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Podcast: James Runcie on his memoir, Tell Me Good Things

01 December 2022

KT BRUCE

James Runcie

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On the podcast this week, James Runcie talks to Sarah Meyrick about his new memoir, Tell Me Good Things: On love, death and marriage.

It tells the story of his love for his late wife, Marilyn Imrie, a drama director, singer, and artist, who died of motor neurone disease (MND) in August 2020.

“It’s about grief, and love. And I hope it’s also about gratitude and thank fulness,” Runcie says.

James Runcie is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and film-maker. He is the author of twelve novels including the seven books in the Grantchester Mysteries series, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His most recent novel is The Great Passion (Books, 8 April, Features, 14 April).

Tell Me Good Things is published by Bloomsbury at £12.99 (Church Times Bookshop £11.69)978-1526655448.

James Runcie will be in conversation with the tenor James Gilchrist  at the Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature in February 2023. Tickets available now.


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