Lit Up

Sister Monica Clare on A Change Of Habit

This week on the show, Angie talks to Sister Monica Claire, an author whose book, , she helped publish. Angie and Sister Monica talk about what led Sister Monica to become a nun, and also listen to some unexpected and beautiful cello music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glynnis MacNicol on the pleasures of Paris.

This week, Angela welcomes Glynnis MacNicol, author of I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris. Angie and Glynnis chat about how travel can bring out our most seductive selves Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Annabelle Hickson on living in regional Australia, Galah magazine, and why the kids are gonna be all right.

This week Angela talks to her old friend Annabell Hickson about her life in the country. They discuss how they came to be friends, life outside the city, creating and publishing Galah magazine, and why maybe we all need to let our kids be on their own a bit more.You can purchase the hardcover Galah collection here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cora Frazier (The New Yorker) on the beautiful strangeness of new motherhood.

Cora Frazier’s New Yorker piece for Shouts & Murmurs, Writing Prompts for New Parents, struck a chord with Angie as soon as she read it. Having just had a baby, she identified with the bizarre hallucinatory thoughts of the writer/mother in Frazier’s piece. Cora Frazier has contributed to The New Yorker since 2012. She is a creator and writer of the podcast “I Think You’re Projecting.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anna Funder on The Invisible Life of Mrs. Orwell

This week, Angela is delighted to welcome Anna Funder, author of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life, to Lit Up. Angie and Anna discuss the untold story of Eileen Blair, the wife of Eric Arthur Blair, better known to the world as George Orwell. Angie and Anna talk about the challenges of being a writer and a mother, Eileen's role in Orwell's success, and how much we're still under the grip of gender roles today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.