51: Real Writers Circle Takeover

This month’s show is hosted Victoria Robson and Cindy Etherton, co-founders of Real Writers Circle, a Brighton-based a community of writers who meet monthly to share work, support, and friendship. Victoria and Cindy talk to Circle members Ciar Byrne, Jackie Mendoza and Kate Marsh about their favourite books and their influence on their writing. And they catch up with RWC member Samuel Burr and his editor Charlotte Mursell at Orion Publishing on Sam’s debut novel The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers. Favourite Books Mentioned in the Show: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie In Memoriam by Alice Winn La Terre by Emil Zola Life After Life by Kate Atkinson My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell Persuasion by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Fellowship of the Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr (available in May) The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman X/Twitter Real Writers Circle: @Real_Writers_ Cindy Etherton: @CindyEtherton4 Victoria Robson: @victoriarobson Ciar Byrne: @ciarbyrne Jackie Mendoza: @writerandhounds Kate Marsh: @k8marsh Samuel Burr: @samuelburr Charlotte Mursell: @Charlo_Murs Instagram @realwriterscircle @cindy.etherton @samuelburr @writerandhounds @ciarbyrnewriter @aunticles