Kate Evans is joined by Bernadette Brennan and Beejay Silcox to talk three striking new releases: Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s Said the Dead, a haunting, archive-rich exploration of a derelict Irish asylum; Chloe Wilson’s The Thornbacks, a darkly comic debut of morticians, dating apps and unsettling female entanglements; and Deborah Levy’s My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein, a playful meditation on literary life in Paris. ~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDAmitav Ghosh, Ghost-EyeSusan Choi, Flashlight S.A. Cosby, worksDoireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the CastleAngela Carter, Wise ChildrenJeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin SuicidesDaisy Johnson, SistersGillian Flynn, Sharp ObjectsOyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister the Serial KillerDeborah Levy, worksKim Scott, BenangAlexis Wright, CarpentariaFrancesca Wade, Gertrude Stein: An AfterlifeGertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain, Bone HornErin Vincent. Fourteen Ways of LookingClaire Thomas, On Not Climbing MountainsGwendoline Riley, The Palm HouseChloe Wilson, Hold Your FireRobin Robertson, The Long TakeJoseph Furphy, Such is LifeElizabeth Jolley, works~ CREDITSPresenter: Kate EvansProducer: Kate Evans, Sarah CorbettSound: Antonia GauciArts editor: Rhiannon Brown