What could it mean to listen more deeply? Alice’s extraordinary new book, Hark: How Women Listen, is published this week, and in today’s episode of In Haste, Charlotte couldn’t resist the opportunity to ask her all about how it came into being.Alice turns interviewee as Charlotte finds out more about her evolution from passionate music journalist to author enveloped in the unfamiliar soundworlds of new life, in the wake of the birth of Alice’s first child.We discuss how Hark explores the mystery of phantom crying, the trauma of hospital sounds, the listening done by female spies and the thrill of musical connections between women as we dive into the book that Alice has been working on ever since In Haste began, following her journey to rediscover sound as something alive, vital and restorative.And, because this is In Haste, we also confront the realities of the writing process, and what it feels like to write about real life while in the middle of living it.Get your copy of Hark: How Women Listen by Alice Vincent here!In Haste is presented by Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie and is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
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The difficult second novel, with Jennie Godfrey
Introducing the second season of In Haste! We are beyond delighted to be back on your airwaves.Today, Charlotte and Alice catch up on how their books, Bring the House Down and Hark: How Women Listen are getting on, now they are mere weeks away from publication.And, with two books about to be released into the wild, that means confronting what's next. Namely, the novel-in-progress that Alice has sent over the sea with her husband, and the “difficult second novel” that Charlotte is still trying to get on with. With some wisdom from a writer who has been there, friend of the show Jennie Godfrey makes a glorious return to discuss the incredible success of her debut, The List of Suspicious Things, and how she’s navigating its follow-up. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
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Brunch in blue with Amy Key
For our third bonus episode of the summer, we all piled round to Alice’s house in South London for everything bagels and blueberry pancakes, joined by the wonderful Amy Key, author of Arrangements in Blue.Arrangements in Blue is a beautiful, complex and richly textured memoir about exploring a life without the presence of romantic love, woven through with Amy Key’s personal relationship to Joni Mitchell’s immortal album, Blue.Join us for chat about writing (what’s stopping us, and what’s keeping us going), romance, Joni, poetry and the search for the perfect candle sconce that will solve all our problems.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
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What do you read in summer?
It's our second bonus episode of the summer!Today, Alice and Charlotte share how their writing is going as the days lengthen and the temptation to spend time having iced coffees in the sun threatens to lure them away from their writing desks. They also talk about hot summer books and what to read on holiday - from depressing Victorian classics to bonkbusters to transformative international fiction. And what about books set in the summertime — what effect does heat have on a narrative?In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
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What keeps you writing?
It's a bonus episode! Authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie reflect on the first season of In Haste literary conversations, and, as always, discuss how their own writing is going.So far in 2024 we've been thinking about what stops authors from writing and what keeps them coming back to the page. In this special extra episode, Alice and Charlotte talk about how their own writing is fitting into their lives right now, and what they've learned.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
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