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Recently in the Media

• The audio edition of The Road from Belhaven has been selected by The Washington Post as one of the "Top 10 of 2024." (December 2024)
• Margot was recently interviewed by Natalie Doris for Necessary Fiction. (August 2024)
• The Washington Post has published a very positive review of the audio edition of The Road from Belhaven, writing "The book is beautifully served by narrator Ell Potter, a true genius of accents. Here she affects a Scottish burr that further deepens our sense of a world that Livesey has described so vividly. Emotionally, too, Potter is warmly engaged with the characters, her voice urgent and passion-swept as Lizzie’s trials accumulate." (April 2024)
• New City magazine has featured a thoughtful and generous review of The Road from Belhaven. (March 2024)
• The 27 March issue of Neil Patrick Harris's Wondercade newsletter features a recommendation from author Nicole Chung (A Living Remedy) for The Road from Belhaven, writing, "Livesey grounds her young protagonist's extraordinary clairvoyance in the utterly believable everyday, as beautifully rendered characters and landscapes come alive and make this a book to quickly get lost in." (March 2024)
• Deborah Kalb has published a Q&A with Margot, as part of the "Book Q&As" series. (March 2024)
• The Campaign for the American Reader blog asked Margot, "What are you reading?" (February 2024)
• Margot was a guest on Texas Public Radio's "Book Public" with Yvette Benavides, discussing "The Road from Belhaven." (February 2024)
• The "First Draft" podcast hosted Margot recently, where she discussed "the importance of rhythm" in writing. (February 2024)
• Margot was interviewed by Wichita, KS, NPR affiliate KMUW for their podcast, "Marginalia." (February 2024)
• The Road from Belhaven is featured in the 7 February edition of "The Page 69 Test." (February 2024)
• "Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents", LitHub. (February 2024)
• "Ten Questions" about The Road from Belhaven with Poets & Writers. (February 2024)
• The Road from Belhaven was featured on the 6 February edition of "BookRiot". (February 2024)
• LitHub has included The Road from Belhaven among its highlighted book recommendations for February. (February 2024)
• Ninth Letter is featuring an excerpt from Margot's new novel, The Road from Belhaven. (January 2024)
• "My Favourite Scottish Novels," a new list from Margot on Booklisti. (December 2023)
• Town & Country has chosen The Road from Belhaven as one of its "30 Best Books of Winter 2024". (December 2023)
• The website Shepherd.com—a resource for readers—asked Margot to share her "three favourite reads" of 2023, along with a number of other authors and readers. (November 2023)
• "Margot Livesey's New Novel Illuminates a Family Past," Publishers Weekly. (November 2023)

News Archive

2022

• Margot has contributed a "Best Books About Reading and Writing Fiction" list to Shepherd.com. (October 2022)
• The blog "Famous Writing Routines" has interviewed Margot in one of its regular instalments. (September 2022)

2021

• 3 Quarks Daily has published a conversation between Margot and Philip Graham, in which they discuss The Boy in the Field. (September 2021)
• CBC's Eleanor Wachtel interviewed Margot for their series, "Writers and Company." (January 2021)
• Margot is featured in a new installment of the podcast "Write the Book: Conversations on Craft." Margot is joined by author Jill McCorkle for a conversation about "Plotting the Literary Novel". (You can also get it from Apple Podcasts.) (January 2021)

2020

• Margot was interviewed by author Elena Bowes for her blog and for online literary magazine 26. (December 2020)
• Margot has contributed to the "A Year in Reading" series for The Millions. (December 2020)
• Scottish broadcaster Rhod Sharp interviewed Margot for his RhodCast series on 22nd October. (October 2020)
• Margot was recently interviewed by Fiction Writers Review, discussing The Boy in the Field with Mari Coates. (September 2020)
• The Boy in the Field has received a lovely review by Anjanette Delgado in the New York Journal of Books. (September 2020)
• The Boy in the Field has been selected by O The Oprah Magazine as one of the "19 Best New Books of Fall 2020—So Far." They write, "Margot Livesey is a literary pointillist whose prose is both impressionistic and as precise as a geometry equation... Tiny piece by tiny piece, Livesey builds an intimate universe that expands and expands 'until it grows large enough, almost, to keep everything else at bay.'" (September 2020)
• Margot engaged in a dialogue with Mitzi Rapkin of the First Draft podcast, where she discussed "choosing the right idea for a new book." (September 2020)
• Watch video of Margot's conversation with author Gish Jen (The Resisters), discussing The Boy in the Field. (September 2020)
• Margot discusses "Beach Reading When the Beach is Closed," with Jaswinder Bolina and hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell for LitHub. (August 2020)
• "Writers Voice" interviewed Margot to discuss The Boy in the Field. (August 2020)
• Margot was interviewed for "The Other Stories" podcast. Listen to the interview and an excerpt from The Boy in the Field. (August 2020)
• The Boy in the Field is a People "Book of the Week." (August 2020)
• Margot appeared on the podcast "Writers on Writing," at KUCI-FM Irvine, CA. (August 2020)
• Steven Wingate interviewed Margot for LitHub on the publication of The Boy in the Field. (August 2020)
• The New York Times has published a review of The Boy in the Field. (August 2020)
• The Hidden Machinery has been given a lovely write-up in the blog Snowflakes in a Blizzard. (June 2020)
• Margot has contributed to the web series "Better Known," where she shares six things she loves which should be better known. (February 2020)

