{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/b5fe8d16-7518-4208-861b-e1ec5ce88192/67ae24f9b859f4e0dbbe0ab0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Little Atoms 939 - Susan Barker's Old Soul","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ed7797f1734ba0e93d0e59/1739465908752-0116daed-f100-4c9d-9a47-2a5697387bc0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Susan Barker is the author of four books. Her third novel,&nbsp;<em>The Incarnations,&nbsp;</em>was a&nbsp;<em>New York Times</em>&nbsp;Editors' Choice and Notable Book, a&nbsp;<em>Kirkus Reviews'&nbsp;</em>Top Ten Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel <em>Old Soul</em>. An excerpt from&nbsp;<em>Old Soul</em>&nbsp;won a Northern Writers' Award for Fiction in 2020, as well as funding from Arts Council England and The Society of Authors. Susan currently lives in Manchester, where she is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Neil Denny"}