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Mar 2021
32m 44s

Ashley Audrain with Nihal Arthanayake

PENGUIN BOOKS UK
About this episode

Author and ex-publicity director Ashley Audrain talks to Nihal Arthanayake about her wildly successful debut novel, ’The Push’. 


Using objects like a popular Canadian children’s book and a Brandi Carlile song, Ashley chats to Nihal about the contradictions of motherhood, the catharsis of exploring our deepest fears on a page, and how parenting and writing co-exist. #PenguinPodcast


’The Push’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/2QFIHIv


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