Author Kathryn Stockett On The Difficult Second Novel
8 June - 15 minsBest-selling US author Kathryn Stockett joins Matt to discuss her new novel, The Calamity Club.
It's the second novel following the phenomenal success of The Help which sold 15million copies worldwide and was turned into a film staring Emma Stone. However, the success quickly turned to controversy after criticism that a white author was detailing black American experiences.
Kathryn Stockett talks to Matt about writing through the sometimes paralysing criticism and why it took many years to bring the story in her latest novel to life.
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