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Free Thinking: Empathy

Empathy

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Authors Max Porter, Samantha Harvey and AK Benjamin discuss empathy with Chris Harding.

Authors Max Porter, Samantha Harvey and AK Benjamin discuss empathy and its role in writing with Chris Harding.

Authors Max Porter, Samantha Harvey and Alisdair Benjamin discuss empathy and the role it plays in writing and reading. How does it work? Is it the same in fiction and non-fiction? And how is it faring in a world where data sometimes seems to have replaced feeling. Chris Harding talks to all three about their latest books, Lanny, Let Me Not be Mad and The Western Wind in his search for answers.

Let Me Not Be Mad by the neuropsychologist AK Benjamin is out now. 
Max Porter's second novel is called Lanny.  His first, Grief is the Thing with Feathers, has now been turned into a stage production featuring Cillian Murphy which runs at the Barbican from 25 Mar—13 Apr 2019
Samantha Harvey's latest novel The Western Wind - set in a 15th-century Somerset village - is now out in paperback. Her previous books include The Wilderness - which depicts an architect  suffering from Alzheimer's who is attempting to order his memories. 

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