On this month's episode I interview the author Frances Leviston. Frances has written two books of poetry – Public Dream (2007) and Disinformation (2015), both published by Picador. Her debut collection of short stories, The Voice in My Ear, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2020, and that's the focus of our chat. We talk about the differences between writing poetry and fiction, and the themes that bind the stories together in the The Voice in My Ear.

Frances's website:

https://francesleviston.com/

Here's a good review of The Voice in My Ear:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/14/the-voice-in-my-ear-frances-leviston-review-claire

This episode also features my new regular feature about what I've been listening to and reading.

Here's a great interview with ML Buch:

https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/step-inside-ml-buchs-digitized-art-pop-wilderness/

And I loved reading The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns. Here's a good Backlisted episode about it:

https://www.backlisted.fm/episodes/14-barbara-comyns-the-vets-daughter

And here's the Backlisted episode about Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner:

https://www.backlisted.fm/episodes/8-sylvia-townsend-warner-lolly-willowes

Azalea City Bandcamp page:

https://azaleacity.bandcamp.com/

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