8.7 Charlotte Wood, Novelist

<p>Are you agreeing to conflict? Viv Groskop talks to novelist Charlotte Wood about how liberating it is not to be nice - and the revelation that no one can be in conflict with you without your participation. They discuss taking control of your own worth, not abusing the power of the microphone - and playing the Sydney Opera House in lockdown.</p> <p>Charlotte's latest book <a href= "https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-weekend-the-international-bestseller-shortlisted-for-the-stella-prize-2020/9781474612975"> The Weekend</a> is available now.</p> <p>Viv's books, including <a href= "https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Viv-Groskop/Lift-as-You-Climb--Women-and-the-art-of-ambition/24555850" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to Own the Room</a>, are out now.</p> <p>And you can subscribe now to Viv's new podcast, <a href= "https://podfollow.com/we-can-rebuild-her" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">We Can Rebuild He</a>r; a series of intimate conversations about reinventing yourself in the age of pandemic.</p>