The Secret Life of Writers by Tablo
By Jemma Birrell, Tablo Publishing
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Episodes: 36
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The Secret Life of Writers is a series of rambling conversations with some of the world’s most interesting and visionary writers and creative icons about how they got where they are, what they’re working on now, and how they balance art and life. These warm and personal interviews take you behind-the-scenes of the writing world. Hosted by Jemma Birrell, formerly of the Sydney Writers' Festival and Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and now the Creative Director at Tablo. Subscribe to hear a new episode (released on a Thursday every few weeks).
For writers, readers and anyone who loves great life stories.
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Steve Toltz on writing fear, Here Goes Nothing, and nailing why we do what we do
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Claire Messud on A Dream Life, self-deception and the pursuit of truth
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Hannah Kent on the freedom and delight in writing Devotion, not being shackled to history and her writing life
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Charlotte Wood on taking out the lies, The Luminous Solution and following the heat
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Sinéad Gleeson on the power of your own story
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Anna Gerber on playful storytelling, channeling Sylvia Beach and bringing creatives together
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Katie Kitamura on her new novel Intimacies, building dread and unconventional endings
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Doireann Ní Ghríofa on A Ghost in the Throat and the mystery of writing and life
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Louise Adler on the extraordinary story of her parents, a life in publishing and what she learnt along the way
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Andrew Solomon on a lifetime writing about humanity, surviving the Pacific Ocean and the power of listening
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Evie Wyld on the landscapes of her life, not tying things up neatly, trusting the subconscious, and our remaining monsters.
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Jhumpa Lahiri on paring back, building bridges and her new book Whereabouts
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May 19, 2021 |
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Nikki Gemmell on writing with audacity, her new poetic thriller and surviving financially as a writer
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May 05, 2021 |
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Charles Yu on writers' rooms and Westworld, his National Book Award-winning novel Interior Chinatown and a love of short stories
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Andy Griffiths on the wild ride from punk band to rockstar children's author
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Melissa Harrison on nature writing, taking risks, advice for new writers and learning birdsongs
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Janine di Giovanni on reporting war, love, responsibility and her calling to write
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Jenny Hewson on her role as a literary agent, looking for a distinctive voice and how rejection is often part of the process
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Lang Leav on poetry as emotion, September Love and finding her tribe.
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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James Rebanks on his life’s work, the surprising path to bestselling writer, an urgency to rethink modern farming and how we can change the world.
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Penny Hueston on the art of translation, her life in publishing and making a book sing.
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Jane Harper on becoming a bestselling novelist, how to get readers hooked and the stories behind her novels and new book The Survivors.
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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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
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Alison Bell on writing and acting for TV, the joys of collaborating, her Netflix hit ‘The Letdown’ and what’s coming next
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Inua Ellams on poetry as freedom, theatre for the human spirit, the oral storytelling tradition in Nigeria and themes of immigration, displacement and destiny
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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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.
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Daniel Morden on why ancient myths are still relevant today, 30 years as a traditional storyteller and the sleeping giants beneath Wales
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Pip Williams on The Dictionary of Lost Words, a room of one’s own and searching for a life worth living
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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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.
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Ali Cobby Eckermann on grief, finding family, solace in the desert and afternoon tea with Gloria Steinem
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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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.
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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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.
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Julia Baird on savouring life, growing in the dark and finding solace in the natural world.
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Michael Christie on going from pro-skater to award-winning writer
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Ceridwen Dovey on hustling to survive, exploring outer space and the compulsion of writing.
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May 28, 2020 |
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Luke Davies on going from starving poet to one of the most in-demand scriptwriters in Hollywood
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May 21, 2020 |