313 Episodes

  1. Writing soaps with James McDermott & Stephen Keyworth

    Published: 7/1/2024
  2. Writing narrative non-fiction with Dan Richards & Edward Parnell

    Published: 6/17/2024
  3. How to be a craftivist with Sarah P Corbett

    Published: 6/3/2024
  4. Writing for performance with HighTide

    Published: 5/20/2024
  5. Writing poetry with Martin Figura

    Published: 5/6/2024
  6. Reintroducing Harriet Martineau with Stuart Hobday & Gaby Weiner

    Published: 4/22/2024
  7. Crafting identity in fiction with Michael Donkor

    Published: 4/8/2024
  8. Writing subversive women with Naomi Wood

    Published: 3/25/2024
  9. Virtual residencies with Nur-El-Hudaa Jaffar, Sim Wai-chew and Tse Hao Guang

    Published: 3/11/2024
  10. Writing the grotesque body with Heather Parry

    Published: 2/19/2024
  11. Writing and chronic illness with Polly Atkin

    Published: 2/5/2024
  12. Writing for younger audiences with Chip Colquhoun

    Published: 1/22/2024
  13. Writing modern noir with Margot Douaihy

    Published: 1/8/2024
  14. Writing unreliable narrators with Hannah Vincent

    Published: 12/18/2023
  15. Into the contemporary poetry archive

    Published: 12/4/2023
  16. How to Write a Script with Molly Naylor

    Published: 11/20/2023
  17. In conversation with bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin

    Published: 11/6/2023
  18. The craft of life writing with Fiona Mason

    Published: 10/23/2023
  19. Writing Short Stories with Yan Ge

    Published: 10/10/2023
  20. Music and translation with Kalaf Epalanga & Daniel Hahn

    Published: 9/26/2023

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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.