#350 Meg Mason: The Sorrow & Bliss of Writing Novels
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emma gannon
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🗓️ 19 August 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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*FYI don't think there are spoilers, but if there are, it's in the second half of the interview.* My guest today is Meg Mason, author of several books including the recent instant Sunday Times bestseller Sorrow and Bliss. She began her career at the Financial Times and The Times of London and has been a regular columnist for GQ, ELLE and Vogue. I absolutely loved Sorrow & Bliss and reached out to Meg's team as soon as I finished reading it. The quote on the cover from Anne Patchett says: ‘'I was making a list of all the people I wanted to send it to, until I realised that I wanted to send it to everyone I know’ which is how I feel having gifted it to a few friends because I just want everyone to read it so I can talk more about it. It’s a Gen X coming of age, mental health love story that will rip you apart and piece you back together. This was a real treat getting to chat to Meg, I hope you enjoy this chat! xo
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| 0:00.7 | This episode of Control or Delete is sponsored by King Fischer, the company behind |
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| 0:58.0 | Hello and welcome back to Control or Delete. My guest today is the wonderful Meg Mason. |
| 1:03.4 | She's the author of several books, including The Recent, Instance Undytime's bestseller, |
| 1:08.3 | Sorrow and Bliss, which is one of my favourite books of this year. The minute I finished it, |
| 1:12.7 | I wanted to reread it all over again. She began her career at the financial times and the times |
| 1:18.0 | of London. She's been a regular columnist for GQ, L, and Vogue, and her most recent novel, |
| 1:23.6 | Sorrow and Bliss, really has taken the world by storm. And don't worry, there's no spoilers |
| 1:28.3 | in this episode if you haven't read it yet. The only stuff we talk about is the stuff you'll get |
| 1:32.4 | from the blurb. And just to set the scene for how much people have loved this book, it's one of |
| 1:37.4 | the times best books of the summer, one of the Guardians 50 hottest new books everyone should |
| 1:43.1 | read, one of the independence 30 best books of the summer, one of the Irish independence hottest |
| 1:47.7 | summer reads. It's just everywhere. And there is a quote on the cover from Anne Patchett that says, |
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