About this episode
‘His straw hat hurt him, it pinched his forehead and started a dull ache in the two bones just over the temples…’
This week, Sally has been reading and teaching Katherine Mansfield, focusing on characters in her short fiction. Listen for a masterclass on openings, writing characters through objects, and making connections between and through them.
The full text of the stories Sally reads can be found here.
The passage read in the final section comes from Sally’s forthcoming fictional biography, provisionally titled Mrs Parnell.
This episode was edited and produced by James Bowen.
Special thanks to Andrew Smith, Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Maeve Magnus.
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