You Are Not Alone: Cariad Lloyd in conversation with Hollie McNish

Talking with Hollie McNish, Cariad Lloyd explores You Are Not Alone, the bestselling book that grew out of her award-winning podcast Griefcast.

The discussion will consider grief, empathy and the importance of finding connection in difficult experiences, alongside Lloyd’s work as a writer, performer and podcaster.

Cariad Lloyd is a writer, actor, comedian, improviser and podcaster. She is the author of the empathy-lab nominated picture book Where Did She Go? (illustrated by Tom Percival) and the first Lydia Marmalade adventure, Lydia Marmalade’s Christmas Wish. She has appeared in Peep Show, Alan Partridge, Have I Got News For You, Changing Ends and QI and has been seen on a number of other shows on TV and radio. She is one of the co-creators of hit improv show Austentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel, who perform regularly in London’s West End. She was the host and creator of the award-winning podcast Griefcast, as well as the Times bestseller book that followed the show, You Are Not Alone. She now co-hosts Sara and Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club, with Sara Pascoe.

Hollie McNish is a Sunday Times bestselling poet and author. She was the first poet to record at Abbey Road Studios, London and won the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry for her poetic parenting memoir – Nobody Told Me – of which The Scotsman stated ‘The World Needs this Book’. She has published three further collections of poetry – Papers, Cherry Pie, Plum, and prose-poetry books Slug and Lobster, with translations in French and Spanish. Her latest collection is Virgin. She absolutely loves writing.

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