The Secret Life of Writers by Tablo

36 Episodes

1. Penny Hueston on the art of translation, her life in publishing and making a book sing.

   Published: 11/11/2020
2. Jane Harper on becoming a bestselling novelist, how to get readers hooked and the stories behind her novels and new book The Survivors.

   Published: 28/10/2020
3. Emily St John Mandel on the writing life, imagining a flu pandemic in Station Eleven vs the reality, The Glass Hotel and finding moral grey areas

   Published: 14/10/2020
4. Alison Bell on writing and acting for TV, the joys of collaborating, her Netflix hit ‘The Letdown’ and what’s coming next

   Published: 30/09/2020
5. Inua Ellams on poetry as freedom, theatre for the human spirit, the oral storytelling tradition in Nigeria and themes of immigration, displacement and destiny

   Published: 16/09/2020
6. Sylvia Whitman on running Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris, the famous history, how books get you through testing times and the joys of matchmaking people and books.

   Published: 02/09/2020
7. Daniel Morden on why ancient myths are still relevant today, 30 years as a traditional storyteller and the sleeping giants beneath Wales

   Published: 20/08/2020
8. Pip Williams on The Dictionary of Lost Words, a room of one’s own and searching for a life worth living

   Published: 05/08/2020
9. Catherine Milne on the secret life of publishing, hunting out books that matter and going from reading the slush pile to head of fiction at Harper Collins.

   Published: 22/07/2020
10. Ali Cobby Eckermann on grief, finding family, solace in the desert and afternoon tea with Gloria Steinem

    Published: 08/07/2020
11. Anna Funder on the magic curtain of language, her life in writing, 'Stasiland' thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell and what she’s working on now.

    Published: 24/06/2020
12. Leanne Shapton on where it all began, jealousy and ghosts, living in New York as a writer and artist, and the weirdest book so far.

    Published: 17/06/2020
13. Julia Baird on savouring life, growing in the dark and finding solace in the natural world.

    Published: 10/06/2020
14. Michael Christie on going from pro-skater to award-winning writer

    Published: 04/06/2020
15. Ceridwen Dovey on hustling to survive, exploring outer space and the compulsion of writing.

    Published: 28/05/2020
16. Luke Davies on going from starving poet to one of the most in-demand scriptwriters in Hollywood

    Published: 21/05/2020