BOOKS

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2016 59:37


Is there a crisis in masculinity? What does male friendship look like? Do gender norms harm both sexes and what can we do to challenge them? A wide-ranging and provocative discussion with Rebecca Asher and Juno Dawson (including a cameo appearance from Prince the dog) is accompanied by interviews with David Szalay and Rose Tremain as we look at how novels and non-fiction are examining the modern male.Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Private Passions
Rose Tremain

Private Passions

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2016 38:16


Rose Tremain is one of our finest writers, and her bestselling books - both novels and short stories - are garlanded with prizes. She defies categorisation and is equally at home with historical and contemporary fiction: she has created characters as diverse as Merivel, the physician turned fool at the court of Charles II; a 19th-century gold miner in New Zealand; and a transsexual growing up in rural Suffolk. Rose talks to Michael Berkeley about her latest novel, The Gustav Sonata, the story of a long and loving relationship between someone who is profoundly musical and somebody who isn't. She chooses music which inspired the story and which features in it: by Schubert, Beethoven and Mahler, as well as music she loved as a teenager and as a student in Paris. And Rose remembers her inspirational piano teacher, Joyce Hatto, whose career ended in disappointment and scandal many years later. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 3.

Saturday Review
Rose Tremain; The Imitation Game; Wildefire; Allen Jones; Remember Me

Saturday Review

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2014 42:01


Rose Tremain's latest book is a collection of short stories called The American Lover; how does her shorter fiction compare to her full length work? Benedict Cumberbatch plays the WWII cryptographer and code-breaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. Also starring Kiera Knightley, it tells the tale of the team of British maths geniuses who cracked the Nazi's Enigma Code. How successfully does it breathe new life into the biography of a private and secretive man? Roy Williams' new play Wildefire, directed by Maria Aberg, opens at London's Hampstead Theatre. It deals with 'the precarious world of modern policing'; how does a good copper stay good when her world turns nasty? British artist Allen Jones is probably best known for three works he created 45 years ago; Hat Stand, Table and Chair. A new exhibition at London's Royal Academy is a look back at his career - including pop art from the 60s, through figurative sculpture to his painted steel sculptures. But do accusations that his early work demeans women still hold sway in the more broadminded 21st century? Michael Palin returns to a British TV series for the first time in 2 decades in Remember Me on BBC1; a supernatural thriller set in Yorkshire - who is to blame for a series of mysterious deaths? Razia Iqbal's guests are Elif Shafak, Patrick Gale and Miranda Carter. The producer is Oliver Jones.

Front Row: Archive 2014
BBC National Short Story Award 2014

Front Row: Archive 2014

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2014 29:10


In a special edition of Front Row live from the BBC Radio Theatre, John Wilson and guests celebrate the short story. He'll be joined on stage by Hilary Mantel and Laura Dockrill. And chair of the judges Alan Yentob will be announcing the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2014 from the all female shortlist of Tessa Hadley, Rose Tremain, Francesca Rhydderch, Zadie Smith and Lionel Shriver.

Front Row: Archive 2014
Toby Jones; Maps to the Stars review; Rose Tremain; John Lahr on Tennessee Williams

Front Row: Archive 2014

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2014 28:30


British actor Toby Jones discusses his role in new TV drama Marvellous and Jason Solomons reviews David Cronenberg's latest film, the dark Hollywood satire Maps to the Stars. Also on the programme Rose Tremain explains the idea behind her shortlisted entry for this year's BBC National Short Story Award, and John Lahr on how he got inside the mind of Tennessee Williams for a new biography. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Ellie Bury.

2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival
Tracy Chevalier at Edinburgh International Book Festival

2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2013 53:30


Her novel based on a famous Vermeer portrait sold a staggering 4 million copies worldwide and put Tracy Chevalier straight into the international literary premier league. Now she’s produced The Last Runaway, which has been described by Rose Tremain as ‘the best thing Chevalier’s written since Girl With A Pearl Earring’. Recorded live at the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival, this event sees Chevalier in conversation with Scottish journalist Jackie McGlone, describing a journey to the sunlit cornfields of Ohio where life is not as idyllic as it may sound.

2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival

Her novel based on a famous Vermeer portrait sold a staggering 4 million copies worldwide and put Tracy Chevalier straight into the international literary premier league. Now she’s produced The Last Runaway, which has been described by Rose Tremain as ‘the best thing Chevalier’s written since Girl With A Pearl Earring’. Recorded live at the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival, this event sees Chevalier in conversation with Scottish journalist Jackie McGlone, describing a journey to the sunlit cornfields of Ohio where life is not as idyllic as it may sound.

