25 Oct 2025

Elspeth Sandys: turning trauma into great stories

From Saturday Morning, 10:18 am on 25 October 2025

A rich seam of themes can be mined from Elspeth Sandys' writing. Trauma has dogged her life.  "Some people go to therapy" she says.  "I write."

And she certainly does! Elspeth is an award-winning author of ten novels, two memoirs, two short story collections, a book of non-fiction and twenty plays.  Her last one, last year, sold out.

Elspeth's new novel A Gap in Nature reflects on the effects of war on relationships and wider society, and articulates art's power to change lives. 

Elspeth Sandys next to her book cover for 'A Gap in Nature'

Photo: Quentin Wilson Publishing