We’re a weekly podcast for anyone who writes. We talk to writers about their writing journeys and techniques, from early career debuts to self-publishers and narrative designers. We’ve featured Margaret Atwood, Jackie Kay, Sara Collins, Antti Tuomainen, Val McDermid, Sarah Perry, Elif Shafak and many more!Brought to you by the National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall in Norwich.
Flo talks to Ayobami Adebayo about the writing of her debut novel Stay With Me, in particular focusing on the creation of the characters.Meanwhile, we introduce our new online courses! These can be found at https://courses.nationalcentreforwriting.org….
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Prominent BookTuber Leena Norms joins us to talk about developing and maintaining an online profile, handling abuse and her parallel careers on YouTube and in the publishing industry. Also, she politely explains to Simon what BookTube actually means.Ho…
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Get a taste of what we do and meet hosts Simon Jones and Steph McKenna. We’re a weekly podcast for anyone who writes – find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and all good podcast apps.Produced by the National Centre for Writing in the UK….
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“If you write, you’re a writer.” This week we talk to Ashley Hickson-Lovence about the creation of his debut novel The 392, and how he had to fit writing time in and around his job of being a teacher. Ashley shares his journey from poet to teacher to nov…
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Poet Cat Woodward talks to Flo about taking her writing seriously and why she publishes with small presses. Plus a reading of one of the poems from her recent anthology ‘Blood. Flower. Joy!'(apologies for audio quality at some points: every plane, truc…
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“Do not be limited by the things that surround you.” That’s the advice from Nuril Basri, who joins us on the podcast this week to talk about his journey from a rural village in Indonesia to leaving his job to become a writer. Nuril is talking with Kate G…
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Agent Ed Wilson joins the pod today to discuss what an agent does, why – and when – writers need them and also how to *become* an agent. If you’re about to pitch to an agent, this is essential listening!Hosted by Simon Jones and Steph McKenna.Find ou…
Read MoreWriter and editor Ashley Stokes joins us on the podcast to talk about the editing process, how it is essential to the writing process and the best way for writers to approach working with an editor.Meanwhile, Simon and Steph are joined by Lillie Coles,…
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Julia Crouch returns to the pod to share her six top tips for writing crime fiction. Most of this applies to ALL fiction, and as a concentrated burst of writing advice it’s hard to beat.If you missed part 1, make sure you go back and listen to episode …
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Julia Crouch is the Queen of Domestic Noir, writer of Her Husband’s Lover and The Long Fall, designer of our Start Writing Crime Fiction course and regular attendee of the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival. In today’s episode she joins us to discuss her tw…
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