The Joy of Writing
Your host is Mark Carew, author of three novels: Magnus, The Book of Alexander, and Beyond The North Wind.
Season 1 of the podcase ran from April 2020 to July 2021 and featured:
1) In-depth conversations with fellow writers about their novels
2) Discussions of the nitty-gritty of writing
3) Advice for new and aspiring writers - as in how to write a novel (my most popular episodes)
Season 2 began in December 2025 and will feature a chapter-by-chapter narration by me of my first novel Beyond The North Wind (self-published)
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The Joy of Writing
Episode 31: Dark Aemilia by Sally O'Reilly
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My guest is Sally O'Reilly, author of Dark Aemilia, published by Myriad in 2014. Aemilia Lanyer meets William Shakespeare in the time of the plague, witchcraft, and a dying Queen Elizabeth, in this vividly imagined novel, rich in historical detail and speculation on who really wrote Macbeth.
Publisher: https://myriadeditions.com/books/dark-aemilia/
Dark Aemilia is available in hardcover, paperback and ebook.
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