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The Hidden Lives of Writers

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  • How and why writers write. Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel are working writers - and their favourite people are writers. Join them as they dive deep into HOW and WHY successful writers write. Mail us at hiddenlivesofwriters@gmail.com
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  • S03 E10 Ivan Vladislavic

    S03 E10 Ivan Vladislavic
    May 20 2024
    Ivan Vladislavic is a multi-award winning author, editor, and professor of creative writing. His new memoir The Near North is available now.

    Ivan joins Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel to talk about how not having grown up in Johannesburg has made him more curious about the city and how the words of other authors are the constant backdrop to his life.

    Ivan discusses the narrative choices one has to make as a memoirist and gives credit to his trusted early readers for helping his decide how to structure The Near North.

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    Fiona and Gail would love to hear from you! Please join the conversation here:
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • S03 E09 Lynn Joffe

    S03 E09 Lynn Joffe
    May 13 2024
    Lynn Joffe is a copywriter, a novelist, a short story writer, and an author of children's books. She is the author of the critically acclaimed picaresque novel, The Gospel According to Wanda B. Lazarus, published by Modjaji Books.

    Lynn joins Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel to talk about how she came to write a feminist reimagining of the antisemitic Medieval myth of the Wandering Jew.
    Describing antisemitism as a 'light sleeper', Lynn talks about how this myth was reverse engineered into scripture centuries afterwards.

    Lynn describes how losing her sister to cancer plunged her into a state of deep grief and how she is only now able to find her writing voice again.

    Fiona and Gail ask Lynn the secrets every writer should know about keeping their work at the forefront of the public's mind.

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    55 mins
  • S03 E08 Margie Orford

    S03 E08 Margie Orford
    May 6 2024
    Margie Orford is a writer, academic, activist, and award-winning journalist. She is the author of the acclaimed Clare Hart series of crime novels. Her most recent work is a much-anticipated memoir, Love And Fury.

    Margie joins Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel to talk about the narrative choices one makes for memoir rather than fiction, and how second-wave feminism influenced her life at every step.

    Margie discusses how she handles sexual violence on the page and how talking about one's own life is different to talking about fictional constructs.

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    Fiona and Gail would love to hear from you! Please join the conversation here:
    Email: hiddenlivesofwriters@gmail.com
    Instagram: @thehiddenlivesofwriterspod
    Twitter: @hiddenwriterpod
    YouTube: The Hidden Lives of Writers
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    1 hr and 18 mins
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