
BOOKS AS SPORT, ARTWORKS, WORDSEARCH, CARD TRICKS?
A piece about how the writer’s imagination works, using examples from my recently published novel, Love’s Register. My thoughts about writing Love’s Register begin with the image of the novel as a house of cards. What I see is an

JEFF YOUNG: LIVERPOOL, SCRIPTING BBC AND THE COSTA SHORTLIST
I interviewed author, scriptwriter and dramatist, Jeff Young, about Ghost Town his Liverpool-based memoir which was shortlisted for the Costa Prize. Jeff has scripted numerous BBC radio dramas and drama-documentaries as well as writing and directing innovative stage plays. In

LIZA ADAMCZEWSKI – THE ART OF POSTCARDS, TRIPTYCHS AND REWILDING
I interviewed Liza Adamczewski, painter, printer, creator of postcards, ceramics and golden triptychs. Liza told me about how she works on her art, her love

POETS FOR THE PLANET, EARTHSONG, VERSE AID AND IAN MCLACHLAN
I interviewed Ian McLachlan, co-founder of Poets For The Planet and environmental campaigner. Ian describes organising and appearing in major poetry events such as Earthsong

V G LEE – “I’M AWARE NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO TURN UP IN A NOVEL”
I interviewed V G Lee about her five novels and two short story collections, her coming out as a lesbian, and her standup comedy performances.

CATHY BRYANT, BOOKCROSSING, ROCK LYRICS AND WHAT MAKES A HUMOROUS POEM
I interviewed poet Cathy Bryant, winner of the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. Cathy talks about how she began to write, her approach to humour

THE ART OF WRITING FLASH AND MICRO FICTIONS
I interviewed writer Lucy Goldring, whose flash-fictions have been shortlisted by Flash 500, Northern Gravy, Retreat West, National Flash Fiction Day (3x) as well as

FLORA McLACHLAN – WILD PRINTS AND THE SPIRIT OF PLACE
I interviewed printmaker Flora McLachlan who describes how her wild images spring from “… our ancient and enchanted landscape, roamed by guardian spirit-like animals, shadowed