Meg Mason: Sophie, Standing There

Meg Mason wrang our hearts with her wit and compassion in Sorrow and Bliss.

Now she follows that Women’s Prize-shortlisted success with her darkly humorous new novel, Sophie, Standing There, following a book festival employee who becomes obsessed with a star writer.

Join Cathy Rentzenbrink today as she chats with Mason about loneliness and laughter, the peculiar power of literary festivals, and whether a person can really read themselves better.