{"id":45670,"date":"2023-09-12T14:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk\/?p=45670"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:44:20","slug":"meet-the-author-sally-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk\/bn\/meet-the-author-sally-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Author: Sally Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>12 September 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; link_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Sally Page&#8217;s debut novel, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=3041242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Keeper of Stories<\/a>,<\/em> was published by HarperCollins in 2022 and became a bestseller. It was shortlisted for British Book of the Year and has sold over half a million copies.<\/p>\n<p>Sally&#8217;s latest novel is <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=3367325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Book of Beginnings<\/em><\/a> and is published by HarperCollins on 28 September. You can also find it on the <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk\/borrow\/our-catalogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suffolk Community Libraries catalogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; link_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who were your heroes as you were growing up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Without a doubt that would be Sue Barton. Sue Barton student nurse; Sue Barton staff nurse; Sue Barton district nurse\u2026 These were the books I devoured as a young girl that made me want to be a nurse. As it turned out I didn\u2019t have the stuff it took to be a nurse (I realised that when my brother had to spend time in hospital). But I still very much admire nurses and will always be thankful to Sue Barton for getting me into reading.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=3041242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The Keeper of Stories<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, will be familiar to many Suffolk readers as it was a Suffolk Loves choice and featured in every library. What was it like to write and how did you come up with the characters of Janice and Mrs B?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I had never really seen myself as a creative writer, in our family my daughter Libby was the author \u2013 she was a Sunday Times Bestseller at 25 \u2013 so I think I had rather pigeon holed myself as a non-fiction writer. However one day I woke up with an idea for a story and once I started writing I couldn\u2019t stop! It was, and still is, a joy to me to write. The Keeper of Stories was the third book I wrote and the first to be published.<\/p>\n<p>I was not sure who my main character would be until I was watching the Oscars and I saw Olivia Colman\u2019s acceptance speech. In it she recounted how, as a young hopeful, she had worked as a cleaner. She had stood in front of other people\u2019s bathroom mirrors, holding the toilet cleaner, as if it were an Oscar statue. I wondered if there was someone watching who was still a cleaner, whose life hadn\u2019t developed as they had hoped. What would they be thinking? And so my main character, Janice, was born. A woman who did not believe she had a story to tell, so collected other people\u2019s stories.<\/p>\n<p>As for Mrs B, rather like Decius the fox terrier, she muscled her way on to the page and I had very little to do with it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your latest book is <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=3367325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The Book of Beginnings<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Can you tell us a little about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a book about how friendship can develop in the most unexpected places and that age isn\u2019t a barrier to relationships. And as George Eliot once wrote, \u2018<em>It is never too late to be what you might have been<\/em>.\u2019 I hope, that like The Keeper of Stories, this book celebrates the extraordinary that is within ordinary life.<\/p>\n<p>It starts when Jo Sorsby moves from the North East to London to look after her uncle\u2019s shop. She is dealing with the end of a relationship and is wondering what to do with her life. She forms an unlikely friendship with Rev Ruth (a runaway vicar) and Malcolm, a septuagenarian who is researching a book he never writes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your characters are really well created and believable. How do you make them so realistic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think like many authors I draw on people I have met and observed over the years. Usually this ends up as a total mix of traits I have seen and those I have imagined. It is rare I would draw on one specific person, but for <em>The Book of Beginnings<\/em> I was particularly inspired by my friend Rev Anne Heywood and there is no doubt, the Runaway vicar, Rev Ruth, shares many similarities with her, especially her warmth and humour. I dedicated this book to Rev Anne.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What kind of research did you have to do for <em>The Book of Beginnings<\/em>? I&#8217;m guessing Highgate Cemetery featured at some point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You are right, I did spend quite a lot of time in Highgate Cemetery! Although as this was written during lockdown I also had to rely on online research. <em>The Book of Beginnings<\/em> is partly set in a stationery shop and there I drew on my experience as a woman who started a pen company. I have always loved stationery and in this book I was able to indulge myself!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there anything you can share with us about your latest project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After <em>The Keeper of Stories<\/em> did so well I was lucky enough to sign a two-book deal with Harper Fiction so at the moment we are deciding between two book that I have already written for which will be Book 3. One has a strong floral theme (I used to run a flower shop) one celebrates creativity (I paint in my spare time). Both are contemporary novels with a historical thread. Both have a cast of characters I love to spend time with \u2013 which is lucky because whichever route we choose I do know there will be a lot of editing!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>One book, piece of music or work of art that everyone should experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good question, but tricky. I think I would go for a well loved children\u2019s book, as if you experience something wonderful when you are young it will ignite your imagination and keep you reading. Plus when you hit a bad time in your life revisiting it will give you comfort. I am sure my daughters would choose <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=2411353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Harry Potter<\/em><\/a>, but for me I think it would be either <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=2861986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Wind in the Willows<\/em><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=3083673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Secret Garden<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is on your &#8216;to read&#8217; pile at the moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=2973068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Lincoln Highway<\/em><\/a> by Amor Towles (I loved his other books).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=3135309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Fair Botanists<\/em><\/a> by Sara Sheridan (a recommendation from a friend).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=3385166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Winter in New York<\/em><\/a> by Josie Silver (a proof copy sent by the publisher).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where did your love of flower shops and fountain pens come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have always loved flowers and was fascinated by wild flowers when I was young. 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