S11, Ep5 How to Fail: Christie Watson

S11, Ep5 How to Fail: Christie Watson

Christie Watson is a nurse turned bestselling author who went back to frontline nursing during the Covid-19 pandemic. But if you were to call her a 'hero' she would refuse the label - and during the course of this interview, she tells me why.Watson left school at 16 and volunteered at a charity before training to become a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She spent the next 20 years in hospitals in various disciplines and mainly in paediatric intensive care.Alongside that, she built up a successful writing career. Her debut, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, won the Costa First Novel Award and in 2018, she published a memoir - The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story, which has been translated into 23 languages. Her most recent book, The Courage To Care, is just out in paperback. She joins me to talk about failures in nursing, motherhood and, in an especially enlightening conversation, she tells me what happened when she thought she was having a breakdown only to be diagnosed as peri-menopausal. Every woman (and man) should listen. [WARNING: contains mention of clambering into fishfinger freezers].*The Courage To Care is out now and available to buy here.*My new novel, Magpie, is out on 2nd September. I'd love it if you felt like pre-ordering as it really helps authors! You can do that here.*How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day, produced by Naomi Mantin and Chris Sharp. We love hearing from you. To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com*Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayHow To Fail @howtofailpod Christie Watson @christiewatsonwriter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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S2, Ep1 How to Fail: Jessie Burton

S2, Ep1 How to Fail: Jessie Burton

We're BACK! How To Fail With Elizabeth Day returns for a second season, and to kick this one off, I'm joined by mega-star, besteslling author Jessie Burton.Burton's 2014 debut novel, The Miniaturist, ...

3 Loka 201855min

How to Fail: End of Season 1

How to Fail: End of Season 1

A thank you from Elizabeth for listening to the first season of How To Fail With Elizabeth Day and a sneak peek of the guests lined up for season two. See you in October! How To Fail is hosted by Eliz...

30 Elo 20184min

S1, Ep8 How to Fail: Elizabeth Day

S1, Ep8 How to Fail: Elizabeth Day

For the last episode of the first season of How To Fail With Elizabeth Day, our interviewee is…well…Elizabeth Day. Which means I’m currently writing shownotes about myself in the third person. Which i...

29 Elo 20181h 9min

S1, Ep7 How to Fail: David Nicholls

S1, Ep7 How to Fail: David Nicholls

David Nicholls, bestselling novelist, critically acclaimed screenwriter, aspiring piano player and thoroughly nice man, joins How To Fail to talk about his myriad failures. You might not expect the au...

22 Elo 201845min

S1, Ep6 How to Fail: Gina Miller

S1, Ep6 How to Fail: Gina Miller

Political activist Gina Miller is best known for one major victory when she successfully took the government to court over the triggering of Article 50 to leave the European Union. But in this week’s ...

15 Elo 201842min

S1, Ep5 How to Fail: Olivia Laing

S1, Ep5 How to Fail: Olivia Laing

This week on How To Fail, we’re joined by the brilliant writer Olivia Laing. Her three critically-acclaimed works of non-fiction, To The River, The Trip to Echo Spring and The Lonely City, have explor...

8 Elo 201846min

S1, Ep4 How to Fail: Sathnam Sanghera

S1, Ep4 How to Fail: Sathnam Sanghera

This week, journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera joins How To Fail and kicks off by saying how flattered he was to be asked to contribute to a podcast on failure because he hates hearing nice things ...

1 Elo 201847min

S1, Ep3 How to Fail: Dolly Alderton

S1, Ep3 How to Fail: Dolly Alderton

This week’s guest on How To Fail with Elizabeth Day is memoirist, podcaster and journalist Dolly Alderton. Dolly, the co-host of the utterly fantastic The High Low podcast and author of the brilliant ...

25 Heinä 201851min

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