# Ann Patchett

An episode of [The Waterstones Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1374190347), 14 Sep 2026, 27 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/3734fbc/podcast/play/125197555/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-4%2F431177583-44100-2-46448916b1745.mp3

After losing her best friend, Ann Patchett poured all that love into her new novel, Whistler. Bringing platonic love to the fore, alongside the unearthing of the past and a reckoning with our own mortality; we sat down to speak with her about what it means to love and to lose, what she's learned as a bookseller about reading and why the most important thing for any writer is getting your posture right.

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