Elise Valmorbida Interview

The wonderful Elise Valmorbida joins me this week to talk all about her new book The Happy Writing Book and the positive power of creative writing for our mental wellbeing. We chat Lord of the Rings, Flaubert, Shakespeare, philosophy and more in this fun and informative episode that winds its way through the worlds of creative writing. Elise"s website The Happy Writing Book by Elise Valmorbida Things mentioned in the episode: Virginia Woolf Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Why I Write by George Orwell Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien The Madonna of the Mountains by Elise Valmorbida The Happy Writing Book by Elise Valmorbida Discourses of Epictetus by Epictetus Epicurus Joan Didion The TV President by Elise Valmorbida Shakespeare Samuel Becket TS Elliot Toni Morrison Michael Ondaatje The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff