Claire Nicholls
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2,363 appearances
20 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2020
last heard 13 Sep
Claire Nicholls’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And he is pure goodness and pure kindness.
And she is so cruel to him.
And she knows she's being cruel.
She knows she could just say thank you to him.
But she can't bring herself to do it.
You started this as a short story.
You said you didn't know how big this story was going to go.
Like when did it become clear to you that, oh, this is a 400 page?
I mean, it's such a fantastic novel and that was recognised with you making the Booker shortlist in 2025.
I know from talking to other shortlisted writers over the years that that week,
is really intense, the week of the announcement.
What's your strongest memory of that time in the UK and the Booker announcement?
Earlier today, I spoke to David Salloy and he was talking about before the ceremony, one of the judges, Kylie Reid, came up to him and she said, we really loved your book in a kind of tone that made him think, oh, I haven't won it.
I can move on.
Tell me about your interaction with Kylie Reid before the ceremony.
But everyone thought she was saying,
How do you find it to let go of your characters after a book is finished?
You know, have the characters from Flashlight stayed with you?
Just to surprise us.
This has been such a joy.
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