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.
“You have to be alive to the possibility that there is a story waiting to be told or discovered all around you.” So says Mitch Johnson on today’s episode, in which he talks with visiting Indonesian author Debby Lukito Goeyardi and Vicki Maitland about wr…
Fantasy writer JY Yang joins us on the pod to discuss their Tensorate series of silkpunk novels. JY was our writer in residence at Dragon Hall in June and it was the perfect opportunity to explore their approach to world building, the origins of the seri…
Indie game Outer Wilds has been rapturously received and we were very excited to talk with Kelsey Beachum, writer on the project. We discuss writing non-linear stories, how to handle player agency and interactions, mixing game mechanics with storytelling…
“Books are the closest thing to magic.” Chief Exec of the National Centre for Writing Chris Gribble is back on the podcast for episode #50, celebrating not only a year of the podcast but also the first full year of the Centre re-opening after the refurbi…
Author of The Essex Serpent and Melmoth, Sarah Perry, delivered this year’s Harriet Martineau Lecture at the Norfolk & Norwich Festival. Sarah explores the notion of the ‘Essex girl’, invoking unexpected moments from history and popular culture.This ye…
Today we’ve got an interview with Bulgarian writer Ivanka Mogilska, who stayed with us back in 2018. In the interview she discusses the writing of a new short story, ‘The Miracle of St Peter Mancroft’, which we’re excited to also include in this very epi…
Today we’ve got an interview with the lovely Carl Gorham about his 2017 book The Owl at the Window: A Memoir of Loss and Hope. In it Carl writes about the loss of his wife and his attempts to rebuild his life with their six year old daughter. You have pr…
In March this year, we were joined by Indonesian writer Reda Gaudiamo. Her residency was in partnership with the British Council as part of the Indonesia Market Focus at The London Book Fair 2019. In today’s podcast Kate Griffin sits down for a chat.Re…
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, writer of the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlisted book Swan Song, joins us on the podcast to discuss her debut novel and it’s 10-year road to publication.Also on the pod today: We talk about the Nottwich gathering of deleg…
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