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
You think back and you ask yourself why you became so interested in wolves. I think it was because when I was very small, growing up in a little hamlet near Shap, we would go to Lowther Wildlife Park for birthday parties. Now closed, it was only three miles from my parents' house. Sarah Hall backbirthdayclose share on social
Dystopian novels, such as Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four,' often tend to site their despotised or deformed civilisations in urban environments. Sarah Hall civilisationdeformdespotised 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
Revisiting much-loved childhood novels is never easy. Sarah Hall childhoodeasylove Change image and share on social
A lot of my literature deals with these people who are somehow magnetic because they have that ability to step over lines. Sarah Hall abilitydealline Change image and share on social
It's been noted that writing about the production of art is a masquerade or metaphor for writing about writing. This may be true, there are similarities - both the verbal and the visual represent the thing or the concept. Sarah Hall artconceptmasquerade share on social
I tend to research as I write so that the narrative can take priority, which is important for a piece of fiction, I think, finding out facts as and when I need to. Sarah Hall factfictionfind Change image and share on social
I studied the short story as part of my creative writing course at university but then set off as a novelist. Generally, there is a sense that even if you want to write short stories, you need to do a novel first. Sarah Hall creativegenerallynovelist 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
