A Year of Creative Thinking by Jessica Swale with Jessica Swale

About this episode

Sara and Cariad discuss creative thinking with guest Jessica Swale, exploring various topics including childhood artistry and snacks.

Happy New Year! This week's Christmas book guest is A Year of Creative Thinking by Jessica Swale. Sara and Cariad are joined by Jessica Swale - Jessica is an Olivier Award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director. She's known for such works as Blue Stockings, Nell Gwynn and the current hit Paddington: The Musical . In this episode they discuss aliens, Paddington, snacks, childhood artistry, chair parties and Gails. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! A Year of Creative Thinking by Jessica Swale is available here - Save 25% when you buy direct from publisher Nick Hern Books - enter code WEIRDOSNHB at www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/a-year-of-creative-thinking Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback here now.   Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sara Pascoe, Cariad Lloyd

Guest: Jessica Swale

Topics covered

• creative thinking
• playwriting
• childhood artistry
• snacks
• interview

Keywords

• creative thinking
• Jessica Swale
• playwright
• Paddington
• Blue Stockings
• Nell Gwynn
• interview

Sponsors

Nick Hern Books

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nick Hern Books, Welcome Studio

Books & works: A Year of Creative Thinking, Blue Stockings, Nell Gwynn, Paddington: The Musical

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