
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

Part 2 MARK STATMAN: MEXICO AND THE POETRY OF GRIEF AND CELEBRATION
Part 2 of my interview with Mark Statman looks closely at Mark’s Latin American poetic influences, his life in Mexico and ends with an extract from Volverse/Volver, his most recent published collection. Mark, who has won national arts awards, is Emeritus

DOES FICTION COME OUT OF THE SUPER-PERSONAL?
Leslie Tate asks Where’s the ‘Me’ in my Novels? On the face of it, everything I write is semi-autobiographical. Even if it’s third-person I can

PETER SALMON: “THE GLORY & HORROR OF MAKING BOOKS”
I interviewed Peter Salmon, whose first novel, The Coffee Story, was a New Statesman Book of the Year. Peter talked to me about his recent biography

COMEDY AND SCRIPTING TV/RADIO WITH 5% VISION
I interviewed TV, film and radio scriptwriter Annalisa Dinnella, who performs stand-up comedy and has about 5% vision. Annalisa, who is currently working on a

EAST-WEST ART AND THE SOUL OF EXPATRIATE WOMEN
I interviewed Iranian-born artist Maliheh Zafarnezhad about her transformational East-West art focussing on women’s feelings and experiences in exile. Maliheh has lived in Iran, Ireland

GAY, GIFTED AND BLACK
Andreena Leeanne is a poet, an abuse survivor and a truth-speaker. I interviewed Andreena about her writing and creativity, her childhood experiences, being black and

FAITHFUL UNCERTAINTY
I interviewed photographer and theologian Werner Ustorf about his left-leaning ‘Agnostic Lutheranism’, his work as ‘Chair in Mission’ at Birmingham University, his writings about the