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Page One - The Writer"s Podcast

New episodes every Friday!On Page One - The Writer"s Podcast, we talk to writers of all descriptions (authors, screenwriters, comic writers and more) about their writing process and how they craft their next great works. We also explore their career, including how their first big break happened, and discuss the ups and downs along the way. We learn something new every episode, and we hope you do as well.Page One is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer"s Notebook. Order

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Page One Presents... The Conversation with Nadine...

Page One - The Writer"s Podcast ·

2025/09/05

We are taking a short break, but don't despair, we will be back with some exciting new episodes soon!In the meantime, enjoy this chat that our STET Podcasts colleague Nadine Matheson had with Louise Minchin!Adventures in Publishing-land on Apple PodcastsAdventures in Publishing-land in SpotifyAdventures in Publishing-land on YouTubeSupport us on Patreon and get great benefits!: https://www.patreon.com/ukpageonePage One - The Writer's Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One -

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Drafting Notes - Should You Save Your Best Ideas - Or...

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2025/09/03

Watch as a video episode on YouTube!Ideas are like gold dust, they say. But are they? Should you hold some back to put in future books, or should you put everything you have into the one you are writing now? We discuss the common pitfalls that some new writers can make.Drafting Notes is a new series of podcast episodes in which one award-winning writer (Tariq) and one hopefully soon-to-be-published writer (Marco) discuss various writing issues as they occur to them!Drafting Notes episodes are

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Ep. 242 - Elodie Harper on how changing genres helped...

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2025/08/29

Watch as a full video interview instead!Elodie Harper is a bestselling author whose Wolf Den trilogy has won wide acclaim. The first bookThe Wolf Den, was a book of the month for both Waterstones and Barnes & Noble, won the Glass Bell Award and was shortlisted for Page turner of the year at the British Book Awards. The second in the series,The House with the Golden Door,was a Sunday Timestop 10 bestseller. Elodie's first standalone novel set in the ancient world - Boudicca's Daughter - publishes

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Drafting Notes - Writing Your Query Letter

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2025/08/27

Drafting Notes is a new series of podcast episodes in which one award-winning writer (Tariq) and one hopefully soon-to-be-published writer (Marco) discuss various writing issues as they occur to them!Drafting Notes episodes are available early if you join our Patreon - check it out and get this and other great benefits!You've finished your book and you're ready to send it off - but what should you include in the query letter? And perhaps more importantly, what shouldn't you include? We discuss it

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Ep. 241 - Natalie Jayne Clark on how she got a book...

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2025/08/22

Natalie Jayne Clark is a neurodivergent writer and poet based in Perth, Scotland. The view as she writes is the ever-changing vista of trees and clouds lining the top of Kinnoull Hill.Her debut novel, a darkly funny sapphic crime tale called 'The Malt Whisky Murders', is out now and is nominated for best debut at Bloody Scotland 2025.It was great fun chatting with Natalie and hearing how a 2.5 minute pitch at Bloody Scotland's Pitch Perfect competition led to a pre-emptive book deal and an agent

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21:58

Drafting Notes - Do Judge a Book by its Cover - Why...

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2025/08/20

We all know the old saying "Don't judge a book by its cover" - but the trouble is, many people do! That's why trad publishers spend lots of money on designers for book covers! We discuss the difference a good and a bad cover can make, how self-published authors can make covers like the pros, and how to push back on trad publishers if the cover they suggest isn't working.Drafting Notes is a new series of podcast episodes in which one award-winning writer (Tariq) and one hopefully soon-to-be-published

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Ep. 240 - Catriona Silvey on time travel, rom coms...

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2025/08/15

Watch this episode as a full video interview on YouTubeCatriona Silvey was born in Glasgow and grew up in Scotland and England. After collecting an unreasonable number of degrees from various universities in the UK and the US, she moved to Edinburgh where she lives with her husband and children. She is the author ofMeet Me in Another Life(2021) and the time-travel romantic comedyLove and Other Paradoxes(2025).We had great fun chatting with Catriona in our studio, and hearing about how she wrote many

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22:24

Drafting Notes - Getting Feedback as a Writer

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2025/08/13

Watch as a full video episode on our YouTube channelWhether you are just starting our or are established, feedback can be invaluable for a writer. When should you seek feedback, and how can you find reliable people to provide feedback? And if you are giving feedback, what is useful and what isn't? We discuss it all on this week's Drafting Notes!Drafting Notes is a new series of podcast episodes in which one award-winning writer (Tariq) and one hopefully soon-to-be-published writer (Marco) discuss

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Ep. 239 - David Mamet on how boredom and solitude can...

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2025/08/08

David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American playwright, screenwriter, director, novelist, and essayist, born November 30, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. He is renowned for his breakthrough in theater during the 1970s with works like American Buffalo and Sexual Perversity in Chicago, later earning the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross. His distinctive writing style—sharp, staccato dialogue, often referred to as "Mamet‑speak"—redefined modern theatrical and cinematic storytelling. Beyond

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Drafting Notes - How important are book launches for...

