Episode 108: Annabel Abbs-Streets on Creativity and the Night Self

Emerging Form

“The day is about certainty, answers, lists, data,” says author Annabel Abbs-Streets. But at night, she says, “I felt I could put my arm through to another world” — a world of creativity, inspiration, open-mindedness and insight. In this episode, we discuss her new book, Sleepless: Unleashing the Subversive Power of the Night Self, which weaves science, memoir, and history into a powerful, intimate conversation about creativity and the night and why we (especially women) might find our empathy, creativity, and connection to the divine might be heightened after the sun goes down.

Annabel Abbs-Streets is an award-winning writer of highly researched fiction, non-fiction and memoir. Sleepless is her seventh book, and her work has been published in over 30 languages. She writes regularly for a wide range of newspapers and magazines, and has spoken at literary festivals across the world. She has a degree in English Literature, an MA in Marketing, Research and Statistics, and is a Fellow of the Brown Foundation. She lives with her family in London and Sussex.

Annabel Abbs-Streets

Sleepless: Unleashing the Subversive Power of the Night Self

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