Prepublished Podcast
1) #37 Talking about the story that haunts you with Justine Picardie
Justine Picardie is a journalist, novelist and memoirist and fashion biographer. Until recently she was editor of Harpers Bazaar magazine. I first encountered her through her publication of Before I S...Show More
2) #36 Talking about writing and illustrating with Thomas Taylor
Thomas Taylor started out in the 1990s, aged 23, by creating some of the most famous cover art in the world - more of that later. Lately, thanks to his Eerie-on-Sea middle grade series, starting with ...Show More
3) #35 Talking about writing Christie and page-turnability with Sophie Hannah, Part Two
In part 2 of my conversation with Sophie Hannah we talk about her invitation to write for the Agatha Christie estate, picking up the career of Hercule Poirot. I love Sophie's description of her workin...Show More
#35 Talking about writing Christie and page-turnability with Sophie Hannah, Part Two
50:53 | Aug 20th, 2021
4) #34 Talking about comic fiction and sci fi with Jenny Colgan
Jenny Colgan is the Scottish-based, bestselling author of sci-fi and romantic fiction, from Doctor Who stories to novels including Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe and her latest, Five Hundred Miles from Y...Show More
5) #33 Talking about writing contemporary novels with Amanda Craig
Amanda Craig is a novelist and journalist whose ninth novel, The Golden Rule, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021. She was for many years the children's book critic of The Times and ...Show More
6) #32 Talking about the writing coach with Sophie Hannah
Sophie Hannah is an international bestselling thriller writer, author coach and poet. In part 1 of this conversation about her writing life and work, we discuss writing ambitions and dealing with reje...Show More
7) #31 Talking about crime writing and PhDs with Luke Deckard and Alex Reeve
Luke Deckard and Alex Reeve are both crime writers studying for a PhD in creative writing. What does it take? How do you do a creative writing PhD? And does it help in the world of publishing?
8) #30 Talking about the habit of writing with Joanna Nadin
Jo is a multitasker. She has written for prime ministers and celebrities, published her own novels for children and adults, and teaches creative writing, first at Bath Spa and now at the Universtiy of...Show More
9) #29 Talking about a sense of place with Michelle Lovric
Michelle Lovric has written books for adults and children, with publishers such as Virago, Bloomsbury and Orion. As well as the setting of Venice, which she brings intensely to life, we talk about wri...Show More
10) #28 Talking about foreign rights with Natasha Farrant
Natasha is the recent winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award, for her middle grade novel, Voyage of the Sparrowhawk. As a longstanding book scout for foreign publishers, she describes foreign right...Show More