S3E4 Death and Rebirth Special

Following each interview of this new series, we’ll be diving deeper into one aspect of that conversation. In this episode we’re reflecting on our conversation with Jules Williamson, looking more closely at a point she raised about the ways in which different cultures around the world view death and rebirth. Most religions believe death is not the end, that it’s simply a new chapter in another of life’s adventures, and yet we still fear it. Here we explore the powerful role of death in literature, we examine the weight of responsibility that comes with choosing which of your characters will live and die, and we find out what happens to those writers who go against the grain. To provide further inspiration, in each of these specials we end with a soundscape that captures the vastness of the topic in question...in a single minute. If you’d like to take part in the Behind The Spine writing competition, you can find all the details on our website.