Sam Meekings – Novelist, storyteller, teacher, poet

Here I am again, chatting about my new book The Afterlives of Dr Gachet, as well as tips for wannabe writers, life lessons from my own struggles and rejections, and the changing world of writing:

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‘The Afterlives of Dr Gachet’ Launch

admin December 4, 2018May 4, 2021

I had a great time launching my new novel The Afterlives of Dr Gachet at the London Review Bookshop in Bloomsbury. A great crowd and lots of copies signed! The next day I hot-footed it over to Oxford to read from the novel at my old digs: Mansfield College, Oxford University. Had a lovely time […]

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Doha Heat Video Interview

admin October 4, 2018May 4, 2021

Here’s an interview I did for Doha Heat podcast – it was a really interesting chat about writing challenges, historical fiction, controversy, appropriation, and the writing life:

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‘Afterlives’ sneak preview

admin September 29, 2018May 4, 2021

Exciting news! My new novel, about the secret life of Dr Gachet, is out now with Eyewear Publishing You can find out a little about the book and the life of this strange and fascinating man in this interview I just did with my old college.

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Book trailer

admin June 4, 2018May 4, 2021

The book trailer for my new novel ‘The Afterlives of Dr Gachet’ is here at last! You can find out more about the new book here.

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Professor! Professor!

admin May 29, 2018May 4, 2021

Please excuse the slightly attention-grabbing headline, but here’s a link to a lovely profile of me written by one of my students for the Daily Q News website. It covers my inspirations, some of my adventures in China and the Middle East, the tricky process of transforming strange ideas into books, and of course a […]

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The Standard Advice

admin May 29, 2018May 4, 2021

The standard advice is to ‘write what you know’. In my new short story, published in the most recent issue of TEXT journal, I pick apart why that is absolute codswallop – with help from spider-like great-uncles in the attics, grand old Edwardians and hopeless romantics. Check it out here!

Public Readings

New book

admin February 12, 2018May 4, 2021

Exciting news! My next novel, The Afterlives of Dr Gachet, will be published 1st July. I can’t wait. It’s a novel about the man in the painting here, and the story behind his famous heartbroken expression… More details coming soon! Right now my summer book tour is being finalised. Get in touch if you’ve got any ideas for events in your […]

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Research: Writing Widowhood

admin September 20, 2017May 4, 2021

My review of a book on grief narratives has just been published in the Life Writing journal. It’s a fascinating book by Jeffrey Berman about how different writers have responded to and written about losing their husbands. You can read the review here.

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Research: Chasing Happiness

admin August 7, 2017May 4, 2021

Everyone knows what happiness feels like, right? But how does a writer catch those fleeting moments of joy, pleasure, and bliss in writing? That’s the question I explore in my latest research article, published in New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. Could it be that happiness in […]

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