Marchelle Farrell and By the River

"The garden is a co-author"



Marchelle Farrell is here to talk about her essay in a new anthology from Daunt Books, BY THE RIVER: ESSAYS FROM THE WATER'S EDGE. I've wanted to talk to Marchelle since the publication of UPROOTING: FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO THE COUNTRYSIDE - Canongate Books), so it was great to have her here when she's part of an anthology featuring the likes of Caleb Azumah Nelson and Tessa Hadley.



Marchelle, a consultant psychiatrist as well as a writer, often blends personal history with reflections on how colonial history has shaped the world and behaviour



Rippling Points



1.25 - The rivers that Marchelle writers about in her essay, 'Memory River

4.06 - the noise of the river and how it infiltrated Marchelle's dreams

7.08 - A sense of renewal and writing about childhood

9.00 - The pain and joy in revisiting childhood

12.34 - Marchelle's belief on balancing both pain and joy in life.

15.04 - The story of Marchelle's family and forgotten stories

18.23 - Can anything ever be permanently erased?

20.22 - Leaving space for the reader to make interpretations.

22.13 - The river and its links to colonial history.

25.22 - How the 'English' garden isn't so English.

28.20 - What is play and why is it important



Reference Points



Jo Hamya

Amy Key

Donald Winnicott