I wander around the house and write in bed, at the kitchen table, by the window, in the yard. Sarah Hall bedhousekitchen Change image and share on social
I have ideas. I hear voices. Words accumulate. It's still an overriding impulse. And I'm self-employed, which means I have to be sensible and motivated about paying the bills. Sarah Hall accumulatebillemploy Change image and share on social
Having judged a few competitions, it's clear that novelists are often the laziest short story writers. Sarah Hall clearcompetitionjudge Change image and share on social
I've always been interested in the history of radical feminism - what happened to those women of the 1960s and '70s. Sarah Hall 1960s70sfeminism Change image and share on social
Over the years, I've lived in a variety of places, including America, but I was born and raised in the Lake District, in Cumbria. Growing up in that rural, sodden, mountainous county has shaped my brain, perhaps even my temperament. Sarah Hall americabearbrain share on social
James Salter has talents on the page we novelists would sell souls to the devil for. Sarah Hall deviljamenovelist Change image and share on social
Various books revolutionised what I think about novels and showed me that they're not strict, formulaic things. 'Coming Through Slaughter' by Michael Ondaatje was one of them. Sarah Hall bookcomeformulaic Change image and share on social
You can't see all of a place until you look at it from a distance. Sarah Hall distanceplace Change image and share on social
Set in a nameless colonial country, in an unspecified era, Katie Kitamura's second novel tracks the fortunes of a landowning family during the first waves of civil unrest. Sarah Hall civilcolonialcountry Change image and share on social