{"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/674776ff87df9e7063b9eedc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 3.48 Tom Newlands - Only Here, Only Now","description":"<p>In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Tom Newlands about his contemporary novel Only Here, Only Now.&nbsp;We discuss how homesickness in lockdown&nbsp;inspired this novel, why he wanted to explore the intersection between neurodivergence and poverty during adolescence and why Tom thinks avoiding all advice was the reason he finished his 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 Only Here, Only Now: <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781399607896\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781399607896</a></p><p>Follow Tom: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tomnewlands_/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tomnewlands_</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough-writers-programme\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough-writers-programme</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough-mentoring-programme\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough-mentoring-programme</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>(**Discoveries Prize 2025** <a href=\"https://www.womensprize.com/writers/discoveries/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.womensprize.com/writers/discoveries/</a>)</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"}