Our next episode is with Ana Santi, a writer and journalist, and the author of Three Things To Help Heal The Planet (2022).
This book is a collection of essays from scientists, activists, and entrepreneurs, who share their advice for how we can all think more deeply and holistically about the way we live and are contributing to the climate crisis.
In this conversation, Ana shares the process she went through to take an idea and a frustration, and transform it into a book that is now sitting on book shop shelves. It's a must listen for anyone who is aspiring to be a published author as she offers advice on how to write book proposals, how to get a literary agent, and how to get started with tackling that big problem of your own.
Recorded in the Southbank Centre on a sunny Friday afternoon.

Have you got a book idea of your own? Let us know on social!
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1:44 - Why write a book?

3:40 - The process of gathering experts

6:10 - On getting stuck and then unstuck

8:38 - Finding an agent and writing a book proposal

12:10 - Pitching to Wellbeck

17:16 - How can we heal the planet?

19:06 - What does it mean to be creative?

23:45 - The power of multi-disciplinary thinking

25:10 - Everything is connected and there is no away

26:26 - Ana's advice for working to solve your own frustration
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Useful links
- Find out more about Tristram Stuart
- Find out more about Melissa Hemsley
- The Comfort Zones Anthology Ana created with Sonder & Tell to raise money for Women for Women International
- The Art of Crowdfunding a Book with JP Watson, founder of The Pound Project on Emma Gannon's Ctrl Alt Delete podcast
- Find out more about Ana's Pound Project book
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To get in touch, pitch yourself as a guest, or share your creative project with us, email [email protected]
Episode produced by Billy Truswell
Brand design and episode artwork by Holly Whitaker

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