306 Episodes

  1. #11 MacBride, Billingham and Brookmyre

    Published: 9/5/2018
  2. #10 Val McDermid & Elodie Harper at Noirwich

    Published: 8/29/2018
  3. #9 World building in science fiction with Ian Nettleton

    Published: 8/22/2018
  4. #8 Ben Okri on Active Citizenship

    Published: 8/15/2018
  5. #7 Be an empowered writer with Joanna Penn

    Published: 8/8/2018
  6. #6 The power of comics with Canan Marasligil

    Published: 8/1/2018
  7. #5 How to write a bestseller with Mark Stay

    Published: 7/26/2018
  8. #4 Sarah Perry, Fiona Sampson & Peggy Hughes on Shelley, du Maurier and Spark

    Published: 7/18/2018
  9. How to earn a 6-figure income by self-publishing with Mark Dawson

    Published: 7/11/2018
  10. Kickstarting feminisms with Deborah Smith

    Published: 7/4/2018
  11. Introducing the National Centre for Writing

    Published: 6/28/2018
  12. Tim Clare's Couch to 80k Writing Bootcamp

    Published: 2/13/2018
  13. Letyar Tun & Lucas Stewart

    Published: 1/10/2018
  14. Voices from Japan: Episode Three - Aoko Matsuda

    Published: 11/21/2017
  15. Voices from Japan: Episode Two - Aoko Matsuda

    Published: 11/17/2017
  16. Voices from Japan: Episode One - Keshiki

    Published: 11/8/2017
  17. Ones to Watch - with Abir Mukherjee, A.A. Dhand and Michelle Davies

    Published: 7/5/2017
  18. From Fact To Fiction with Duncan Campbell

    Published: 5/26/2017
  19. Euro Noir: Don Bartlett, Anja de Jager & Nadia Dalbuono

    Published: 4/18/2017
  20. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: A Life in Translation

    Published: 2/8/2017

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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! The Writing Life is produced by the National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall in Norwich.