with Emily St. John Mandel

She’s really here. Our Queen Emily St John Mandel joins Sarah and Tommy for a chat about her brilliant new novel Exit Party, writing, America, and the low thrum of existential dread we live with day to day.ESJM is also the author of ‘nerd faves: Station Eleven, Sea of Tranquillity (which is an early episode of ours), The Glass Hotel, and The Singer’s Gun.We are so grateful for her time; please go pick up Exit Party at your local indie bookstore right now. Pagenerd is Sarah Stockdale, Tommy Guy, Richard Vieweg and Andrew Corway. Jay Cockburn is the producer. New episodes launch every two weeks. If you want to read along with future episodes then you'll find a full list of what we're reading next at pagenerd.com, and support us at patreon.com/pagenerd.You can reach the nerds at Pagenerdhq@gmail.com — tell us about your local library or favourite indie book store!