S4 Ep137: Brendan Cowell on process, poetry & stirring the pot
Kate speaks to writer, playwright and actor Brendan Cowell. And okay, maybe she fangirls a bit. They discuss creativity in lockdown, toxic masculinity, poetry, football, success and the writing of Cow...
10 Okt 202159min
S4 Ep136: Anne Buist on mental health, erotic fiction and co-writing
Katherine speaks with author Anna Buist, who has arguably the most varied writing career of any guest on the show so far. They discuss erotic fiction, mental health, planning, plotting and co-writing ...
3 Okt 202142min
S4 Ep135: Kate and Katherine and Charlotte Wood talk creativity, resilience and the inner life
Kate and Katherine talk to award winning best selling author (and our former Agony Aunt) Charlotte Wood about her new book The Luminous Solution, which is all about creativity, resilience and the inne...
26 Sep 202146min
S4 Ep134: Claire Christian on pleasure, rom coms and writing good sex
Kate finally speaks to Claire Christian, the author of Kate's most recommended 2020 book IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE, NONI BLAKE, (aka The Orgasm Book Lady). They discuss how Claire moves from playwriting t...
19 Sep 202150min
S4 Ep133: Maggie Shipstead on awe, detail & leaps of faith
Kate speaks to US writer, Maggie Shipstead. They discuss Shipstead's latest novel, the Booker longlisted novel GREAT CIRCLE, and Shipstead's writing process, addiction to awe and travel writing advent...
12 Sep 202156min
S4 Ep132: Kate and Katherine talk (again)
Kate and Katherine chat about failure, mudlarking and the real housewives TV show. Also: writing exercises for when you're feeling creatively challenged. Check out show notes for this episode on o...
5 Sep 202132min
S4 Ep131: Pip Williams on words, gender and class
Katherine speaks to best selling, award winning author Pip Williams. They discuss William’s novel DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS, language, history and biases and omissions based on gender and class. Also, ...
29 Aug 202145min
S4 Ep130: Kate and Katherine are joyful (ish)
Kate and Katherine are reasonably joyful in this episode, which covers such topics as mini bottles of wine, mandarins and surprise surprise books. Check out show notes for this episode on our websi...
22 Aug 202133min
