About this episode

Francis Spufford discusses his latest novel Nonesuch with Neil Denny.

Francis Spufford is the author of three novels and five works of non-fiction. His debut work of fiction was the historical novel  Golden Hill,  which won the Costa First Novel Award, the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize, and was shortlisted for four others. His second novel,  Light Perpetual , was awarded the Encore Award and longlisted for the Booker Prize. His third novel, the alternative history  Cahokia Jazz,  was recognised by the Science Fiction community when it was awarded the Sidewise Award in 2023. He teaches writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. On this episode of Little Atoms he talks to Neil Denny about his latest novel Nonesuch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Neil Denny

Guest: Francis Spufford

Topics covered

• fiction
• novels
• writing
• historical fiction
• alternative history
• literature

Keywords

• Francis Spufford
• Nonesuch
• historical novel
• Light Perpetual
• Cahokia Jazz
• writing
• Goldsmiths College

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goldsmiths College, University of London

Books & works: Golden Hill, Light Perpetual, Cahokia Jazz, Nonesuch

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