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November 11, 2017 8:22 AM
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Sara Baume: “The only right way of writing is to follow your interests with conviction”

Sara Baume: “The only right way of writing is to follow your interests with conviction” | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
The Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author on conceptual art, mental illness, and the importance of empathy.
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June 9, 2017 11:27 AM
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Interview: Sara Baume | Motley Magazine

Interview: Sara Baume | Motley Magazine | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Critically acclaimed Cork writer Sara Baume chats with Deputy Entertainment editor Lauren McCarthy about her new novel, A Line Made by Walking. When I was 17, I went to a reading by Sara Baume. Surrounded by women in flowery scarves asking profound questions about symbolism and imagery and who looked pointedly at me when I stumbled in late; I probably should have felt out of …
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December 11, 2016 2:21 PM
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Sara Baume on Wall Street Journal's The 20 Books That Defined Our Year

Sara Baume on Wall Street Journal's The 20 Books That Defined Our Year | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
The Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2016 from the WSJ.
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May 9, 2015 9:33 AM
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Sara Baume: Creating a Space

Sara Baume: Creating a Space | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Sara Baume’s debut novel has been making quiet waves since its publication in January. Patrick Kelleher talks to the acclaimed writer about getting published, trying to earn a living, and her love ...
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February 12, 2015 9:29 PM
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Sara Baume: ‘I actually hate writing. It’s really hard’

Sara Baume: ‘I actually hate writing. It’s really hard’ | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
The winner of the 2014 Davy Byrnes Short Story Award gave herself two years to write her debut novel, Spill Simmer Falter Wither. But she remains torn between fiction and visual art
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September 11, 2014 7:25 PM
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Hennessy New Irish Writing: Dancing, or Beginning to Dance - A short story by Sara Baume

Hennessy New Irish Writing: Dancing, or Beginning to Dance - A short story by Sara Baume | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
We queue. The door is still locked, so the queue isn't moving forward. Instead, it moves backward, stealthily growing from the end, person by person. They come on the soles of their sho (Sara Baume will read at the Cork Short Story Fest Sat Sep 20.
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Sara Baume - 'Everyone says you can achieve your dreams and life will be perfect - but it will never be'

Sara Baume - 'Everyone says you can achieve your dreams and life will be perfect - but it will never be' | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
“I’d like not to be a one-book wonder,” she says. “But as I say I’m not going to continue writing.”
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April 12, 2017 1:19 PM
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Sara Baume, Peter Bazalgette and the art of empathy – books podcast

Sara Baume, Peter Bazalgette and the art of empathy – books podcast | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Novelist Sara Baume discusses her novel A Line Made by Walking, while broadcaster Peter Bazalgette makes the case for prioritising compassion in The Empathy Instinct
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October 7, 2016 3:59 PM
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A summons to remember my dad: Sara Baume on Solar Bones

A summons to remember my dad: Sara Baume on Solar Bones | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
When the author’s father died in May, a novel narrated by a dead man lost its appeal but when the sun relit her sombre summer, the book spoke to her powerfully about fathers
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March 23, 2015 9:45 AM
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A switch from sculpture proves author Sara Baume's got the write stuff

A switch from sculpture proves author Sara Baume's got the write stuff | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Sara Baume traded sculpting for writing and hasn''t looked back.
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February 5, 2015 11:17 AM
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Sara Baume’s cautionary tale about what it costs to be a writer

Sara Baume’s cautionary tale about what it costs to be a  writer | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
This A student turned artist and award-winning author’s career has consisted of the dole, a minimum wage job, subsistence and uncertainty – and she’s a success
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