Marie-Louise Patton
@marielouisespp.bsky.social
Publicity Manager at Cornerstone, Penguin Random House (previously Penguin General and Faber & Faber).
In today's Times online and in print this weekend read an interview with Patrick Charnley about his debut novel, This, My Second Life.
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
‘I was dead for 40 minutes’: How my brain injury made me a writer
Patrick Charnley, the son of the author Helen Dunmore, discusses his debut novel and how a life-changing medical emergency helped him to find his voice
www.thetimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
In today's Times online and in print this weekend read an interview with Patrick Charnley about his debut novel, This, My Second Life.
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Today, the most gorgeous review in The Guardian that has perfectly captured This, My Second Life:
'The prose is spare and beautiful, the narrative simple but sound – it is as finely wrought as poetry.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
'The prose is spare and beautiful, the narrative simple but sound – it is as finely wrought as poetry.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
This, My Second Life by Patrick Charnley review – an astonishing debut of recovery
Drawing on his own near-death experience, the author finds a powerful intensity in this tale of a young man’s convalescence in a Cornish village
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Today, the most gorgeous review in The Guardian that has perfectly captured This, My Second Life:
'The prose is spare and beautiful, the narrative simple but sound – it is as finely wrought as poetry.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
'The prose is spare and beautiful, the narrative simple but sound – it is as finely wrought as poetry.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Patrick is a guest on Emma Barnett's podcast Ready to Talk and discusses how his life changed after experiencing a brain injury. A moving, and inspiring conversation. Patrick's debut novel, which came from his exepriences, This, My Second Life is out 8 January.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett - I Was Dead for 40 Minutes with Patrick Charnley - BBC Sounds
After a cardiac arrest, Patrick Charnley was clinically dead. He came back a changed man.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Patrick is a guest on Emma Barnett's podcast Ready to Talk and discusses how his life changed after experiencing a brain injury. A moving, and inspiring conversation. Patrick's debut novel, which came from his exepriences, This, My Second Life is out 8 January.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Advocating for Nature: Robert Macfarlane is a guest on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week discussing his new book IS A RIVER ALIVE? (out Thursday!)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Advocating for nature
Tom Sutcliffe with Robert Macfarlane, Monica Feria-Tinta and Patrick Galbraith.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Advocating for Nature: Robert Macfarlane is a guest on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week discussing his new book IS A RIVER ALIVE? (out Thursday!)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
'There is nothing obvious or easy in the way that Mothers and Sons comes together in its quiet and moving finale. This is a story that feels as deep and real as life itself – a beautiful portrait of a mother and son.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – a moving treatise of family dynamics
The third book from the twice Pulitzer prize-nominated American author is a complex portrait of parallel lives on a par with the great Russian novels
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
'There is nothing obvious or easy in the way that Mothers and Sons comes together in its quiet and moving finale. This is a story that feels as deep and real as life itself – a beautiful portrait of a mother and son.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Have you considered the Bible?
December 20, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Have you considered the Bible?
Is it on your bedside table?
December 8, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Is it on your bedside table?