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Zdravka Evtimova – East of No East
Ten Questions Eastwards – Daithidh MacEochaidh talks to Bulgarian writer Zdravka Evtimova about her writing, translation and political change.
Susan Tranter – Brief Lives
Susan Tranter talks about the inspiration behind the collection Brief Lives and her work as reader-in-residence for the British Council’s Encompass Literature webite.
Bloom Writers
All six of the authors featured in the young writers collection Bloom talk about the inspiration for their story and answer a follow-up question. In addition, to get us started, we hear from editor Emily Penn on the inspiration behind the collection and what it represents.
M Y Alam Talks About Kilo
In the summer of 2002 M Y Alam spoke to Les Back from Goldsmiths College Centre for Urban and Community Research about his new novel Kilo, the ‘riots’ of 2001 and the influence of Bradford on his work.
James Nash – Four Fathers
James Nash talks about how his contribution to the book Four Fathers helped him to ‘make sense’ of things.
Always Returning – John Siddique
John Siddique on how fiction merged with fact can re-create and allow love to exist where previously he had been told there hadn’t been any.
The Sheer Strangeness of Human Behaviour – Ray French
Ray French on the difficulties in writing about his father and daughter for Four Fathers.
Tom Palmer – Four Fathers
Tom Palmer talks the book Four Fathers and about his work with fathers, sons and football.
M Y Alam Interview – Apocalypse Not Just Now
M Y Alam wrote a series of articles for the Route newspaper, which were published in 2000-2001 and have now been anthologized in an e-book Apocalypse Not Just Now. Here he answers some questions about the writing process.
The Freewheel
Warehouse author and Budists front man Clayton Devanny has teamed up with partner Laura Midgley to form The Freewheel. Here they talk a little about their music, songs, what inspires them and their plans for the future.