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The Writing Life

We’re a podcast for anyone who writes. Every week we talk to writers about their writing journeys and techniques, from early career debuts to self-publishers and narrative designers. We’ve featured Ma... Read more

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BookTube & Your Online Platform - with Leena Norms

BookTube & Your Online Platform - with Leena Norms

Prominent BookTuber Leena Norms joins us to talk about developing and maintaining an online profile, handling abuse and ... Read more

6 Mar 2020

36mins

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#33 How to write video games with 80 Days' Jon Ingold

#33 How to write video games with 80 Days' Jon Ingold

Jon Ingold, co-founder of Inkle Studios, joins us on the podcast today. The studio has produced award-winning adventures... Read more

27 Feb 2019

57mins

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#45 The 10 year road to publication with Kelleigh Greenberg Jephcott

#45 The 10 year road to publication with Kelleigh Greenberg Jephcott

Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, writer of the Women's Prize for Fiction longlisted book Swan Song, joins us on the podcast ... Read more

23 May 2019

37mins

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#24 Margaret Atwood's Top 5 Writing Tips

#24 Margaret Atwood's Top 5 Writing Tips

It's a very special episode this week, as we present the full, extended interview with Margaret Atwood conducted by our ... Read more

5 Dec 2018

19mins

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Alicia Morgan in a Room of Her Own

Alicia Morgan in a Room of Her Own

90 years ago, Virginia Woolf published her ground-breaking essay 'A Room of One's Own', which posited that to be a write... Read more

7 Aug 2019

32mins

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Structuring non-fiction with Ed Parnell

Structuring non-fiction with Ed Parnell

Ed Parnell is on the pod to talk about his first non-fiction book, Ghostland. He discusses his obsession with structure,... Read more

19 Dec 2019

36mins

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#37 Elif Shafak talks to Bernardine Evaristo, Lucy Caldwell & Sara Maitland

#37 Elif Shafak talks to Bernardine Evaristo, Lucy Caldwell & Sara Maitland

Elif Shafak hosted a conversation with three of her selected writers for the International Literature Showcase at London... Read more

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Writing non-linear narratives with Outer Wilds' Kelsey Beachum

Writing non-linear narratives with Outer Wilds' Kelsey Beachum

Indie game Outer Wilds has been rapturously received and we were very excited to talk with Kelsey Beachum, writer on the... Read more

5 Jul 2019

58mins

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Making a living as a literary translator with Ekaterina Petrova

Making a living as a literary translator with Ekaterina Petrova

On the pod today we have literary translator and non-fiction writer Ekaterina Petrova. Ekaterina is from Bulgaria, and w... Read more

5 Dec 2019

39mins

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#40 Elif Shafak, Patience Agbabi, Charlotte Higgins & Evie Wyld

#40 Elif Shafak, Patience Agbabi, Charlotte Higgins & Evie Wyld

For our 40th episode we return to the International Literature Showcase with a special conversation between Elif Shafak,... Read more

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#27 Death In Paradise creator Robert Thorogood

#27 Death In Paradise creator Robert Thorogood

Season 8 of the massive BBC television crime drama Death in Paradise starts this week. Robert Thorogood was here at Drag... Read more

8 Jan 2019

52mins

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#30 How to be a productive writer with Tim Clare

#30 How to be a productive writer with Tim Clare

You'll be hard-pressed to find someone who is more passionate and driven about writing than Tim Clare. We talk about Tim... Read more

30 Jan 2019

1hr 19mins

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