S13, BONUS EPISODE! How To Fail: Candice Carty-Williams

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

So many people have requested this guest and now I'm beyond thrilled to oblige! Yes, that's right it's author Candice Carty-Williams whose first novel, Queenie, became a publishing sensation. Queenie won the 2019 Book of the Year at the British Book Awards making Carty-Williams the first Black author to do so.
Now, her second novel People Person is about to be published, a TV adaptation of Queenie for Channel 4 is in the works and she’s writing an original drama for the BBC.
She joins me to talk about growing up in South London, re-writing her novel through lockdown, why she regrets not having therapy sooner and what she's learned about boundaries. Plus: Amy Winehouse. She also opens up about the death of one of her closest friends and what it taught her. And: why readers assuming her books are autobiographical is actually kind of annoying.

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People Person is published next month but you can pre-order it here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/people-person/candice-carty-williams/9781398710542

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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day, produced by Naomi Mantin and Chris Sharp. To contact us, email [email protected]

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0:00.0	The Army's SkyNet Fiosatellites can establish comms lines anywhere,
0:04.0	but only a soldier can adapt their voice to the situation on the ground.
0:09.0	Giving orders and taking control.
0:12.0	We are showing local civilians.
0:16.0	Staying calm in a medical emergency.
0:20.0	Or knowing when it's best. Trust.
0:23.0	To listen.
0:24.0	Nothing can do what a soldier can do.
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0:30.0	At Honda we've been listening to people talking about the weather.
0:33.0	Not everyone wants to be blasted in the face.
0:38.0	So what if the air inside the all new Honda H RV hybrid is a little more...
0:45.0	...with L-shaped vents in the top corners of the dash that create a weather system...
0:51.0	...suddenly directing a stream of air beside and above the driver and passengers...
0:56.0	...shielding from hot air in the summer and cold air in the winter.
1:00.0	The all new H RV hybrid air diffusion system is something worth talking about...
1:04.0	...like the weather.
1:05.0	Where will we listen to take us next? Honda, the power of dreams.
1:23.0	Hello and welcome to How to Fail with Elizabeth Day.
1:27.0	The podcast that celebrates the things that haven't gone right.
1:31.0	This is a podcast about learning from our mistakes...
1:34.0	...and understanding that why we fail ultimately makes us stronger.
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