Award-winning author and musician Rónán Hession. Author of LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL and PANENKA.Ronan chats about:publishing with an indie publisherbalancing his full time job as a civil servant with writingplotting your own creative developmenthow reading outside the anglophone world can open your eyes to variety of structurewriting like you're driving in the darkthe power of word of mouth and booksellers to make a book break outGuest: Ronan Hession Twitter: @MumblinDeafRo Books:Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession & Panenka by Rónán Hession Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This FamilyRónán’s recommendations:A book for fans of Rónán’s work: Marzhan, mon amour by Katja Oscamp translated by Jo Heinrich A book Rónán has always loved: Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi KawakamiBooks coming soon or recently released that Rónán recommends: Osebol by Marit Kapla, Zone by Matias Énard trans. Charlote MandellOther books that we chatted about in this episode: Yoko Ogawa, Man with a seagull on his head by Harriet Page, Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson, Assembly by Natasha Brown, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, Treacle Walker by Alan GarnerNovel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCHTo receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.Thanks for listening!Kate x