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We’re a podcast for anyone who writes. Every week we talk to writers about their writing journeys and techniques, from early career debuts to self-publishers and narrative designers. We’ve featured Margaret Atwood, Jackie Kay, Sara Collins, Antti Tuomainen, Val McDermid, Sarah Perry, Elif Shafak and many more! The Writing Life is produced by the National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall in Norwich.
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Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Characters in translation - with Thomas Heerma van Voss
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
We're joined on the pod by Dutch writer Thomas Heerma van Voss, who is talking about his new chapbook, Thank You For Being With Us. We're also very pleased to have editor, writer and lecturer Andrew McDonnell asking the questions. They discuss the translation of Thomas' work, how lockdown has affected his writing in 2020 and how he crafted his short stories.
Thomas' residency was made possible by support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature and New Dutch Writing.
Hosted by Simon Jones and Steph McKenna.
Find out more at https://nationalcentrefowriting.org.uk
More info on our residency programmes: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/residencies/
Music by Bennet Maples.
Friday Dec 11, 2020
The Black Writers on Democracy Project
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
We talk to producer Tamsin Flower about Black Writers on Democracy, a project conceived following the Black Lives Matters protests in 2020. Funded rapidly via crowdfunding, a commissioning call was sent out to find writers from around the world to address the theme. The five written pieces have now been published and on the podcast today we talk to Olu Alakija, Nike Igbaroola, Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto and Tamsin about how it was put together.
Read and watch the pieces on the StreamLyric website: https://streamlyric.co.uk/digital/
Our previous episode talking to Tamsin in 2018: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/article/the-importance-of-arts-funding/
Hosted by Simon Jones.
Find out more about we do: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/
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Music by Bennet Maples & library sources.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Form & feeling with poet Will Harris
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Award-winning poet Will Harris, creator of RENDANG (Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection and a Guardian best poetry book of 2020), is our guest this week. Will discusses how he perceives his writing career and explores form and feeling with Flo Reynolds.
Meanwhile Simon and Steph talk about our fundraising campaign for the Escalator talent development scheme, our lovely 'All Shall Be Well' prints to cheer everyone up in this tail end of 2020 and whether it's OK to have your Christmas tree up already.
Hosted by Simon Jones and Steph McKenna.
Find out more at https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/
Donate to the Escalator campaign: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/escalator-donations-2020/
Get your 'All Shall Be Well' print: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/article/buy-a-julian-of-norwich-screen-print/
Music by Bennet Maples.