Category: Interviews

The best talk to the best about the best.

Craft & Culture Interviews

“Read everything you can: quickly, hungrily, with total disregard for any book-buying budget or other life commitments” – a conversation with Ruby Cowling

‘The city crackles with vitality,’ – historian Sinclair McKay on the Dresden bombing and how writing about death often means writing about life

‘Anger can be creative,’ – historian Jane Robinson on pioneering women, telling stories and writing in her apron

‘Children always see more in your work than you ever thought possible,’ – artist Helen Hancocks on illustration, inspiration and life in bookshops

Arts & Writing Craft & Culture Interviews

“Write something you’re burning to tell the world” – SmokeLong Quarterly editor Christopher Allen on writing flash fiction

‘It’s the ‘normal’ people that do a lot of damage,’ – crime authors Jo Spain and William Shaw on writing, prologues and why serial killers aren’t scary