The Writing Life
A podcast by National Centre for Writing
306 Episodes
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Nazry Bahrawi & Vineet Lal in conversation
Published: 9/30/2021 -
Carole Angier on writing the first biography of W.G. Sebald
Published: 9/24/2021 -
Megan Abbott on crime writing‘s power to change society
Published: 9/17/2021 -
Structuring a novel: Rebecca Watson talks to Chitra Ramaswamy about Little Scratch
Published: 9/9/2021 -
Kate Mosse on the Women‘s Prize, Discoveries and research
Published: 9/3/2021 -
Finding hope in an age of crisis - with Tom Whyman
Published: 8/27/2021 -
Lewis Buxton on boyhood, sexuality, sport and publishing his first poetry collection
Published: 8/20/2021 -
Shash Trevett & Geetha Sukumaran on translating Tamil poetry
Published: 8/13/2021 -
Olivia Hellwell on translating from Slovene (+ the cultural importance of crisps)
Published: 8/6/2021 -
Substack, the creator economy & serialised storytelling with Elle Griffin
Published: 7/30/2021 -
Tommy Sissons on writing a prose polemic
Published: 7/23/2021 -
How to become a literary translator: deep dive
Published: 7/16/2021 -
Tsitsi Dangarembga on representation, feminism and Zimbabwean literature
Published: 7/9/2021 -
William Ryan's Guide to How to Write
Published: 7/2/2021 -
Jen Campbell on building your writer platform
Published: 6/24/2021 -
We pick our top episodes from lockdown
Published: 6/18/2021 -
J. Michael Straczynski on Becoming A Writer, Staying A Writer
Published: 6/11/2021 -
Jessie Greengrass on The High House
Published: 6/4/2021 -
Lynn Buckle on positive climate writing with Flo Reynolds
Published: 5/28/2021 -
Abir Mukherjee: Weather With You #3
Published: 5/26/2021
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.