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Victoria MacKenzie: Author of For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain
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This week Jack is joined by poet and debut novelist Victoria Mackenzie. Victoria's novel For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain, which follows two medieval mystics, Marjery Kempe and Julian of Norwich. It is an exquisite historical fiction debut which explores themes of faith, trauma, and women's writing.
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(1:03) Being a debut author
(10:02) A children's book recommendation
(19:56) Victoria's recent reads
(23:30) Writing historical fiction
(40:36) For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain
The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.
Meet the host:
Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.
Connect with Jack on Instagram
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain is published in the UK by Bloomsbury.
Books mentioned in this episode include:
When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne - ISBN: 9781405281300
Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan - ISBN: 9781914198250
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott - ISBN: 9781786898555
To find more titles, visit our website
100 episodes
Manage episode 360515621 series 2833945
This week Jack is joined by poet and debut novelist Victoria Mackenzie. Victoria's novel For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain, which follows two medieval mystics, Marjery Kempe and Julian of Norwich. It is an exquisite historical fiction debut which explores themes of faith, trauma, and women's writing.
Purchase For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain
(1:03) Being a debut author
(10:02) A children's book recommendation
(19:56) Victoria's recent reads
(23:30) Writing historical fiction
(40:36) For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain
The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.
Meet the host:
Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.
Connect with Jack on Instagram
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain is published in the UK by Bloomsbury.
Books mentioned in this episode include:
When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne - ISBN: 9781405281300
Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan - ISBN: 9781914198250
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott - ISBN: 9781786898555
To find more titles, visit our website
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