Zadie Smith and Nick Laird with Nihal Arthanayake

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Recorded28 Apr 2021

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Literary power couple Zadie Smith and Nick Laird chat to Nihal Arthanayake about their collaborative project, ‘Weirdo’, a children’s book about the quiet power of being different, featuring exquisite illustrations from Magenta Fox. In this episode, Zadie and Nick discuss the joy of removing words from their work, the virtues of rawness in writing, and the inspiration they take from the internal life of their aging pug, Maud. #PenguinPodcast ‘Weirdo’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/3eC4wkr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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