Secrets from the Green Room

Season 1. Episode 8: Eugen Bacon


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Craig and Irma talk about the fraught experience of getting book endorsements.

Then Craig chats with Eugen Bacon about issues around black writing, the joys and difficulties of life that trigger inspiration, the complexities of defining genre, the art of the short story, and why reading Toni Morrison is like eating the richest truffles.

About Eugen
Eugen Bacon is an African Australian author of several novels and fiction collections. She’s a British Fantasy Award winner, a Foreword Book of the Year silver award winner, a twice World Fantasy Award finalist, and a finalist in the British Science Fiction Association, Aurealis, Ditmar and Australian Shadow Awards. 

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