Poured Over: Yael van der Wouden on The Safekeep

By Isabelle McConville / June 21, 2025 at 6:00 am

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden — winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction — is an indelible debut novel about love, loss, war and want. Yael joins us to talk about writing historical fiction, creating messy characters, repression, home and family with host Miwa Messer.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                   

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Featured Books (Episode):
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel