313 Episodes

  1. #18 Writing historical crime fiction with Nicola Upson

    Published: 10/24/2018
  2. #17 Translation and censorship with Sara Khalili

    Published: 10/17/2018
  3. #16 Translation in action: Gerbrand Bakker, David Colmer and Andrew Burton

    Published: 10/10/2018
  4. #15 Found in Translation

    Published: 10/4/2018
  5. #14 The Noirwich Lecture: Val McDermid

    Published: 9/26/2018
  6. #13 Bring books to life with Story Machine Productions

    Published: 9/19/2018
  7. #12 Anthony Horowitz on The Word is Murder

    Published: 9/12/2018
  8. #11 MacBride, Billingham and Brookmyre

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

    Published: 8/29/2018
  10. #9 World building in science fiction with Ian Nettleton

    Published: 8/22/2018
  11. #8 Ben Okri on Active Citizenship

    Published: 8/15/2018
  12. #7 Be an empowered writer with Joanna Penn

    Published: 8/8/2018
  13. #6 The power of comics with Canan Marasligil

    Published: 8/1/2018
  14. #5 How to write a bestseller with Mark Stay

    Published: 7/26/2018
  15. #4 Sarah Perry, Fiona Sampson & Peggy Hughes on Shelley, du Maurier and Spark

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 1/10/2018

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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.