Podcasts

Miranda France speaks with Carole Angier about her experiences abroad in Buenos Aires and Spain, the role of mordant humour in her work, and her own journey from travel writing to pure fiction.

Emma Darwin is a novelist experimenting with radio plays.

Annie Caulfield is a radio writer embarking on a novel.

In this second of a three-part conversation, Annie advises Emma about how to write radio drama.

Kapka Kassabova speaks with Kona Macphee about exile, travel, the art of tango and the experience of chronic longing.

Kate Colquhoun explores the responsibilities of non-fiction writers in dealing with matters that are disturbing, controversial or simply unclear.

Katie Grant considers the burdens and benefits of family history and the writer’s duty towards the dead.

Emma Darwin is a novelist experimenting with radio plays.

Annie Caulfield is a radio writer embarking on a novel.

In this first of a three-part conversation, Emma gives Annie some advice about the joys and tribulations of writing fiction.

Jo Shapcott speaks with Julia Copus about the importance of sound in her poetry, both in terms of imagery and in the use of language itself.

Annie Caulfield explains the importance of F. Scott Fitzgerald and one shiny silver coin in 'The Nickel'.

Ruth Thomas explores how personal experience transforms into fiction in 'Lime Soda Afternoons'.