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Writing narrative non-fiction with Kate Summerscale
FromThe Writing Life
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54 minutes
Released:
Oct 21, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Kate Summerscale, the award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, joins the pod to talk to Chris about her new book, The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story. They discuss the origins of the book, Kate's approach to research and how she had to track down the facts, and how the book sets poltergeists and the increased interest in the supernatural in the 1930s with the rise of Hitler and looming war.
Hosted by Steph McKenna and Simon Jones.
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Music by Bennet Maples.
Hosted by Steph McKenna and Simon Jones.
Find out more about what we do: http://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/
Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/3G39dRW
Join the Book Club: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/the-ncw-book-club/
Music by Bennet Maples.
Released:
Oct 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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