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‘Music to grieve by’– Natalie Buske Thomas
My guest this week is writing about a very personal project – a book of oil paintings that contain a story where a young boy is watched by his grandfather. She was inspired by her memories of her...
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The Undercover Soundtrack – Natalie Buske Thomas
‘Music to grieve by’ Once a week I host a writer who uses music as part of their creative environment – perhaps to connect with a character, populate a mysterious place, or hold a moment still to...
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‘Is there life after death?’ Christina Banach
My guest this week is releasing her debut novel, a tale of love, loss and friendship centring on a pair of twins. She says that music was her anchor while she was brainstorming ideas and exploring the...
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The Undercover Soundtrack – Christina Banach
‘Is there life after death?’ Once a week I host a writer who uses music as part of their creative environment – perhaps to connect with a character, populate a mysterious place, or hold a moment still...
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‘An anxious, urgent sound: the music of chance’– Jim Ruland
This week’s Undercover Soundtrack is so raw and honest. Although all great books are personal journeys for the writer as well as the reader, this one has a truly traumatic back story. The writer lost a...
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‘Music and love transform your internal landscape’– Louisa Treger
My guest this week used to be a classical violinist. She says music informs every word she writes, expressing states of feeling that she then strives to render in words. Her novel is a biographical...
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The Undercover Soundtrack – Clare Flynn
‘Watching the wintry sea and reflecting on a marriage’ Once a week I host a writer who uses music as part of their creative environment – perhaps to connect with a character, populate a mysterious...
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‘The lives and loves the sea has claimed’– Wyl Menmuir
This week’s guest first conceptualised his novel to the sound of the sea. Waves on rocks, rain against a hood. On a visit to a sea shanty festival, it took a firmer shape as he walked through the...
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‘Music is both my on and off switch’– Andrea Darby
My guest this week is a musician as much as a writer – she teaches piano, and she says that playing is the closest she ever gets to a state of mindfulness. Her debut novel was sparked by the uncanny...
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‘The unrelenting passage of time’– Theresa Milstein
My guest this week has just published a collection of vignettes. They’re linked by a sense of time passing, anniversaries both happy and sad, and nostalgia. Music was the way to capture and preserve...
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