When I moved back to Cumbria, one of the first things I did was locate a decent bookshop. Sarah Hall backbookshopcumbria 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
The beauty of interdisciplinary conversation is that the mode of expression is essentially different for each practitioner, even if ideas are shared. Sarah Hall beautyconversationessentially Change image and share on social
I'm a home-roamer and can't do study or office scenarios. Sarah Hall homeofficeroamer Change image and share on social
I felt impelled to write. It felt demonic, and I wanted to improve, the way some people habitually pick up a guitar and get better at playing it and making up songs. Sarah Hall demonicfeltguitar Change image and share on social
I don't see that books can be written without political context - not if they're relevant and ambitious. Sarah Hall ambitiousbookcontext Change image and share on social
In my early 20s, connecting with fiction was a difficult process. There seemed to be little rhyme or reason to what was meaningful, what convinced, and what made sense. Sarah Hall 20sconnectconvince Change image and share on social
It's very interesting to me that the nationalist movement in Scotland has become so positive and self-reflective rather than anti-English. The referendum in 2014 was peaceful, for all its deeply and passionately divided people. Sarah Hall antideeplydivide share on social
Daniel Woodrell has made a name as a master of prose with personality - a densely descriptive, gamey form of storytelling, one might say traditional storytelling - of late rather an unfashionable mode. Sarah Hall danieldenselydescriptive share on social
I'm very aware of modern countryside issues, such as rewilding: how, as science progresses, we begin to understand that a healthy ecosystem is multiform. Sarah Hall awarebegincountryside Change image and share on social
