S6 Ep61: Tom Crewe, novelist

This week I'm talking to Tom Crewe, author of 2023's The New Life, contributing editor of the London Review of Books and winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. I visited Tom in September at his London office, which is really more of a nest of books, and we talked about the strange emotional journey of publication; the wrangling of structure; the role of sex scenes and much more.

Buy The New Life here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5954/9781529919714

Listen to Tom reading his LRB essay on his childhood obsession with wrestling: https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/wrestling-days

Buy my book In Writing: Conversations on Inspiration, Perspiration and Creative Desperation: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5954/9781803510637

Come and see me and author Anna Metcalfe in Birmingham on Saturday 30 November: https://the-heath-bookshop.eventcube.io/events/68404/hattie-crisell-in-writing-conversations-on-inspiration-perspiration-and-creative-desperation

This season of In Writing is sponsored by Curtis Brown Creative – the renowned writing school run by the literary and talent agency. Use code INWRITING20 for £20 off your first online writing course – eligible courses can be found here. Visit https://curtisbrowncreative.co.uk to find out more.