Charly Cox

Charly Cox is bringing poetry to a new generation. In her best-selling collection She Must Be Mad, she tackles mental illness, sex and body image. She was utterly fascinating to speak to – so incredibly warm and honest. We talk about her diagnosis, at 17, with bipolar II, society’s hierarchy of mental illnesses, why she hates the label “insta-poet”, writing as a form of therapy, why she reads aloud every day – and she reveals the details of her next project. She also tells me the one piece of advice she would give to any aspiring writer. Buy She Must Be Mad at https://www.amazon.co.uk/She-Must-Be-Mad-bestselling/dp/0008291667 Twitter: @aliceazania @charlycox1 Instagram: @aliceazania @charlycox1 Edited by Chelsey Moore

Om Podcasten

The Sunday Salon is a podcast celebrating brilliant books and the women who write them, hosted by journalist Alice-Azania Jarvis. Each week she chats to an inspiring female author about her work, her career, how she writes, what she reads and everything in between. This is not some academic textual analysis – it’s about finding the stories behind the stories. Tune in each Sunday to hear from guests including Isabel Allende, Jessie Burton, Holly Bourne, Diana Evans, Elizabeth Day, Nimco Ali and Sophie Kinsella. Edited by Chelsey Moore.