EP. 195 - 'My Award-Winning Book Was Rejected Over 60 Times’ | Margaret McDonald
In this week's episode, Jamie is joined by Scottish author Margaret McDonald, who in 2025 became the youngest ever winner of the Carnegie Medal for Writing for her debut novel Glasgow Boys, which has been widely praised for its honest, hopeful portrayal of friendship, identity and growing up in Scotland.Margaret shares the journey behind Glasgow Boys, from writing fanfiction as a teenager in East Kilbride to becoming one of Scotland's most exciting literary voices.Margaret chats about:📚 The inspiration behind Glasgow Boys and why she wanted to tell a story centred on platonic love✍️ Writing…
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