After the internationally lauded Remote Sympathy, Chidgey’s latest novel The Axeman’s Carnival is a tour-de-force with a talking magpie at the centre of the telling. Join Maggie Tweedie as she talks to Catherine about how we write about the relationship between humans and the natural world, the double-edged magic of fame, and the freedom of fables.

Catherine Chidgey

Maggie Tweedie