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On the podcast is previous Escalator participant Owen Nicholls, whose debut novel was published in 2019. Owen talks about shifting from screenwriting to novels, how he completed his first book and how Escalator helped him on the road to creating Love, Unscripted. Simon also talks to Owen about surreptitiously enjoying the film Garden State.
Meanwhile, Steph and Simon are joined by the inimitable Vicki Maitland to talk about Chrysalis, a fantastic mini-festival created by the Lit from the Inside group of young arts professionals. Find out more: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/chrysalis/
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Music by Bennet Maples.
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Crafting identity in fiction with Michael Donkor
Writing subversive women with Naomi Wood
Virtual residencies with Nur-El-Hudaa Jaffar, Sim Wai-chew and Tse Hao Guang
Writing the grotesque body with Heather Parry
Writing and chronic illness with Polly Atkin
Writing for younger audiences with Chip Colquhoun
Writing modern noir with Margot Douaihy
Writing unreliable narrators with Hannah Vincent
Into the contemporary poetry archive
How to Write a Script with Molly Naylor
In conversation with bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin
The craft of life writing with Fiona Mason
Writing Short Stories with Yan Ge
Music and translation with Kalaf Epalanga & Daniel Hahn
Priscilla Morris on writing resistance and community in Black Butterflies
Working Class Noir with Tom Benn
Writing Real People in Memoir with Katy Massey
How to Write Suspense Fiction with Claire McGowan
Writing a Biography with Patrick Barkham
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