Whispers Through a Megaphone by Rachel Elliott

Miriam hasn’t left her house for three years. Whispers Through a Megaphone One (an imprint of Pushkin Press) €18.18/Kindle, €14.34 It’s the things you remember that are important. Top Writing Tip: If your first draft doesn’t feel right, start from scratch rather than hacking away at it. “It’s how I resolve things in the book.” Seeing plays visiting galleries driving to St Ives.įavourite Writers: Lorrie Moore Ali Smith Jon McGregor Chris Ware Nicola Barker.

Interests: Going for lots of long walks with the dog. The Day Job: Part time psychotherapist part-time writer. Born in Suffolk, but she grew up in Norfolk and then the Midlands.Įducation: Secondary school in Litchfield: Staffordshire University, sociology.įamily: Partner, and a Miniature Schnauzer called Henry. took stock of it as I went along.”ĭate of birth: 1972. I kept sketching and writing odd words. Once I had written Miriam’s first chapter, the rest came really fast. I wrote a different novel which was a finalist in the Dundee International Book prize.” It wasn’t published, but Rachel got an agent through it. Some were published and were shortlisted for things. She stayed 10 years, working for digital arts magazines writing, interviewing visual artists, and proof reading.

She started a PhD there, but left that to work in magazine publishing in Bath. “My passions were animals and books,” she says.Īfter university Rachel did some post graduate work in sociology at Derby University. Posted by Sue Leonard on Monday 14th September 2015Ī quiet child, Rachel was an obsessive reader, but she wanted to become a vet.

Whispers Through a Megaphone by Rachel Elliott