Lily McCarthy and six other authors ask: When did you learn that language has power? | The Write Project

It can be a lightbulb moment for an author: that moment when we learn that language can do things: change minds, tell stories, get us things. Today on Write Project, our guests offer their own stories of how it happened for them.

Featuring, from Engen Books:
Andrew Peacock, author of VIRAL
Dr. Lisa M Daly, author of Their Sturdy Pride
Jennifer Shelby, author of Plague of the Dreamless
Lily McCarthy, author of Quick Bright Things

From Breakwater Books:
Olivia Robinson, author of The Blue Moth Motel
Kevin Major, author of Four for Fogo
Prajwala Dixit, author of The Tales of Dwipa, and more!

Originally broadcast on November 18, 2024 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.

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