Mike Calvin: Family

Chances are you came to Michael Calvin’s writing through his later books The Nowhere Men, Living on the Volcano or Hunger in Paradise. Well, before all that, there was Family, Mike’s first book in which he was given unlimited access to a season at Millwall FC. The book also has a fascinating back-story, with Mike having self-published the first edition which was then nominated for Football Book of the Year. Here we talk about how important access is to great sports writing and how he sets the scene for interviewees to bare their souls. Just a small note here… we also discuss Emma Hayes in this podcast. Emma is the current manager of Chelsea Women and has a chapter dedicated to her in Mike’s latest book State of Play. Enjoy

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