Inspired by Autobiography In a feature length episode looking at how personal experience can inform the content of graphic novels, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Ian Williams about his books The Bad Doctor and The Lady Doctor which are inspired by his parallel career as a GP, in a Q and A recorded at Cartoon […]



Excerpts from The Book of Sarah by Sarah Lightman and The Lady Doctor by Ian Williams


Inspired by Autobiography In a feature length episode looking at how personal experience can inform the content of graphic novels, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Ian Williams about his books The Bad Doctor and The Lady Doctor which are inspired by his parallel career as a GP, in a Q and A recorded at Cartoon County, Brighton; guest presenter Philippa Perry discusses The Book of Sarah with its author, artist Sarah Lightman, and how the book’s mix of fine art drawings and diary entries tell a tell of faith, motherhood and upbringing, in an interview recorded at Waterstones, Hampstead.

Partially broadcast Wednesday 3rd July 2019 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London)


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Links: Buy The Book of Sarah and The Bad Doctor / The Lady Doctor from Myriad Editions

Articles by Philippa Perry and Ian Williams in The Guardian

Sarah Lightman’s website

Graphic Medicine website

Previous podcasts featuring Sarah Lightman, Philippa Perry and Ian Williams