The Royal Free w/ Carl Shuker: 6th December, 2024

The Royal Free is an exuberant, dark, wildly entertaining novel about death and copy editing by Carl Shuker. His previous novel, A Mistake, was released as a feature film this year, filmed in Auckland and starring Elizabeth Banks. The Royal Free comes out via Victoria University Press in June 2025.

Beth caught up with Carl about both books and his writing process