Author Emilie Pine

Emilie Pine, author of the personal essay collection Notes to Self and her recently published novel Ruth and Pen, tells us what it was like to narrate her emotionally difficult first book, what factored into the casting of Ruth and Pen’s audiobook narrator, and the sometimes surprising responses she’s received from readers. There is also wisdom here for the aspiring writer, or anyone attempting something that feels too enormous to begin.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Notes to Self, a collection of personal essays written and narrated by Emilie, published by Tramp Press
• Ruth and Pen, a novel written by Emilie and narrated by Jody O’Neill, published by Hamish Hamilton
• Good Sex, a play written by Emilie, produced by Dead Centre, and directed by Ben Kidd
• Small: On motherhoods, a memoir written by Claire Lynch, published by Octopus Publishing Group
• Ulysses by James Joyce
• Virginia Woolf

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