{"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/68531f7468b0c25e383205de?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 4.19 Lisa Smith - Jamaica Road","description":"<p>In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Lisa Smith about her historical novel Jamaica Road.&nbsp;We discuss how the idea for this novel came from a creative writing exercise and voices that wouldn't leave her alone, using real newspaper extracts to make the political backdrop come alive&nbsp;and how a cancer diagnosis and a competition inspired her to take her writing seriously.</p><p><br></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&nbsp;Jamaica Road: <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9780349703572\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9780349703572</a></p><p>Follow Lisa: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lisa4884smith/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@lisa4884smith</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.lisa-smith.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.lisa-smith.co.uk</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>","author_name":"Chloe Timms"}