A Reading Life, A Writing Life, with Sally Bayley

Haunted

Jul 13, 2023

In this episode, Sally reads extracts from her forthcoming book The Green Lady, a literary coming of age story. She explores haunting characters and the significance of keeping notebooks to capture them. The author reflects on maternal figures in her life and contemplates her own aging as a writer. Conversations about ghosts and compressed spaces are discussed, highlighting the importance of containing creativity.

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Characters from the upcoming book 'The Green Lady' continue to haunt the writer, reflecting on the importance of keeping things nice and smooth.

The writer explores the power of containment in creativity, comparing their own compression to Miss Edith Cole's confined living situation and highlighting the usefulness of poetry and hymns in shaping words within a limited space.

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The Haunting Power of Writing

Writers are haunted by their characters and collect ghosts in their notebooks. The characters from the upcoming book, 'The Green Lady,' continue to haunt the writer, especially Miss Skull, a character from a previous book. The writer reflects on Miss Skull's habits and the importance of keeping things nice and smooth. The writer also discusses the inspiration behind 'The Green Lady,' a story about a child's search for an artistic way of seeing the world, influenced by her teachers and maternal figures. The Green Lady is portrayed as a kindly ghost, a muse, and a spirit of place.

Introduction

5min

Meticulous Characters and Mythic Spaces

4min

Artistic Expression, Maternal Figures, and the Ghostly Presence

4min

Conversations about Ghosts and Spaces

4min

Dried Hymn Books and Compressed Spaces

4min

In this episode, Sally reads extracts from her forthcoming book, the Green Lady, released next week. The Green Lady is the third part of a literary coming of age story that began with Girl with Dove, a combination of memoir and storytelling from the perspective of a child in search of a way of expressing herself. The book is a tribute to the women who raised Sally, and the often unappreciated and unnoticed teachers, nurturers and maternal spirits of history and the present day.

The Green Lady is published on July 20th, 2023, and you can find out more about it here: https://sallybayley.com

The producer of the podcast is Andrew Smith: https://www.fleetingyearfilms.com

The extra voice in this episode is Emma Fielding.

Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far. Special thanks go to Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Maeve Magnus.

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A Reading Life, A Writing Life, with Sally Bayley

Haunted