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By: Andrew Hankinson
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  • The podcast where nonfiction authors are interviewed.
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  • Sally Hayden: My Fourth Time, We Drowned

    Sally Hayden: My Fourth Time, We Drowned
    Apr 23 2024
    I spoke to Sally Hayden about her book My Fourth Time, We Drowned.

    It's about people who tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Europe but ended up locked in detention centres in Libya. The book won the Orwell Prize and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. She describes it as a 'book of evidence'.

    We talked about:
    • her early reporting on the story while working for Vice
    • the role played by business cards
    • the importance of making yourself contactable
    • having to respond to sources at all hours
    • how the story took over her life
    • struggling to get the story commissioned
    • how journalism awards helped change that
    • warnings from MI6 that her life was in danger
    • working out what the book would be
    • finding an agent and publisher who believe in what you're doing
    • giving away her prize money

    You can buy her book here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/my-fourth-time-we-drowned-seeking-refuge-on-the-world-s-deadliest-migration-route-sally-hayden/6026367

    She recommended Against A Tide of Evil by Mukesh Kapila:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Against-Tide-Evil-Whistleblower-Twenty-First/dp/0991099338

    And you can buy my books here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/andrew-hankinson

    Thanks for listening.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • David Whitehouse: About A Son

    David Whitehouse: About A Son
    Feb 16 2024
    This episode features David Whitehouse discussing his Gordon Burn Prize-shortlisted nonfiction book About A Son. It's about Colin Hehir's battle to know the truth about his son's murderer.

    The book is written in second-person, which we get into. We also discuss why David switched from novels to nonfiction, his start in men's magazines, how he got the material for this book, and finally ethics, including a decision by David which surprised me.

    You can buy David's books here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/about-a-son-a-murder-and-a-father-s-search-for-truth-david-whitehouse/7277920

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bed-david-whitehouse/3460206

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/mobile-library-david-whitehouse/3501647

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-long-forgotten-david-whitehouse/165838

    David recommended Stay True by Hua Hsu, which is here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/stay-true-winner-of-the-pulitzer-prize-in-memoir-hua-hsu/7512493

    And you can buy my books here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/andrew-hankinson

    Thanks for listening.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Philip Gould: When I Die (interview with Keith Blackmore)

    Philip Gould: When I Die (interview with Keith Blackmore)
    Feb 2 2024
    In this episode I interviewed Keith Blackmore, who edited Philip Gould’s book When I Die, which was published after Philip had died.

    Philip was one of the architects of New Labour, but in 2011 he had cancer. Keith, then the deputy editor at The Times, started serialising an essay Philip had written about his experience, which later formed part of the book. A few months later, Philip died, after which his family asked Keith to edit this book, When I Die.

    In the interview we talk about how Keith became involved and the way newspaper editing can make for gripping narrative, but mostly we talked about how he gathered all the words Philip had left behind, Philip’s writing style, and how Philip documented his death so beautifully.

    You can buy the book here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/when-i-die-lessons-from-the-death-zone-philip-gould/1858616?ean=9780349139111

    Keith also recommended A Death in Malta by Paul Caruana Galizia . You can buy that here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-death-in-malta-an-assassination-and-a-family-s-quest-for-justice-paul-caruana-galizia/7419825?ean=9781529151558

    If you want to have a look at Tortoise, go here:

    https://www.tortoisemedia.com/

    And finally, my books are here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/andrew-hankinson

    Thank you for listening.
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    54 mins
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