In this episode, I'm chatting with Pip Williams, author of two novels featured in the Literature category on Art In Fiction: The Dictionary of Lost Words andThe Bookbinder.
Highlights include:
- The Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford University Press as inspiration for both novels.
- Finding treasure in the archives of Oxford University Press.
- Inspiration for The Bookbinder and an examination of women's work before and during World War I.
- The role class plays in both novels.
- Women and the vote in 1918 - working-class women were not included.
- Finding information about the lives of working women in archives written primarily by men.
- The characters of the identical twins Peggy and Maude in The Bookbinder.
- Reading from The Bookbinder featuring Calliope, Peggy and Maude's canal boat home in Oxford.
- Reasons for the breakout success of The Dictionary of Lost Words.
- Description of research methods.
- Two excellent pieces of advice for new authors.
- What Pip is currently reading
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Pip Williams's Website
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Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
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