Olivia Sudjic is the author or two novels and a non-fiction long form essay. Her latest novel, Asylum Road, is a darkly unsettling story of a newly engaged couple unraveling.

In this episode Olivia talks about the lure of control that drove her to novel writing as well as the risks involved when shouldering creative responsibility largely alone. The advantages of choosing a young, up and coming agent who is also your ideal reader as well as the the challenges of writing versus publishing and making the reader do a bit of work. And what happens when the siren song of writing becomes a day job?

Links

Asylum Road - Olivia Sudjic

Sympathy - Olivia Sudjic

Exposure - Olivia Sudjic

Ill Feelings - Alice Hattrick

This is the Ritual - Rob Doyle

In The Garden: Essays on Nature and Growing - Daunt Books

The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym - Paula Byrne

You can find Olivia Sudjic on instagram @olivia.sudjic