Inés G. Labarta is a Madrid-born writer and artist currently based in the northwest of England. She is the author of a collection of middle-grade novels, Los Pentasónicos (Edebé, 2008-2010) and two novellas, McTavish Manor (Holland House, 2016) and Kabuki (Dairea, 2017). She lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Wolverhampton. In this e…

Dr Charley Barnes is a lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at the University of Wolverhampton. Her research focuses primarily on representations of female violence in contemporary crime. Her most recent novel is 'Sincerely, Yours', published by Bloodhound Books. In this episode Charley talks to us about her publishing journey as a Crime f…

Caitlin Stobie was born in South Africa and lives in Oxford. She is a researcher and writer based in the Ethox Centre and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford. Her debut poetry collection, 'Thin Slices', is forthcoming with Verve Poetry Press in October 2022. In this episode, Caitlin discusses her different publ…

Rob M Francis is a poet and prose writer. In 2019, he was the inaugural David Bradshaw Writer in Residence at the University of Oxford, and in 2020 he became Poet in Residence for the Black Country Geological Society. His latest novel is titled 'The Wrenna'.بقلم The Wandering Bard

Lisa Blower is an English writer based in the West Midlands. Her work has received many awards including The Arnold Bennet Prize and The Guardian National Short Story Prize. She has written two novels and her latest publication is the short story collection 'It's Gone Dark Over Bill's Mother's'. On this episode Lisa talks about not being ready for …

Yvonne Battle-Felton is an American writer currently based in England. She's written the critically acclaimed novel 'Remembered' and is the co-founder and director of Northwest Literary Arts. She's also a Creative Writing lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. In this episode, Yvonne tells us about her publishing experience - going through many e…

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