Described by the Independent as “one of our very best contemporary novelists”, Sarah Moss is known for her gripping novels and boundary-breaking memoir. 

Her bestsellers include Ghost Wall, a haunting novel set on an Iron Age re-enactment camp, Night Waking, a blackly funny meditation on motherhood, and The Fell, a state-of-the-nation novel set during the first Covid lockdown. 

Join Sarah in conversation with Wendy Erskine to discuss her prolific writing career and her latest novel, Ripeness, the story of a life-changing family secret set between 1960s Italy and present-day Ireland. 

Meet the writers

Sarah Moss has written several novels including the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Summerwater (being adapted for television by Channel 4) and Ghost Wall, which was longlisted for the Women’s Prize. She has also written two works of memoir, Names for the Sea, an account of her year living in Iceland, and My Good Bright Wolf which was published in Spring 2025. Sarah Moss was born in Glasgow and grew up in the north of England. After moving between Oxford, Canterbury, Reykjavik, west Cornwall and the Midlands, she now lives in Dublin.

‘Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist’s can be.’ The Times

Wendy Erskine is the author of two prize-winning short-story collections, Sweet Home and Dance Move. She edited the anthology well I just kind of like it about art in the home. She is a frequent broadcaster and interviewer, and works as a secondary school teacher in Belfast. Her debut novel, The Benefactors, was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize, and shortlisted for best novel at the Irish Book Awards, and best audio novel at the British Audio Awards. It was awarded Waterstones Best Irish Book of 2025. A film based on the short story Nostalgie was recently shortlisted for a BAFTA and won an IFTA.