About this episode

Sian Hughes discusses her latest novel No Such Thing As Monday and her journey as a writer.

Sian Hughes is a writer who grew up in a small village in Cheshire. Her first collection of poetry The Missing was a Poetry Society Recommendation, longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, shortlisted for the Felix Dennis and the Aldeburgh prizes, and won the Seamus Heaney Award. Sian's first novel Pearl was longlisted for The Booker Prize 2023 and shortlisted for The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2024. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel No Such Thing As Monday . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Neil Denny

Guest: Sian Hughes

Topics covered

• poetry
• novels
• literature
• awards
• writing
• interviews

Keywords

• Sian Hughes
• No Such Thing As Monday
• Pearl
• The Missing
• Booker Prize
• poetry
• novel
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Poetry Society, Guardian, Felix Dennis, Aldeburgh, The Booker Prize, The Authors' Club, Acast

Books & works: The Missing, Pearl, No Such Thing As Monday

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