About this episode
The episode discusses Penelope Fitzgerald's novel 'Human Voices' set in the BBC during WWII, featuring guest insights and book recommendations.
In this episode from March 2019, Andy and John are joined by Georgina Morley who was then the Non-Fiction Editorial Director at Picador, and Lucy Scholes, the Senior Editor at McNally Editions. The book under discussion is Penelope Fitzgerald’s Human Voices, her fourth novel, set in the BBC's Broadcasting House during the Second World War. Before that, John extols the virtues of The Good Immigrant (USA) edited by Nikesh Shukla & Chimene Suleyman and Andy is impressed by Sarah Moss’s Ghost Wall. * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. *There is a bonus episode on Penelope Fitzgerald's Booker Prize winning novel Offshore for our Patreon subscribers, along with book chat, no adverts, and extra fortnightly episodes and original writing. www.patreon.com/backlisted * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm *You can sign up to our free monthly newsletter here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Andy, John
Guests: Georgina Morley, Lucy Scholes
Topics covered
- Penelope Fitzgerald
- World War II
- BBC
- novels
- book recommendations
- literary discussion
Keywords
- Penelope Fitzgerald
- Human Voices
- BBC
- World War II
- book discussion
- literary podcast
- bookshop
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Picador, McNally Editions, Patreon, backlisted.fm, uk.bookshop.org
Books & works: Human Voices, The Good Immigrant (USA), Ghost Wall, Offshore
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