Rippling Pages: Interviews with Writers

'It felt liberating to find that voice and put it on paper...Some restrictions can be creative.' Hello! Katharina Volckmer talks about her debut novel, The Appointment (Fitzcarraldo Editions), a TLS 'Book of the Year 2020', and one critics have called 'a darkly funny untangling of national and sexual identity' (The Guardian). And what a great way to kick off our 'Finding Room' series with a novel set entirely in one room... Enjoyed this episode - why not send a small donation to support with the

‘I do believe that we’re all travellers of a fashion. For the poetic process I personally need a sense of freedom in order to write, and I like to feel free.’ These are some Rippling Pages Pilot episodes published in Summer 2020 Katherine Horrex talks about her debut collection of poetry, GROWLERY (Carcanet). Rippling Points: How 'Growlery', a term from another era, can come to represent the space you write in. The challenges of writing or not writing about big contemporary topics like

'I did feel like I wasn't living my own life. I was in the world of Newbury and trees.' These are some Rippling Pages Pilot episodes published in Summer 2020. Gaia Holmes talks about her story, '198 Methods of NVDA', which features in Comma Press's Resist Anthology. Rippling Points: Researching the environment to create your story's environment. 'Thisness' and how some elements of the story might refuse to be resolved. Buy RESIST: STORIES OF UPRISING from Comma Press here. Reference

‘Things don’t always turn out how you intended them to, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.’ These are some Rippling Pages Pilot episodes published in Summer 2020. Thomas Chadwick on his short story collection ABOVE THE FAT (Splice). Rippling Points: Using the ‘byproducts’ of our lives and writing in writing How a concept like 'haunting' can be a less than spooky idea Buy ABOVE THE FAT here. Reference Points Books Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures by