The Half-Life of Snails

Alternative Stories and Fake Realities

In this edition we look at The Half Life of Snails, the debut novel by writer and academic Philippa Holloway. The novel deals with issues surrounding nuclear energy and the communities it affects and we talk about Philippa's trip to the Chernobyl exclusion zone as part of our interview. We have excerpts from the book read by Phoebe Holmes
In the Half-Life of Snails you heard the voices of Philippa Holloway and interviewer Chris Gregory. The interview took place at Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker in Cheshire. Our excerpts were read by Phoebe Holmes and reproduced with the kind permission of Parthian Books.
Sound design, production, editing and music were by Chris Gregory
You can pre-order a copy of The Half Life of Snails by visiting the Parthian website at www.parthianbooks.com

Find out more about Philippa Holloway by following her on social media where she posts as https://twitter.com/thejackdawspen
and https://www.instagram.com/thejackdawspen/

You can follow Parhtian Books on twitter here https://twitter.com/parthianbooksAnd Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/parthian_books/

You can find out more about Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker by visiting their website at https://www.hackgreen.co.uk/
And follow then on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/secret_bunker/

You can read Philippa Holloway's response to the Ukraine crisis here https://www.walesartsreview.org/philippa-holloway-borders/

And find out about her academic work at the University of Staffordshire here https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/english-literature-creative-writing-ba

Philippa has also written about psychogeography including this article https://www.nawe.co.uk/DB/current-wip-edition-2/articles/7-walking-in-imaginary-shoes-by-philippa-holloway.html

Finally – please check out the other podcasts mentioned in this edition

Write On! Audio https://anchor.fm/pentoprint

The Dex Legacy https://www.buzzsprout.com/1868546

And Chaika https://y2kpod.com/

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