306 Episodes

  1. Nazry Bahrawi & Vineet Lal in conversation

    Published: 9/30/2021
  2. Carole Angier on writing the first biography of W.G. Sebald

    Published: 9/24/2021
  3. Megan Abbott on crime writing‘s power to change society

    Published: 9/17/2021
  4. Structuring a novel: Rebecca Watson talks to Chitra Ramaswamy about Little Scratch

    Published: 9/9/2021
  5. Kate Mosse on the Women‘s Prize, Discoveries and research

    Published: 9/3/2021
  6. Finding hope in an age of crisis - with Tom Whyman

    Published: 8/27/2021
  7. Lewis Buxton on boyhood, sexuality, sport and publishing his first poetry collection

    Published: 8/20/2021
  8. Shash Trevett & Geetha Sukumaran on translating Tamil poetry

    Published: 8/13/2021
  9. Olivia Hellwell on translating from Slovene (+ the cultural importance of crisps)

    Published: 8/6/2021
  10. Substack, the creator economy & serialised storytelling with Elle Griffin

    Published: 7/30/2021
  11. Tommy Sissons on writing a prose polemic

    Published: 7/23/2021
  12. How to become a literary translator: deep dive

    Published: 7/16/2021
  13. Tsitsi Dangarembga on representation, feminism and Zimbabwean literature

    Published: 7/9/2021
  14. William Ryan's Guide to How to Write

    Published: 7/2/2021
  15. Jen Campbell on building your writer platform

    Published: 6/24/2021
  16. We pick our top episodes from lockdown

    Published: 6/18/2021
  17. J. Michael Straczynski on Becoming A Writer, Staying A Writer

    Published: 6/11/2021
  18. Jessie Greengrass on The High House

    Published: 6/4/2021
  19. Lynn Buckle on positive climate writing with Flo Reynolds

    Published: 5/28/2021
  20. Abir Mukherjee: Weather With You #3

    Published: 5/26/2021

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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.