Olivia Laing

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938 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 10 Aug

Olivia Laing’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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I was really willing to just go, I can't do it.

I can't write a proper novel.

I can't get their voices right.

They don't sound right.

But the uncanny quality did happen.

And I'm sure it was related to the level of research in the same way.

I'm sure, you know, Hilary Mantel had like,

card indexes of her research that she did on the Tudor court.

She knew her stuff.

And then I guess there's a point where you can kind of let go.

You can kind of surf something if you're lucky.

And if this was my first book, I'd be like, writing is heaven.

Wow.

Let's go.

But, you know, it's not.

And I know that a lot of the time it's really...

you're chipping away at something.

But occasionally these moments happen where it's a gift.

And also, the book came out in Italy at the same time as it came out in England.

So it was very important on that level that I did get them right because they're Haslina's beloved in Italy.

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