An Interview With Anna Smaill, Author Of “The Chimes”

Introduction:

Today, I’m delighted to welcome Anna Smaill, whose debut novel The Chimes has been published internationally (2015) to critical praise. As I noted on Monday, it has one of the more fascinating—and I believe, original—world-building premises that I have encountered in recent years. So I am very pleased to be able to discuss the book in more depth with Anna now.

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Interview:

Helen: Welcome to “…on Anything, Really”, Anna. I’m really keen to focus our time together specifically on...