Apr 15, 2025
How does having a stalker change your life? We talk with bestselling novelist Pip Drysdale about her latest novel 'The Close-Up,' its real-life inspirations, and how surviving a stalker shifted her worldview.
We also discuss how to navigate public image and the role anxiety has to play in creative pursuits.
Plus, this...
Mar 11, 2025
What considerations come into choosing to have a baby for creatives? And once baby enters the picture, how do you balance parenting with your creative practice?
We ask Dinuka McKenzie and Lee Kofman, two beloved past guests who happen to be both authors and parents, about their decision to have children and how they...
Feb 11, 2025
Cold Truth, Ashley's new thriller, is out now. James and Ashley discuss just how difficult writing this book was, plus why she chose to set in a city that makes headlines for being colder than the surface of Mars. They also chat about real-life research, including the time Ashley learned how to pick a lock with a credit...
Jan 14, 2025
'I always knew I wanted to write a novel, but I didn’t have any ideas that I thought could extend to a novel-length work.'
In episode 110, Michelle See-Tho shares her journey from aspiring writer to winner of the 2023 Penguin Literary Prize for her debut novel, Jade and Emerald. Though she started out writing short...
Dec 17, 2024
Here it is - the annual end-of-year book recommendation extravaganza! This bumper episode contains every single edition of 'What are you reading?' from 2024, in which James, Ashley and guests discuss the books on their shelves, and why you should read them too (or not). Use it as a last-minute Christmas shopping...