{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61c35bbbbaae0b001418ba5c/66ce3a03a8b818a79a76cd6c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 3.35 Sarah Brooks - The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands","description":"<p>In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Sarah Brooks about her fantasy novel The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands.&nbsp;We discuss why her strange real-life experience on the trans-Siberian Express gave her the seed of an idea, how winning the Lucy Cavendish Prize changed her life and the incredible 11-way auction of publishers who wanted to buy her book.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/debutconfessions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Confessions of a Debut Novelist Bookshop</a>*</p><p><br></p><p>Buy The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands: <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781399607537\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781399607537</a></p><p>Follow Sarah: <a href=\"https://x.com/Sarah_L_Brooks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@Sarah_L_Brooks</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow Chloe on Twitter: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/clotimms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@clotimms</a></p><p>Buy Chloe's debut novel The Seawomen: <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/chloetimms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/chloetimms</a></p><p><a href=\"https://open.acast.com/shows/61c35bbbbaae0b001418ba5c/episodes/chloetimms.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">chloetimms.co.uk</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>*affiliate link - if you buy books linked to the Bookshop.org site, I may earn a commission.</p>","author_name":"Chloe Timms"}