Kate Evans
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26,301 appearances
191 recordings
3 series
first heard Feb 2018
last heard 2d ago
Kate Evans’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And he was also, Kate, a guest at the Sydney and Melbourne Writers' Festivals.
And I think he charmed a lot of people while he was here.
It is.
Before we start this conversation, though, we just have to let you know that there is discussion of suicide ahead.
It's called Muckleflugger.
And be very careful when you say that in public, Kate.
Don't say it too fast.
Because that is a real place.
It is an island on the outer Shetlands.
which is very, very close to our old friend, the Arctic Ocean.
We've spoken about a Scottish island very recently, John of John by Douglas Stewart, which was at the top of the Outer Hebrides.
There is a picture of
a sort of map of Muckleflugger and a nearby island called Unst, although that's really talking it up because basically it's just a big rock that comes out of the water.
But it is handy to see the map for heading into this novel.
But I also saw a picture of the real island this is based on, Muckleflugger, and it is basically just a series of pointy rocks coming out of the sea with a lighthouse on them.
Well, to be technical about it, there's also a character called Figgy, who's the storekeeper, who keeps them, well... Provisioned.
Yeah, provisioned.
Thank you.
There's also the sort of presence of the mother.
And when we say the father and the mother, that's capital T, capital F, capital T, capital M. She has died in the last two years.
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