An Interview with Karen McLeod - British Airways in the 90's and Naughties!

The Red Eye

In today's episode, we talk with ex British Airways Cabin Crew member, Karen Mcleod. Karen has recently released a book called Lifting Off. Telling all about her life in the airline industry and the struggles she faced as a gay woman.
Karen McLeod is a writer, comic performer, creative writing tutor and writer-in-residence at Bookseller Crow bookshop, London. Her debut novel, In Search of the Missing Eyelash, was published by Jonathan Cape and won the Betty Trask Award. Published in 2007 (and reissued this year) she wrote this during layovers in hotel rooms whilst travelling the globe as long-haul cabin crew for British Airways.

Coming full circle, her recent memoir, Lifting Off, is about the years she worked as cabin crew and offers a fascinating insight into the profound impact of long-haul life. Spanning the late nineties into the 2000s, this memoir is brimming with vertiginous loops as Karen slowly unravels. This is the story of how Karen finally came into land and how she discovered her real self.
For December there's 25% off both of her books, Lifting Off and In Search of the Missing Eyelash, through the publisher's website https://muswell-press.co.uk/ Use discount code PJRJ74WY
Find Karen on Instagram @therealkarenmcleod

And her website www.karenmcleod.co.uk

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