Compulsive Reader Talks

Sophie Hardcastle and I talked about her latest and much lauded novel Below Deck. We talked about many things including her Provost scholarship at Oxford, on being an artist-in-resident with Chimu Adventures in Antarctica, the big themes of Below Deck, including ecology, respect, compassion, and the interconnectedness of all things, the link between visual art and written art, the current pandemic, and much more. Full Video version here: https://youtu.be/hriSKhTfR90 Find out more about Sophie's writing, art, and her screenplay work at her website: https://www.sophiehardcastle.com/