Literary Friction - Inside Publishing with Hannah Westland from Serpent's Tail (Sponsored Episode)

Literary Friction

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🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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For Minisode Nineteen we’re doing something a little different - this episode is sponsored by publisher Serpent’s Tail, who are celebrating their thirty-fifth birthday this year (just like both of us!). We’ve had many of their authors on the show over the years, including Chris Kraus, Carmen Maria Machado, Mary Gaitskill, Esi Edugyan and Sarah Perry. So in honour of their birthday, we talked to Serpent’s Tail publisher Hannah Westland about what it's like to be an editor, how she works with authors and with text, and what it means to be looking for fresh talent. Plus she gave some hot tips about upcoming books this Spring. We hope you enjoy it! https://serpentstail.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome to literary friction. I'm Octavia Bright reporting to you from deep inside the internet with my
0:15.2	extremely socially distant co-host Carrie Plitt all the way in Oxford. How you doing, Carrie?
0:38.2	I'm okay, Octavia. I am, I feel like I'm just getting through it right now. You know, I'm not good or bad. I'm just like getting through it. And I do feel like there's some hope on the horizon. I'm unsure about the government's plans to reopen everything on the 21st of June, but also feeling quite hopeful about a summer where we can actually do things. So I'm getting through it.
0:41.4	How about you?
0:42.4	Yeah, pretty much the same. I was going to say one foot in front of the other bit, I'm
0:47.1	just sitting down, aren't I mostly?
0:49.3	Yeah, I got a cramp in one side of my butt today from crossing my legs too much sitting in
0:55.7	the sea.
0:56.2	I was like, oh, no.
0:59.9	That's age.
1:00.7	That's age coming for you, my darling.
1:02.7	Yeah, I'm also actually currently feeling quite guilty because we're still doing supermarket
1:06.8	deliveries because I'm still taking care of my mom on and off.
1:09.4	And my poor old partner is
1:12.3	unbagging all of the food as we speak, diligently wiping it down. And I'm here doing this
1:17.3	instead, which is way more fun. Do you know, that's hilarious because that's literally what's
1:23.2	happening in our house. Eddie just went food shopping and is now putting all of the groceries
1:28.5	away downstairs because I couldn't help him. Oh, that's amazing. That's beautiful. Well, we should
1:36.8	actually get to some work considering these dear men are breaking their backs in the kitchen.
1:40.8	So, nice little segue for Minnesota 19. We are doing something a little bit different.
1:47.0	This episode is sponsored by publisher Serpent's Tale, who we are huge fans of and who are
1:52.1	celebrating their 35th birthday this year. In fact, just like both of us, you just turned 35, didn't
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