2019

• A new essay, "Meeting My Third Family," was published in Catapult. (October 2019)

2018

• Margot paid a visit to the History of Literature podcast to discuss The Hidden Machinery. (March 2018)

2017

• A lovely review of The Hidden Machinery has been posted by The Woven Tale Press. (October 2017)
• Fiction Writers Review has published an interview with Margot focused on her latest book, The Hidden Machinery. (September 2017)
• Margot contributed to the History of Literature podcast, discussing Jane Eyre, The Good Soldier and Giovanni's Room. (February 2017)
  
  

2016

• An Insider's View Of The Women's March: The Power of Peaceful Protest - Margot writes that the Women's March in Washington—a half-million protesters, no arrests—demonstrates the power of bringing together people of different ages, colors, faiths and sexual orientations. (January 2017)
• A new interview with Margot is available at Herstory Novels, a site focused on historical fiction by women, about women. (January 2017)
• The blog Necessary Fiction has published an interview with Margot. (December 2016)
• Margot was interviewed in November by author James Scott, for his podcast TK. (December 2016)
• Mercury has been chosen by Bookpage, Barnes and Noble, and the Seattle Times to be on their respective "Best Books of 2016" lists. (December 2016)
• Mercury has been selected by Kirkus Reviews for its "Best Fiction of 2016" list. (November 2016)
• An audio interview with Margot discussing becoming a writer, publishing, and craft has been published online by Writers on Record. (November 2016)
• The Millions has published an interview with Margot. (November 2016)
• Margot has contributed to the blogs Writers Read and The Page 69 Test, where she discusses what she's been reading as well as what "page 69" of her new novel Mercury says about the book. (October 10, 2016)

2015

• Read a new interview with Margot featured in WordMothers (April 13, 2015)

2012

• Margot's latest entry on WBUR's "Cognoscenti" blog reflects on Election Day.
• A podcast with the National Endowment for the Arts features Margot discussing The Flight of Gemma Hardy.
• Margot has contributed an entry to Boston's WBUR public radio station's "Cognoscenti" blog entitled, "Surprises at the Zoo." Read more
• NEIBA, the New England Independent Booksellers Association, has honored The Flight of Gemma Hardy with its 2012 book award in Fiction.
• The Flight of Gemma Hardy has been featured in a guest blog by Debra Spark on Amanda Stern's "Happy Endings" music and reading series.
• BookPage.com has featured a lovely recommendation of The Flight of Gemma Hardy in its latest "paperback releases for reading groups" update (June 30, 2012)
• Listen to Margot's interview with The Avid Reader podcast.
  You can also download this (and other podcasts featuring Margot) from iTunes.
• An interview with the Duxbury Clipper (Massachusetts) (March, 2012)
• Author Emily Gray Tedrowe has written a lovely piece in her online journal about The Flight of Gemma Hardy (March, 2012)
• Largehearted Boy is featuring book notes from Margot on The Flight of Gemma Hardy along with a recommend music playlist (February, 2012)
• "Following in the footsteps of a legendary heroine", Amy Scribner of BookPage discusses The Flight of Gemma Hardy with Margot (January, 2012)

2008 - 2010

• "Books I love: Eva Moves the Furniture", LeahStewart.com (August 9, 2010)
• Margot appears in an interview with Kim's Craft Blog. (September 28, 2009)
• Margot has published a review of Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections for The Millions and its "Best Fiction of the Millennium (so far)" series. (September 25, 2009)
• The House on Fortune Street has been selected by the Women's National Book Association as one of its nine "Great Group Reads" for 2009. (September 24, 2009)
• Margot has written a brief story, inspired by a cigarette case, for the Web site Significant Objects. You can bid on the actual cigarette case on eBay. (September 22, 2009)
• "Trust Craft More Than Inspiration, by Susan K. Perry, Ph.D., and featuring Margot, has appeared on Psychology Today's Web site. (September 20, 2009)
• A new interview with Margot has appeared in the blog "The Women's Colony," with writer "Mrs. G." (September 18, 2009)
• Listen to an interview (and a writing prompt) with Margot at Write the Book (April 6, 2009)
• The House on Fortune Street has won the 2009 L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award for fiction. (March 2009)
• The Wall Street Journal has cited Margot as a "great unknown writer."
• The House on Fortune Street was listed as a "best book" by Entertainment Weekly, the Chicago Tribune and the Miami Herald.
• Interview discussing The House on Fortune Street with Francine Rheannon — Writer's Voice (June 23, 2008)
• "Reaching and Secrets in 'House on Fortune Street' — Morning Edition, National Public Radio (June 2, 2008)
• "Romance Languages" — New York Times Book Review (June 1, 2008)
• "It's done when Margot says it's done" — The Boston Globe (May 27, 2008)
• Listen to Margot reading from The House on Fortune Street