Sian Hughes, author of ‘Pearl’ (S3E2)

In this episode Paul interviews Sian Hughes, the Booker-longlisted author of Pearl, in her beautiful bookshop Magpie Books in Malpas, Cheshire.

Sian talks about the long process of writing Pearl, Old English poetry in the Cheshire dialect, being longlisted for the Booker prize, the Wales/Cheshire border and much more!

To learn more about Sian, here are a couple of sites with more information:

Siân Hughes

https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/authors/sian-hughes

And, as always, here is our bookshelf.org bookshelf with some of the books we mention:

https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-3-episode-2-sian-hughes

Apologies: because this was recorded on location, the sound levels are a little variable, but hopefully this won’t spoil your enjoyment.