On this edition of Conversations, Moira Buffini talks with host Dan Skinner about "Songlight." The novel, for young adult and older readers, is set in the far future in a dystopian world. People who posses "Songlight," a type of telepathy, are considered dangerous and persecuted by the dictatorship. The author describes the story as one of love and light set against a dark world. Buffini is an Olivier Award–winning UK playwright and BAFTA-nominated screenwriter, writing many plays for the National Theatre and the West End. Her films include Tamara Drewe, Jane Eyre, Byzantium, and The Dig. She also co-created and was the show-runner of Hulu's Harlots. “Songlight” is her first novel. She lives in London.
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