Carole Angier on writing the first biography of W.G. Sebald

<p>W.G. Sebald wrote books including The Emigrants, Austerlitz and The Rings of Saturn, and mixed fiction, history, autobiography and photography . Carole Angier has now published the first biography of Sebald, Speak, Silence: In Search of W.G. Sebald, and is on the podcast today talking to Alice Kent. They go into fine detail about Carole's research, her methods for structuring a biography and the on-going ethical debates around writing about someone's life.</p> <p>Hosted by Simon Jones and Steph McKenna.</p> <p>Join our Discord community: <a href='https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/join-our-discord-community/'>https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/join-our-discord-community/</a> </p> <p>Sign up to our newsletter: <a href='https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/'>https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/</a> </p> <p>Music by Bennet Maples.</p>