Paolo Giordano’s first novel, The Solitude of Prime Numbers, took Italy by storm last year: selling over a million copies and becoming the year’s top selling title. Today we talk to Paolo, fresh from his debut at the Hay Festival, about the process of writing. “Writing a novel is like tearing a piece out of […]
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The Prefrontal Gym
“Every story is a new Heaven” says Brian Eno of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman – our guest this morning. The connection between good science and good writing is closer than you might think. And listen out for David’s definition of “good writing” – it’s eye-opening! Neuroscience offers untold possibilities for […]