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2025/08/06

Watch as a full video episode on our YouTube channelOn this week's Drafting Notes, inspired by the publication of Tariq's book, The Midnight King, we are talking book launches. How important are they? Do they make a difference to sales? And what happens for the author after the book has been launched?Drafting Notes is a new series of podcast episodes in which one award-winning writer (Tariq) and one hopefully soon-to-be-published writer (Marco) discuss various writing issues as they occur to

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Ep. 238 - MK Hardy on writing as a pair for The Needfire

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2025/08/01

Watch this episode as a full video interview on YouTubeMK Hardy is the pen name for two geeky women living and writing together in Scotland. Their debut Sapphic Gothic Horror,The Needfire, comes fromSolaris in the UK in July 2025. They were mentees in thePitch Wars2020-21 programme, and mentors forQueery Fest2022. They are organisers and facilitators for Scotland’sCymera Festival.We had great fun chatting with Morag and Erin, hearing about how they first came to write together, and talk about the

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Drafting Notes - Write What You Know: What Does It...

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2025/07/29

It's one of the most common pieces of writing advice: Write what you know. But what does it really mean? Does it mean that if you're from a small village, you shouldn't write about people in big cities? If you're a man, you shouldn't write about women? We think it's a bit more nuanced than that, and that the phrase is often misunderstood. But what do you think? Let us know in the comments!Drafting Notes is a new series of podcast episodes in which one award-winning writer (Tariq) and one hopefully

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Ep. 237 - M.H. Ayinde on combining sci fi and fantasy...

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2025/07/25

M. H. Ayinde was born in London’s East End. She is a runner, a lapsed martial artist, and a screen time enthusiast. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of epic fantasy novel A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST (Orbit UK/Saga Press). Her short fiction has appeared in FIYAH Literary Magazine, F&SF, Fantasy Magazine, and elsewhere, and she was the 2021 winner of the Future Worlds Prize. She lives in London with three generations of her family and their Studio Ghibli obsession.We had great fun chatting

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Ep. 236 - Intisar Khanani on telling diverse stories...

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2025/07/23

Intisar Khanani is an award‑nominated American fantasy author and former public‑health consultant. Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, she spent her childhood moving around—living in five U.S. states and time in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia—before settling in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters. Her writing career began with the self‑published YA fantasy Thorn and has since expanded into acclaimed series such as The Dauntless Path and The Sunbolt Chronicles. Her latest work, Debts of Fire,

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Ep. 235 - J.R. Dawson on retelling myths and legends

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2025/07/18

J.R. Dawson's debut,The First Bright Thing,is a Golden Crown award winner. Her shorter works are in places such as F&SF, The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018, and Lightspeed. Dawson lives on Dakota land in Minnesota with a loving spouse and three dogs. She is a professor at Drexel University's MFA program. Her second novel,The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, is a loose sapphic retelling of Orpheus, and releases from Tor in July 2025.We had great fun chatting about how she

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Ep. 234 - Carlo Lucarelli on drawing inspiration from...

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2025/07/16

Carlo Lucarelli is an acclaimed Italian crime writer, journalist, screenwriter, and television presenter. He is best known for his detective novels, including the De Luca Trilogy and the Inspector Grazia Negro series, which have been widely translated and adapted for screen. Alongside his fiction, Lucarelli has hosted popular true crime TV shows in Italy and remains a prominent voice in Italian cultural life. His latest English-translated novel, The Darkest Winter, is out now.We had a really

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Ep. 233 - Laura Shepherd Robinson on moving from...

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2025/07/11

Laura Shepherd-Robinson is the award-winning, Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author of four historical novels. Her books have been featured on BBC 2’s Between the Covers and Radio 4’s Front Row and Open Book. Her fourth novel, The Art of a Lie, is out now.We had great fun chatting with Laura and hearing how she decided to move from working in politics to writing, and learn about the research that goes into her novels. We also talk about planning, the effect of awards and more!Links:Buy The

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Page One Extra - 5 Books That Influenced Sarah...

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2025/07/09

Watch this episode as a full video episode on our YouTube channel!Sarah Pinborough is a New York Times bestselling and Sunday Times Number one and Internationally bestselling author who is published in over 25 territories worldwide. Having published more than 25 novels across various genres, her recent books include Behind Her Eyes and Insomnia, both of which have been adapted for TV. Her latest book, We Live Here Now, is out now.We had a really fun chat with Sarah, hearing about what she has been

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Ep. 232 - Amelia Blackwell on bringing Jane Austen to...

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2025/07/04

Amelia Blackwell has a master’s degree in Creative Writing, a corn snake called Colin, and a deep love of the works of Jane Austen. Although the Boleyns appear in her family tree, it’s through marriage, not blood, which is probably just as well. Georgiana Darcy’s most persistent suitor in her novelA Crime Through Time, Baron John de Halighwell, takes his name from one of Amelia’s distant great-grandfathers, who lived in a mansion that even Lady Catherine de Bourgh would admire. She has previously

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Ep. 231 - Jonathan Lee on what editing taught him...

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2025/07/02

Novelist and TV showrunner Jonathan Lee is the author of four novels, includingHigh DiveandThe Great Mistake. He is creator, executive producer & lead writer of the BBC/ Netflix drama series “The Bombing of Pan Am 103”. Other TV projects include originating and executive producing the documentary series “Who Killed Jill Dando?” (Netflix, 2023), a Top 10 show on the streamer in 47 countries.We enjoyed chatting with Jonathan and hearing how his experience as an editor taught him to be a better

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