Front Row: Archive 2013
Olympus Has Fallen; Granta Best of Young British Novelists

Front Row: Archive 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2013 26:02


With Mark Lawson. Front Row reveals the Best of Young British Novelists, as selected by Granta magazine, and featuring 20 writers under 40. The prestigious list, which was first published in 1983, is released once a decade: the class of 1983 included Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and Rose Tremain. The editor of Granta John Freeman and writer A L Kennedy, who was selected in both 1993 and 2003, unveil the new list and reflect on their judging process. The White House is the setting for the action film Olympus Has Fallen, starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. After the US president is taken hostage by terrorists, a disgraced former guard (Butler) finds himself playing a vital role. Elaine Showalter reviews. Mark reports from Derry-Londonderry, as it celebrates its 100th Day as City of Culture 2013. Throughout the year hundreds of events will take place, involving both international artists and local people. Mark speaks to the organisers of a photography project which aims to show the personal history of the city, not the news headlines from the Troubles. A record shop owner and local band Strength discuss their participation, and author Brian McGilloway talks about the City of Culture legacy. The conductor Sir Colin Davis died yesterday at the age of 85. Nicholas Kenyon, director of the Barbican Centre, London, reflects on the career of a musician who won international acclaim, most notably for his performances of works by Berlioz and Sibelius. Producer Nicki Paxman.

Books and Authors
Rose Tremain, Sunjeev Sahota and highlights of the year

Books and Authors

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2010 27:46


Mariella picks her personal highlights from this year's programmes; novelist Rose Tremain discusses the literary and dramatic potential bound up in sibling rivalry; and new writer Sunjeev Sahota talks about his novel Ours Are The Streets.

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Podularity Books Podcast
Summer Reading Choices: Marcus Chown

Podularity Books Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2010


Marcus Chown is cosmology consultant of New Scientist. His books include Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, Felicity Frobisher and the Three-Headed Aldebaran Dust Devil and We Need to Talk About Kelvin, which has just been long-listed for the 2010 Royal Society Book Prize. I interviewed Marcus about We Need to Talk about Kelvin for the Faber podcast. You can listen to the interview by clicking here. Here are his summer reading selections: It is probably odd to recommend a book so far only half-read but I knew from the opening page that Tash Aw’s Map of the Invisible World was going to be special. The story of two orphaned brothers adopted by very different families, set amid the political turmoil of post-colonial Indonesia, its prose is rich and atmospheric. Reminds me of Graham Greene. Aw, a Malaysian writer based in London, deserves to be far better known than he is. I had never before read anything by Rose Tremain but, after putting down The Road Home, I wanted to read more. The novel charts the …

World Book Club
Rose Tremain - Restoration

World Book Club

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2007 27:04


Rose Tremain answers questions from an audience and sent in by World Service listeners about her international best-seller, Restoration, set in the time of Charles II in 17th Century England. Presenter: Harriett Gilbert.

Bookclub
Rose Tremain

Bookclub

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2002 27:35


James Naughtie and a studio audience meet Rose Tremain to discuss her winner of the 1999 Whitbread Novel award about 17th century Denmark, Music and Silence.

Desert Island Discs
Rose Tremain

Desert Island Discs

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 1997 36:00


Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the novelist Rose Tremain. She began writing as a child soon after her father left home. It became a kind of therapy for her and she explains it's something she still turns to, especially in moments of crisis. Recognised for her ability to get right inside the minds of her characters, she offers the reader a view of the world through their eyes. In her book Sacred Country, we become a little girl who believes she's really a boy. In Restoration, we live the life of a 17th-century man. As a writer, she wants her work to feel dangerous, and so after extensive research she likes to forget it; keeping some facts and making others up. It's like playing a game with the reader, she says, a challenge to guess which is fact and which is merely fiction.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Dance Me To The End Of Love by Leonard Cohen Book: A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking Luxury: Word processor

time recognised rose tremain sue lawley desert island discs favourite dance me to the end of love
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the novelist Rose Tremain. She began writing as a child soon after her father left home. It became a kind of therapy for her and she explains it's something she still turns to, especially in moments of crisis. Recognised for her ability to get right inside the minds of her characters, she offers the reader a view of the world through their eyes. In her book Sacred Country, we become a little girl who believes she's really a boy. In Restoration, we live the life of a 17th-century man. As a writer, she wants her work to feel dangerous, and so after extensive research she likes to forget it; keeping some facts and making others up. It's like playing a game with the reader, she says, a challenge to guess which is fact and which is merely fiction. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Dance Me To The End Of Love by Leonard Cohen Book: A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking Luxury: Word processor

time recognised rose tremain sue lawley desert island discs favourite dance me to the end of love