Try Not to Be Strange: Michael Hingston
Between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean lies the tiny island of Redonda. Uninhabitable by humans, Redonda is home instead to a variety of wildlife\u2014including untold generations of seabirds that produce the island\u2019s prized source of fertilizer. Though it might not seem like much, this peculiar island is the figurative home of a fantastical and international community of writers, with a highly-contested lineage of kings that includes John Gawsworth, Jon Wynne-Tyson, Dylan Thomas, Umberto Eco, Javier Mar\xedas, Alice Munro, and Pedro Almod\xf3var. In an exclusive Festival Week episode of the Books & Ideas Audio podcast, author Michael Hingston discusses his new book\u2014Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda\u2014in conversation with Naben Ruthnum, the author of A Hero of Our Time and Find You in the Dark, among other books.