Page Turners with The Nile | Meg Mason - Sophie, Standing There [Episode 9]

In this episode, John sits down with Bestselling author of Sorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason. Meg shares details into her writing process (which often involved the discarding of full novels), some of the themes involved in her new novel Sophie, Standing There and how she convinced Elizabeth Strout to feature as a named character in the book. John and Meg walk through their late in life journeys into reading, and spend a little bit of time nerding out over literature, Middlemarch, and the occasional exclusive nature of the literary world. --- Page Turners with The Nile takes you behind the curtain of the literary world. Join bestselling novelist and publishing insider, John Purcell, as he digs past the promotional hype to uncover the real stories behind the books and the writers who create them. Expect revealing, insightful, and often surprising conversations about a writer's true sources of inspiration, their private path to publication, and their honest reflections on the world around them. If you love books and want a deeper connection to the people who write them, this is your new favourite listen. Presented by The Nile, your leading online bookshop. Shop Sophie, Standing There: https://thenile.shop/SophieStandingAU Shop More Meg Mason: https://thenile.shop/MegMasonAU Follow The Nile Australia:   / thenileau     / thenileaustralia   Follow The Nile New Zealand:   / thenilenz     / thenilenz   Books Mentioned Say It Again In A Nice Voice (2012 You Be Mother (2017) Sorrow and Bliss (2020) Sophie, Standing There (2026)