Roisin Dunnett on Time Travel, Protest, and Littering

"It is also difficult to imbue the people and the movements of the past with the complexities we offer ourselves." 

If you were to meet a time traveller from the future, what would you ask them? This is the question Roisin Dunnett asks in her novel, A LINE YOU HAVE TRACED (Magpie Books/Oneworld Publications). Spanning over three centuries, three women are connected by forces they, at first, don’t understand. From post-WWI Britain, to East End London’s modern queer scene, to a portentous dystopian future, Roisin’s novel is coded with messages between the past, present and future. It's published by Magpie Books, an imprint of Oneworld.  

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Rippling Points

2.01 - the past, present and future.

3.55 - is there a past event that influenced this novel?

6.45 - Narratives of women

10.16 - which character did Roisin write first?

11.33 - Why do characters feel out of time

13.02 - Visions and dreams in Roisin's novel

19.24 - what would we do if we could actually see the future?

24.30 - The marshes in Roisin's novel. 

29.24 - Does your dad pick up litter?

30.59 - Roisin's writing journey  

Reference Points

Charles Dickens