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Tell the Wolves I’m Home: A playlist

crb36-admi1n — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:33:48 +0000

When David Gutowski, aka Largehearted Boy, asked if I’d like to do a Book Notes playlist for Tell the Wolves I’m Home I was over the moon. Everyone has their ‘things’, and getting asked to do a Largehearted Boy Book Notes piece for my book was one of mine, not only because David has great taste and I love the books he chooses to support, but also because music played a huge part in my writing process. It was my time machine back to the place and time and emotion of my story. Whenever I felt a bit detached from the world of the book, whether because of time away from writing or just things in real life taking over, I knew I could rely on my Spotify playlist to take me back there. By the way, this is an excellent tip for any struggling writers out there. Make yourself a playlist. Works every time. So, here’s my annotated list of some of the music that helped form Tell the Wolves:

http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2012/07/book_notes_caro_3.html

The First Reading Group Event

crb36-admi1n — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:29:07 +0000

A little while ago I received news that Macmillan, my UK publisher, was going to be launching a really interesting new program. They were running a competition to find twelve enthusiastic readers to form a reading groups panel. Panelists would get free books, meet authors and come in to London to discuss their take on books that seemed like they would have special appeal to reading groups. Editors and the rest of the publishing team would listen to what the readers would like to see as additional material in paperback editions and panel members would actually write some of that content themselves. I loved this idea, so when my editor gave me the news that Tell the Wolves I’m Home was going to be the very first book in this new program, I was thrilled.

Last week I finally got the chance to meet the panelists (a lovely bunch of readers) and hear their thoughts on Tell the Wolves. Some very interesting stuff came out of it. For instance, I was completely surprised by the level of dislike the group had for Danni. As a writer, I understood and appreciated all my characters, so I was a bit blindsided by that, but still very intrigued. It’s not often writers get a chance to be a fly on the wall during a discussion of their book. You can see the playlist the panel came up with here: http://www.panmacmillan.com/tellthewolves and you can read their profiles of Greta, June and Danni and read their excellent list of discussion points in the back of the UK paperback. Here’s a great one they came up with: Greta is the true hero of the book. Discuss…

Tell the Wolves I’m Home Reading Group playlist

crb36-admi1n — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:25:04 +0000

Suggested by the Pan Macmillan Reading Group Panel:

‘Vox Vulgaris’ by Stella Splendens

‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ by Gotye

‘You’ve Got a Friend’ by James Taylor

‘Perfect Day’ by Lou Reed

‘Martha’s Harbour’ by All About Eve

‘Learning To Fly’ by Pink Floyd

‘The Last Good Day of the Year’ by Cousteau

‘You Never Know’ by Hattie Longfield

‘Howl’ by Florence & the Machine

‘The Show Must Go On’ by Queen

‘The Sound of Silence’ by Simon & Garfunkel

‘Marching Bands of Manhattan’ by Death Cab for Cutie

Listen to the playlist in Spotify (some tracks are missing because they are not available on Spotify)