This week we speak to Patrick Langley, author of Arkady from Fitzcarraldo Editions.
With a background in art criticism and radio production, Paddy talks to us about drafting and structuring a work, finding inspiration from the urban backwaters of London and the problem with building elaborate memory palaces…
This week we speak to novelist, poet and teacher, Will Eaves.
Will was Arts Editor of the Times Literary Supplement from 1995 to 2011 and his work has been short-listed for the Goldsmiths Prize, the Ted Hughes Award for Poetry and the BBC National Short Story Award.
We discuss his approach to structuring a novel, turning notes into a finished work, working with a small press and capturing the dream-like state of the unconscious in prose.
Most recently he is author of the Murmur from CB Editions as well as:
The Oversight (Picador, 2001)
Nothing To Be Afraid Of (Picador, 2005)
Sound Houses (Carcanet, 2011)
This Is Paradise (Picador, 2012)
The Absent Therapist (CB Editions, 2014)
The Inevitable Gift Shop (CB Editions, 2016)
In this episode we speak to Neil Griffiths, author of the recent As A God Might Be published by Dodo Ink
Neil was winner of the Authors’ Club First Novel Award for his earlier novel Betrayal in Naples, and shortlisted for best novel in the Costa Book Awards for Saving Caravaggio.
Neil is also the founder of the Republic of Consciousness Prize which recognises independently published novels that combine ‘hardcore literary fiction and gorgeous prose’.
We discuss the ecosystem of fiction, the present golden age of indie publishing and the Republic of Consciousness prize, which Neil founded.
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