Jarred McGinnis on blending fact and fiction in The Coward

<p>On the show today we have Jarred McGinnis, talking about his debut 2021 novel ‘The Coward’. It's a fictional story with a protagonist also called Jarred, and in talking with Peggy Hughes on this podcast they unpick the curious boundary between fact and fiction in the book.</p> <p>Jarred is the co-founder of <a href='http://thespecialrelationship.net/'>The Special Relationship</a>, which was chosen for the International Literature Showcase in 2016. He was the creative director for ‘<a href='http://mobydick.london/'>Moby-Dick Unabridged</a>‘, a four-day immersive multimedia reading of Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ at the Southbank Centre, involving hundreds of participants. His short fiction has been commissioned for BBC Radio 4 and appeared in respected journals in the UK, Canada, USA and Ireland. He is or has been an Associate Writer for <a href='https://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/'>Spread the Word</a>, a mentor for the <a href='https://thewordfactory.tv/'>Word Factory</a>, a fellow of the London Library’s T S Eliot Emerging Writer Programme and a Writer-in-Residence for <a href='https://www.firststory.org.uk/'>First Story</a>.</p> <p>Hosted by Simon Jones.</p> <p>Watch the East Anglian Book Awards 2021: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpzaScW1Ad4'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpzaScW1Ad4</a></p> <p>Creative Writing Online courses: <a href='https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/creative-writing-online/'>https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/creative-writing-online/</a> </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>Make a donation: <a href='https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/support-us/'>https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/support-us/</a></p> <p>Title music by Bennet Maples.</p>