Virginia and Louise loved reading Hamnet for Episode 21 ‘Twin Tales’, so decided to do a deep dive into Maggie O’Farrell’s back catalogue. They discuss four of her earlier novels, all fantastic, as well as a few other things they’ve been diving into.

Books

After You’d Gone by Maggie O’Farrell, 2000, Tinder Press

The Distance Between Us by Maggie O’Farrell, 2004, Tinder Press

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell, 2006, Tinder Press

Instructions For a Heatwave by Maggie O’ Farrell, 2013, Penguin

The Kindness Revolution, Hugh Mackay, Allen & Unwin 2021

Podcasts

How to Fail, with Maggie O’Farrell

Desert Island Discs, with Maggie O’Farrell

The House that Vanished, BBC Sounds

TV series

Hacks, on Stan