This week’s guest is bestselling author Robert Dinsdale. Rob’s latest novel “Paris by Starlight” is a beautiful work of magical realism that has been likened to the work of Neil Gaiman and Erin Morgenstern. In it, the Paris we know and love, with its citizens living by day, transforms with the arrival of the People, people who have been exiled from their homeland, who live by night.

In our conversation, Rob discusses why Paris lends itself to magical realism, the fleeting nature of beauty, and what to make of the idea that “if you don’t look after what belongs to you, somebody else just comes along and takes it.” Then, he treats us to a reading from “Paris by Starlight.”


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About Us
Since well before Victor Hugo looked up at Notre Dame and thought, "Huh... what if a hunchback lived in there?" authors have been inspired by Paris. The Storytime in Paris podcast will help keep this tradition alive with short interviews and readings from your favorite contemporary authors with a French connection.
 
Every episode will feature five questions, asked by you, our authors' biggest fans, and answered live on air. Then, our authors will treat us to a reading of an excerpt from their book. Who knows? Maybe you'll even be inspired to write your own Great French Novel. Happy listening!