Ranked #1
Episode 101 - Richard Russo: Part 1
Episode 101 - Richard Russo: Part 1
Part 1 of This Writing Life's interview with the great American comic writer begins in media res. Russo is telling me ab... Read more
7 Feb 2017
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24mins
Ranked #2
A Conversation with Simon Barnes - Part 2
A Conversation with Simon Barnes - Part 2
Part two of our conversation with Simon Barnes, the award-winning sportswriter, revered birdlover and Chair of 2020's Ke... Read more
21 Dec 2019
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29mins
Ranked #3
A Conversation with Simon Barnes - Part 1
A Conversation with Simon Barnes - Part 1
In this first of two episodes, I talk to Simon Barnes, the award-winning sportswriter, revered birdlover and Chair of 20... Read more
14 Dec 2019
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24mins
Ranked #4
Episode 142 - Amanda Coe: Part 1
Episode 142 - Amanda Coe: Part 1
Amanda Coe is an English novelist and screenwriter, whose credits include the BAFTA-winning adaptation of John Braine's ... Read more
8 Jun 2018
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24mins
Ranked #5
Episode 140 - Leila Slimani - Lullaby: Part 3
Episode 140 - Leila Slimani - Lullaby: Part 3
Part three of This Writing Life's podcast with Leila Slimani, author of global smash-hit Lullaby, moves towards more per... Read more
13 Mar 2018
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13mins
Ranked #6
Episode 139 - Leila Slimani - Lullaby: Part 2
Episode 139 - Leila Slimani - Lullaby: Part 2
Part two of Leila Slimani's conversation with This Writing Life podcast about her new novel Lullaby begins with a discus... Read more
23 Feb 2018
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12mins
Ranked #7
Episode 138 - Leila Slimani - Lullaby: Part 1
Episode 138 - Leila Slimani - Lullaby: Part 1
Leila Slimani's second novel Lullaby is a phenomenon. Having sold over 600,000 copies and won the Prix Goncourt in her a... Read more
15 Feb 2018
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12mins
Ranked #8
Episode 136 - Lynn Shepherd's Advice to Budding Writers
Episode 136 - Lynn Shepherd's Advice to Budding Writers
As a trailer ahead of part four of This Writing Life podcast's conversation with novelist Lynn Shepherd, she offers some... Read more
3 Feb 2018
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2mins
Ranked #9
Episode 134 - Lynn Shepherd: Part 2
Episode 134 - Lynn Shepherd: Part 2
Part two of This Writing Life's conversation with Oxford-based novelist Lynn Shepherd begins with some chat about her lo... Read more
27 Jan 2018
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32mins
Ranked #10
Episode 131 - Neel Mukherjee: Part 2
Episode 131 - Neel Mukherjee: Part 2
In the second part of Neel Mukherjee's chat with This Writing Life podcast, he talks the influence of ghost stories on h... Read more
11 Nov 2017
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17mins
Ranked #11
Episode 130 - Neel Mukherjee: Part 1
Episode 130 - Neel Mukherjee: Part 1
In the opening instalment of This Writing Life podcast's interview with Neel Mukherjee, Man Booker shortlisted author of... Read more
5 Nov 2017
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18mins
Ranked #12
Episode 129 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 4 (Writing Life Revisited)
Episode 129 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 4 (Writing Life Revisited)
In the final part of This Writing Life podcast's conversation with Meena Kandasamy, she discusses India as a modern supe... Read more
2 Nov 2017
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23mins
Ranked #13
Episode 127 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 2 (This Writing Life Revisited)
Episode 127 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 2 (This Writing Life Revisited)
In the second part of This Writing Life podcast's interview with Meena Kandasamy, we discuss how fiction mixes with hist... Read more
23 Oct 2017
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25mins
Ranked #14
Episode 126 - Meena Kandasamy reads from The Gipsy Goddess
Episode 126 - Meena Kandasamy reads from The Gipsy Goddess
In this new mini-podlet, Meena Kandasamy reads from chapter 4 of her first novel, The Gipsy Goddess. For those of a nerv... Read more
17 Oct 2017
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2mins
Ranked #15
Episode 125 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 1 (This Writing Life Revisited)
Episode 125 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 1 (This Writing Life Revisited)
This Writing Life podcast extracts an interview from its vaults. Back when we had the energy to attempt an actual introd... Read more
31 Aug 2017
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28mins
Ranked #16
Episode 124 - Rick Bass: Part 5 - For a Little While
Episode 124 - Rick Bass: Part 5 - For a Little While
The final part of This Writing Life's conversation with Rick Bass, award winning writer and respected environmental acti... Read more
4 Aug 2017
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16mins
Ranked #17
Episode 121 - Rick Bass: are you optimisitic about human nature?
Episode 121 - Rick Bass: are you optimisitic about human nature?
A short trailer for part 4 of This Writing Life's conversation with Rick Bass. In which Rick answers the question: are y... Read more
27 Jul 2017
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1min
Ranked #18
Episode 118 - Rick Bass: Part 2 - For a Little While
Episode 118 - Rick Bass: Part 2 - For a Little While
Part two of This Writing Life's transatlantic conversation with Rick Bass, novelist, activist, award-winning short story... Read more
12 Jul 2017
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16mins
Ranked #19
Episode 117 - Rick Bass: Part 1 - For a Little While
Episode 117 - Rick Bass: Part 1 - For a Little While
'I am working on a new novel...and an op-ed for the Los Angeles paper about Trump and his reign of terror.' Here in one ... Read more
3 Jul 2017
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17mins
Ranked #20
Episode 114 - Gary Younge: Part 2
Episode 114 - Gary Younge: Part 2
In part two of This Writing Life's conversation with Gary Younge about his powerful book Another Day in the Death of Ame... Read more
15 Jun 2017
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16mins