In episode 46, we speak to novelist Keith Ridgway about the daily fight with the concept of routine, specificity of place, giving up writing and returning, and experiencing a reading crisis – followed by being knocked off the wagon by Georges Simenon.
Our guest for episode 45 is Jenn Ashworth and we talk online writing groups, how to trick yourself into writing, drowning in post-it notes and stopping in a good place, amongst other topics
This month we are joined by Lucie Elven, short-story writer and author of the Weak Spot. Lucie has written for publications including the London Review of Books, Granta and NOON.
In episode 43, we’re joined by Rebecca Watson, novelist and arts writer. Rebecca’s debut novel, Little Scratch, grew from a short story that was shortlisted for the White Review short story prize and our chat took us through: expanding a short story into a novel. Investigating how writing can replicate the immediacy of thought. Playing with fiction and reality, and much more.
In this episode we’re joined by Natasha Brown, whose novel Assembly is published by Hamish Hamilton in the UK and in the U.S. by
Little, Brown
In this month’s episode we’re joined by the novelist Sophie Mackintosh, author of ‘the Water Cure’ (2018) and ‘Blue Ticket’ (2020).
In this, our 40th episode, we’ve got a special Euro 2020 edition of Unsound Methods, where we speak to writer and academic David Goldblatt.
In episode 39 we are joined by DBC Pierre, fresh off a bout of working on a non-fiction work. We discussed how this writing differed from fiction, how constantly reworking sections is a gift that provides intimacy with the text rather than drudgery, the perils of using two columns per page in a novel, using lockdown as a chrysalis for the next chapter and much more besides.
Jon joined us in the midst of full fat lockdown to discuss how he constructs his novels, his writing residency in Antarctica and the research with people who suffer from aphasia and their carers that informed Lean, Fall, Stand.
In episode 37 we’re joined by Douglas Robertson to celebrate the publication of his brand new translation of Thomas Bernhard’s Die Billigesser (the Cheap Eaters) and to discuss our favourite Austrian monologuing misanthrope.
