This episode, host Hannah MacInnes is in conversation with Hannah Kaner, shortlisted for the Book of the Year: Debut Fiction for Godkiller. In their conversation, they discuss researching and writing characters with disability and mental illness, the emotion of seeing her book in a library for the first time and on the importance of taking it to the North East.

The British Book Awards, fondly referred to as The Nibbies, celebrate books and everyone who makes them, charting a journey from the writer’s mind to the reader’s hand. This podcast series delves deeper into the journeys behind the Books of the Year, as broadcaster and podcast host Hannah MacInnes interviews a bestselling and celebrated author for each episode. The podcast is produced by Heavy Entertainment and brought to you by The Bookseller, the team behind The British Book Awards.