Run For Your Life

Josie Shapiro’s stunning debut novel, Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts, takes us into the gruelling world of the long-distance runner, and the therapeutic notion of going for a run. Jessica Howland Kany’s A Runner’s Guide to Rakiura looks at island love, war and the joys of running. Guyon Espiner is a runner, and his latest book, The Drinking Game, investigates the alcohol industry, weaving together investigative research and personal experience. Is running as powerful a drug? The three writers discuss the pleasure and the pain of running, and their respective books with Alex Casey.