Dylin Hardcastle has been publishing their writing since they were 21, having now completed a memoir, a book of YA fiction and two novels. In their latest work, Dylin takes the reader back to 1972, and across three decades, explores the parallel lives of two women, shaped by their contrasting experiences of desire. This week, Michael sits down with Dylin Hardcastle for a wide-ranging conversation about this new novel, A Language of Limbs.

Reading list:

A Language of Limbs, Dylin Hardcastle, 2024

Below Deck, Sophie Hardcastle, 2020

Breathing Underwater, Sophie Hardcastle, 2016

Running Like China, Sophie Hardcastle, 2015

In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado, 2019

Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay, Lars Horn, 2022

The List, Yomi Adegoke, 2023

You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. 

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