Field Ramble with Alycia Pirmohamed, Keiran Goddard & Nasim Rebecca Asl
11/20/23 • 20 min
This month Field is joined by novelist Keiran Goddard to discuss his upcoming novel I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning. The book lovingly traces the relationships between a group of friends who have remained close since childhood. Central to the novel are thoughts on lost opportunity and fragmented community. Why is success measured by leaving the place we love? Why do those early relationships continue to exert such a grasp? And where can we still find hope? Keiran talks about finding inspiration in surprising places, the responsibilities he felt when building the fictional community of the book and the paramount importance of remembering that ‘you just never know’. I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning is published by Abacus Books in February 2024
The episode begins with a beautiful reading from poet Alycia Pirmohamed of her poem Where The Light Goes, which also happens to be the opener to this month's issue of the magazine. Huge congratulations to Alycia for being the very worthy winner of this year's Nan Shepherd Prize. Poet Nasim Rebecca Asl closes the episode with a reading of her wonderful poem AfterLight. Do follow the links below to find out more about their work.
https://alycia-pirmohamed.com/books/
https://www.nasimrasl.com/
https://www.keirangoddard.com/
As ever, huge thanks to Ian Hawgood for the use of his beautiful music.
https://bandcamp.com/tag/ian-hawgood
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This month Field is joined by novelist Keiran Goddard to discuss his upcoming novel I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning. The book lovingly traces the relationships between a group of friends who have remained close since childhood. Central to the novel are thoughts on lost opportunity and fragmented community. Why is success measured by leaving the place we love? Why do those early relationships continue to exert such a grasp? And where can we still find hope? Keiran talks about finding inspiration in surprising places, the responsibilities he felt when building the fictional community of the book and the paramount importance of remembering that ‘you just never know’. I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning is published by Abacus Books in February 2024
The episode begins with a beautiful reading from poet Alycia Pirmohamed of her poem Where The Light Goes, which also happens to be the opener to this month's issue of the magazine. Huge congratulations to Alycia for being the very worthy winner of this year's Nan Shepherd Prize. Poet Nasim Rebecca Asl closes the episode with a reading of her wonderful poem AfterLight. Do follow the links below to find out more about their work.
https://alycia-pirmohamed.com/books/
https://www.nasimrasl.com/
https://www.keirangoddard.com/
As ever, huge thanks to Ian Hawgood for the use of his beautiful music.
https://bandcamp.com/tag/ian-hawgood
@fieldzine
www.fieldzine.com
www.patreon.com/fieldzine
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Field Ramble with Daisy Johnson and Matt Hill
This month Field is joined by novelist Daisy Johnson from the depths of her writing shed to talk ghosts, hotels and the Fen. If you get to this time of year and fancy swimming in darker waters then look no further than Daisy's short story collections. From the opening line these are stories that beguile, disorientate and terrify. There are things in the walls of Daisy's buildings, her characters are rarely who we assume and her houses and hotels are definitely not places to hang about.
Also - another killer publication from Dead Ink Books! Matt Hill’s Lamb -a road trip through an England of the near future. A crumbling, menacing place where boundaries between memory and the land and the individual are all collapsing. Matt tells us about the inspiration behind his latest novel.
Get hold of your copy here: https://deadinkbooks.com/product/lamb/
Listen to The Hotel here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000qhh8
As ever, huge thanks go to Huw Marc Bennett and Ian Hawgood for the use of their beautiful music.
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Field Ramble with Mike McCormack & John Patrick McHugh
Field sees the year out with Mike McCormack and JP McHugh. John's short story collection was the find of the year at Field HQ a beautiful set of stories about the fragility and cut throat business of friendship. If you're doing some last minute Christmas shopping this is a huge recommend.
Mike McCormack needs little introduction. A multi award winning novelist, whose work is thrilling unconfined by genre. Mike's latest novel This Plague of Souls was published in October by Canongate and is part noir, part metaphysical thriller.
Huge thanks to both Mike and John for taking the time out to talk.
As ever thanks go to Ian Hawgood & Huw Marc Bennett for the kind use of their music. The little dash of Christmas at the end is a reworking of the old John Prine classic Christmas in Prison by Emmy the Great and Light Speed Champion.
Big love and hoping for peace.
Pick up John's book here: https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/9780008490645
Pick up Mike's novel here: https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/9781838859329
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