Wolverhampton Literature Festival - Josie Long's Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't

About this episode

Josie Long discusses her debut book and the nuances of writing in a live setting.

In the first episode of a new limited series of Book Shambles Robin and Josie take the stage at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery to talk about Josie's debut book, a collection of short stories titled Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't. They chat about the differences in writing a book to writing for stand up, early literary influences and why a fox on the cover actually makes sense. See the video version, with more chat not on the audio version, of this episode by supporting the show and subscribing at patreon.com/cosmicshambles.

People in this episode

Host: Robin

Guest: Josie Long

Topics covered

• literature
• short stories
• writing process
• stand up comedy
• literary influences

Keywords

• Josie Long
• Wolverhampton Literature Festival
• short stories
• writing
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wolverhampton Art Gallery, The Cosmic Shambles Network

Books & works: Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't

Places: Wolverhampton

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