
THE ART OF SLOW WRITING
Leslie Tate I’m a slow author. It took three years to write my latest book Ways To Be Equally Human. That’s an average of 40 words per day. So, if you were reading my book you’d have reached my daily

LISA DART – SURVIVAL POETRY AND THE VOICES OF EXPERIENCE
I interviewed Lisa Dart, finalist in the Grolier, Aesthetica and Troubadour Poetry Prizes and author of The Linguistics of Light (poems, Salt, 2008), Fathom (prose memoir, Free Association Press, 2019), and This Thing of Darkness, an experimental, illustrated book (IPBooks,

SCOTT KYLE ACTOR, DIRECTOR, MOVER & SHAKER
I interviewed actor and theatre director Scott Kyle, best known for his film roles as Ross in Outlander, Clancy in The Angels’ Share, and Corporal Stu Pearson

THE WONDERFUL GRAPHIC NOVELS OF RACHAEL BALL (2)
In part two of my interview with prize-winning graphic novelist Rachael Ball, she talks about effective dialogue, her experiences teaching art, her creative highs and

THE WONDERFUL GRAPHIC NOVELS OF RACHAEL BALL (1)
I interviewed cartoonist and art teacher Rachael Ball, whose first graphic novel, The Inflatable Woman, was listed as a Guardian Best Graphic Novel and one

AMY BRYCE: THE ART OF IMMERSIVE OPERA
I interviewed Amy Bryce, composer, curator and performer, about how she co-creates immersive effects in music. Amy has worked as composer in residence for the

SUE HAMPTON REBEL SPEAKS
I interviewed Sue Hampton about her latest book Still Rebelling for Life. Sue describes herself on Twitter as: “Quaker, climate & peace activist, grandma, author

GRAHAM JOHNSTONE: THE ART OF GRAPHIC NOVELS (2)
In part two of my interview with graphic novelist Graham Johnstone, we talked about his working methods and how he uses found objects. Graham also