Episode 07: Edward Carey

Some people write books for adults, some write books for children, others narrate audiobooks, illustrate them, write plays, are lecturers... Edward Carey does all of it.

His books are illustrated by hand, or feature photographs of the sculptures made by him. These include Observatory Mansions, Alma & Irva, The Iremonger Trilogy, Little, and his most recent novella, The Swallowed Man, and we chat about each of them.

We babble about how his career has gone from being an employee of Madame Tussauds to writing a book about its founder, about our inner child and whether there’s any need to distinguish children’s books from adult books, his lockdown experience of narrating all his stories for audiobooks and the odd experience of being reintroduced to characters he’d written 10 years ago, as well as how he finds writing to be one of the most freeing, limitless art forms.

Our interview is as varied as Edward's experience, and we can't wait to hear what you think.