8.
Francesca Segal on creating hope in fictional worlds
7.
Literary agent Ciara Finan, Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin and Alice Trew on the Women's Prize Discoveries
6.
Suzy Reading on the art of being selfish
5.
Lily Dunn on the transformative craft of memoir
4.
Claire Lynch on hidden histories
3.
Alice Slater on writing dark and immoral characters
2.
Caro Giles on radical memoir
1.
Lily King on writing about love in challenging times
trailer
Series 11 Trailer
bonus
Bonus Episode - Finding Motivation
8.
Alice Kinsella on blending genre
7.
Sarra Manning on writing romantic fiction
6.
Grants for Writers with The Society of Authors
5.
Aime McNee on why we need your art
4.
Alice Wilkinson on writing personal non-fiction
3.
Grace Timothy on writing and ADHD
2.
Tessa Hadley on the pleasures of fiction
1.
Daisy Buchanan on reading yourself happy
trailer
What's to come in series 10
6. bonus
Women's Prize Discoveries 2025 with Dreda Say Michell, Chloe Timms and Emma Van Straaten
5.
S9 Ep5. Lucy Gough - from interior stylist to author
4.
S9 Ep4. Alice Vincent on finding home in the garden
3.
S9. E3. Clover Stroud on home and belonging
2.
S9 E2. Kerri ni Dochartaigh on finding home in the Irish landscape
1.
S9. E1. Penny Wincer on why Home Matters
7.
Stacey Heale on writing about death and life
6.
Jesse Sutanto on writing a best selling series
5.
Charlotte Wood on writing craft and Australian fiction
4.
Tamu Thomas on women who work too much
3.
Bijal Shah on the power of bibliotherapy
2.
Amy Arthur on pacing yourself as a writer
1.
Jessica Bull on blending fact and fiction
7.
Katherine May on writer boundaries
6.
Marisa Bate on writing the political and personal
5.
Laura Bates on the power of storytelling in activism
4.
Huma Qureshi on fiction and borrowing from life
3.
Karen Haller on publishing non-fiction as an expert
2.
Kate Sawyer on second novels and career changes
1.
Marchelle Farrell on memoir and belonging
REPLAY: Beth Kempton on being a fearless writer
REPLAY: Evie Wyld on writing about male violence
REPLAY: Abigail Bergstrom - literary agent and novelist
REPLAY: Chloe Ashby on writing art in fiction
bonus
Marina Benjamin and Caro Giles on writing and caring
8.
Daisy Buchanan: from journalist to novelist
7.
Nicola Washington on social media for writers
5.
Joanna Wolfarth on non-fiction and writing intimate cultural history
4.
Lucy Werner on how to promote your book
3.
Catherine Newman on laughter, death and embracing your voice
2.
Caro Giles on memoir, nature and putting yourself in the foreground
1.
Janice Hallett on turning crime fiction on it's head
trailer
Not Too Busy To Write - Series 6 coming soon
8.
Lindsey Kelk on writing Romantic Comedies
7.
Novelist and Discoveries Prize Judge Chibundu Onuzo
6.
Writing an illustrated interiors book with Emily Henson
5.
What is publishing a book really like?
4.
Winnie M Li on complicity and power in fiction
3.
Shakaila Forbes-Bell on Big Dress Energy
2.
Margaux Vialleron on writing about friendship and food
1.
Beth Kempton on how to write fearlessly
4.
REPLAY: Huma Qureshi on short stories and taking fiction seriously
3.
REPLAY: Cathy Rentzenbrink on life writing
2.
REPLAY: Julia Silk - Literary Agent
1.
REPLAY: Sophie Howarth on the joy of being an amateur
7.
Lulah Ellender on the personal and the universal in life writing
6.
Angela Hui on food and belonging
5.
Michelle Gallen on writing about community trauma with dark humour
4.
Ali Millar on The Last Days and writing the truth
3.
Chloe Timms on dystopian fiction and writing about outsiders
2.
Chloe Ashby on writing about art, grief and being seen
1.
Ilona Bannister on writing challenging women
10.
Sophie Howarth - on writing about art and the joy being an amateur
9.
Sian Meades-Williams on freelancing writing, making money and newsletter love
8.
Maggie Gee on Empathy, language, and the non-human in fiction.
7.
Lizzie Damilola Blackburn on romantic comedies and writing the character you couldn't find
6.
Clover Stroud - Death, life and writing memoir in real time
5.
Doreen Cunningham on nature, climate change and motherhood
4.
Writing the Literary Memoir with Lily Dunn
3.
Abigail Bergstrom - debut novelist and literary agent
2.
Different phases of writing and juggling multiple projects
1.
Charmaine Wilkerson on her fiction debut Black Cake
bonus
Write It All Down - life writing with Cathy Rentzenbrink
9.
End of year writing round up
8.
Where do you get your ideas?
7.
Different Approaches to Life Writing
6.
Julia Silk - Literary agent on finding and supporting authors
5.
Huma Qureshi - on short stories and taking your fiction seriously
4.
Claire Lynch - experimental memoir, perspective shifts and motherhoods
3.
Evie Wyld - on awards, writing about male violence and how motherhood changes your writing
1.
Penny Batchelor - Domestic noir, disability in fiction and writing female friendships
21.
21. Bringing other skills to your writing career
20.
20. Claire Fuller on publishing fiction after 40
19.
Episode 19. Clemmie Telford on writing honestly and why everyone has a story to tell
18.
Episode 18 - Kate Mosse on writing about caring and the stories hidden in plain sight
Episode 17: The Cure for Sleep, in Conversation with Tanya Shadrick
16.
Episode 16 - Rebecca Schiller on memoir and making money as a writer
15.
Episode 15 Author Jessica Hatcher-Moore - After Birth
14.
Episode 14 - Novelist Olivia Sudjic
13.
Episode 13 - Rest for Writers
12.
Episode 12 - Christina Sweeney-Baird - The End of Men
11.
Episode 11 - Author Annie Ridout on Shyness
Episode 10 - Reading to Write
9.
Episode 9 - Author Jodie Chapman - Another Life
8.
Episode 8 - Writing in short bursts
7.
Episode 7 - Author Tetyana Denford on Grief
6.
Episode 6- Getting Started!
5.
Episode 5 - Perfectionism
4.
Episode 4 - Feeding our Creativity
3.
Episode 3 - Author Ilona Bannister - When I Ran Away
2.
Episode 2 - How to Dismiss Ideal Conditions
1.
Episode 1 - Who are we and how on earth are we managing to write at the moment
