'The Violet Car' by E. Nesbit: with Jenn Ashworth

The Ghost Story Book Club

In Series 3, Episode 2 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Jenn Ashworth as we discuss 'The Violet Car' by E. Nesbit.

Jenn Ashworth is novelist and Professor of Writing at Lancaster University. Her novels include A Kind of Intimacy, The Friday Gospels and Fell. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018. In 2019 she published Notes Made While Falling, a memoir told in a series of essays. Her latest novel is Ghosted: A Love Story. Jenn has written a brand new introduction for a new edition of A Helping Hand by Celia Dale. And most recently Jenn’s short story ‘Flat 19' was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. Follow Jenn on twitter here.

Here's the audio version of 'The Violet Car' that I mention in the episode.

Come along to the first ever live episode of The Ghost Story Book Club. Join me, Jenn Asworth and Prof. Catherine Spooner after a screening of Ghostwatch. Live at The Dukes, Lancaster, Friday 28 October. Tickets here.

And on Saturday 29 October I'm introducting a screening of Ghostwatch with a Q&A with director Lesley Manning, plus a post-screening panel discussion afterwards with Becky Darke, Brontë Schiltz and Mike Muncer. Tickets here.

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