Lizzy Stewart! Illustrator and writer! Molly's past collaborator!

Maybe you've seen her pictures in there's a Tiger in the Garden, or Lights, Planets, People!

Or perhaps you've read her book Alison? Her new book, The Wreck, is out NOW. It's a glorious genre-defying illustrated novel about the messy tangle of love, envy and desire that underpins our most precious relationships, and the difficult paths we must take to discover our true selves.

Join Lizzy and Molly for a chat about STRUCTURE. Mainly as it refers to the notion of building a fulfilling, successful, functioning life as a maker, but we also touch on structure and planning in relation to specific projects.

Learn about the magical joys of something called WEEKEND CLUB. Learn why Lizzy and Molly are terrified of group trips.

Is living a creative life just about running full pelt up hills, or can they learn to ride the worms? All this and more.

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It's Jessie Burton! Jessie Burton is the multi-million best-selling author of four novels: The Miniaturist, The Muse, The Confession and The House of Fortune – all instant Sunday Times bestsellers. Her novels have been published in 40 languages.

The Miniaturist was adapted as a BBC One miniseries, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Romola Garai.

Join us for a chat about PERFECTIONISM. Where it comes from, what it does, how it helps and hinders our process and our lives. We also chat about ageing, mortality, Sylvanian Families and how writers after master manipulators (in a good way?).

The book Jessie recommended was The Maps We Carry by Rose Cartwright.

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Today we welcome the scriptwriter, comedian and journalist Athena Kugblenu for a chat about getting older. Which is good, because Molly needed to hear all this. We also talk about procrastination, what you get out of having a day job, industry rudeness and where Athena gets her ideas from.

You can buy Athena's latest children's history book History's Most Epic Fails here!

The book she recommended was Heiresses by Miranda Kauffman.

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