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Writing Worlds: Conversations About World Building

Alternative Stories

Join award-winning audio drama makers Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen for fortnightly conversations about world building with some of the best writers around, and find out how their worlds come to life.

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55:34

C.J.Cooke: Gothic World Building

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2026/04/01

Our guest on the Writing Worlds Podcast today is the bestselling and award winning novelist, poet and academic C.J. Cooke. C.J.'s novels including the acclaimed 'The Lighthouse Witches''The Nesting' and 'The Ghost Woods' lean on the gothic tradition. Carolyn has built a huge and devoted international following and it is often the sense of world and place in her books that immerse readers so deeply. Carolyn's most recent novel 'The Last Witch' was published by Harper Collins in autumn 2025.

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64:06

Stewart Hotston: Politics And Governance

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2026/03/18

Our guest on the Writing Worlds podcast this week is novelist, short story author, game writer and live action role playing game organiser and player, Stewart Hotston. Stewart’s novel 'The Entropy of Loss' was a finalist for both the BSFA and Subjective Chaos awards and it’s one of 7 novels Stewart has published. As well as writing for the page Stewart has also written for 'Age of Ascent', the computer game and has set a number of short stories in this world.You can find out more about Stewart

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64:12

Alexandra Beaumont: Coasts and Shorelines

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2026/03/04

Our guest on the Writing Worlds podcast this week is novelist and musician Alexandra Beaumont. Alex’s fantasy is inspired by folklore, mythology, history and the coastline of Cornwall in the far south west of England. Her novels Dissonance of Birdsong and Ballad of River Bones (together known as the Myst Cycle) tell the story of a young woman, Eseld on a mission to cure the sacred birds her people rely upon. Dissonance of Bridsong is a storm riven, atmospheric novel that has received a good deal

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62:13

Gareth L. Powell: Spaceships

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2026/02/18

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. Today on Writing Worlds we are honoured to be joined by novelist, short story writer and publisher Gareth L Powell. Gareth is a double winner of the BSFA award for best novel and shortlisted for awards including the Locus awards and the British Fantasy Awards. Gareth's work includes the epic "Embers of War" trilogy, the brilliantly named Ack Ack Macaque and "About Writing" a brilliant short guide to

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67:41

Season One Review with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory

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2025/11/19

Thank you for joining us for this review of season one of Writing Worlds with hosts Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. To hear our bonus content please join us on Patreon here ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/AltStories⁠⁠ You can purchase a copy of Emily Inkpen's book "The Dex Legacy: Season Two Scripts and Commentary" by searching for Emily Inkpen in your local Amazon store. Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative

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63:10

Chris Beckett: Climate Crises

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2025/10/15

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. In this episode we feature Arthur C. Clarke Award winning novelist, Chris Beckett. The author of 9 critically acclaimed novels and a number of short stories which have featured in publications such as Interzone and Asimov's Science Fiction, Chris has also written an audio drama adaptation of his novel "Two Tribes" which was produced by Chris Gregory of Alternative Stories Find out more about Chris and his

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60:59

Adrian M. Gibson: Fungi

Writing Worlds: Conversations About World Building ·

2025/10/01

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. In this episode we feature author illustrator and podcaster Adrian M Gibson. Adrian's novel "Mushroom Blues' explores a world in the wake of a devastating war in which the fungal inhabitants of the island nation of Hoppon and its capital city of Neo Kinoko are in dire straits, wracked by food shortages, poverty, and an influx of war refugees. Find out more about Adrian and his work + order a copy of

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66:56

Tim Hardie and RJ Bayley: Voicing Vikings

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2025/09/17

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. In this episode we feature author Tim Hardie and voice actor and audio book reader RJ Bayley. Tim and RJ talk about the creation of the audio book version of Tim’s novel Hall of Bones and we discuss the reasons why an author might consider producing an audio book and the economics and practicalities of doing so. RJ provides insight into the ways in which a voice actor can help to bring worlds to life

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60:50

Arkady Martine: Language

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2025/09/03

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. In this episode we feature multi-award-winning novelist, poet and academic Arkady Martine. You can find out more about Arkady by visiting her website https://www.arkadymartine.net/ Follow Arkady on Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/byzantienne.bsky.social And on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/byzantienne Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory of the

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61:54

Joanne Harris: Smells and Sounds

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2025/08/20

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. Join our Patreon here https://www.patreon.com/AltStories In this episode we feature multi-award-winning novelist Joanne Harris. We would like to offer our thanks and appreciation to Joanne for taking the time to record this episode with us. You can find out more about Joanne by visiting her website https://www.joanne-harris.co.uk/ Follow Joanne on Bluesky here

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60:20

Kaitlin Felix And Joshua Gillingham: Nordic Inspiration

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2025/08/06

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. Join the Alternative Stories Patreon for exclusive, early release and ad-free Writing Worlds content. ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AltStories⁠ In this episode we feature authors Kaitlin Felix and Joshua Gillingham for a conversation about Norse-inspired writing and world-building. You can find out more about Kaitlin by visiting her website https://katifelix.com/ Follow Kaitlin on Instagram

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62:20

Ben Aaronovitch: Urban Fantasy

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2025/07/23

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. Join the Alternative Stories Patreon for exclusive, early release and ad-free Writing Worlds content. https://www.patreon.com/AltStories In this episode we feature the author of the urban fantasy Rivers of London series Ben Aaronovitch You can find out more about Ben and his world by visiting his website here https://www.benaaronovitch.com/ Follow Ben on Bluesky here

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64:18

Premee Mohamed: Terraforming

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2025/07/09

In this episode Chris and Emily chat with novelist and short fiction author Premee Mohamed about the concept and processes of terraforming. Visit Premee's website here https://premeemohamed.com/ Follow Premee on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/premeesaurus/ And on Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/premeemohamed.com Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative Stories Find out more about Emily and her

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66:44

Zoe Gilbert: Folklore And Landscape

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2025/07/02

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.In this episode we chat with novelist, short story writer and teacher Zoe Gilbert about her magical realist worlds in her acclaimed novels ‘Folk’ and ‘Mischief Acts’. A full transcript of this episode can be found here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iyXLmA6ePQ0WKTpX6kqeDHwD5IrsvzCf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115587715767862763681&rtpof=true&sd=true You can find out more about Zoe and purchase copies

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63:37

Nicholas Briggs: Daleks and The Whoniverse

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2025/06/25

In this episode we chat with actor, writer, director Nicholas Briggs about his work on Doctor Who both on BBC TV and in audio drama versions published by Big Finish. You can read a transcript of this episode here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_etg3gGotMSEAwfhlscQB85tOhELaoDn/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115587715767862763681&rtpof=true&sd=true Find out more about Nicholas Briggs and his work by visiting his website here https://nicholasbriggs.com/ You can listen to Nick's work with Big

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55:12

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Deep Time

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2025/06/18

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.In this episode Emily and Chris are in conversation with Adrian Tchaikovsky. Find out more about Adrian and order copies of his books by visiting his website here https://adriantchaikovsky.com/ Follow Adrian on Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/aptshadow.bsky.social If you'd like to hear more from Adrian Tchaikovsky please listen to the Starship Alexandria podcast which he co-hosts with another

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54:42

Lyndsey Croal: World building inspired by Scottish...

Writing Worlds: Conversations About World Building ·

2025/06/11

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast withEmily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. In this episode, recorded live at the Cymera Festival in Edinburgh we speak to speculative fiction writer Lyndsey Croal about her approaches to world building in her short fiction, novels and audio drama. We would like to thank Lyndsey Croal for being our guest on this episode, Ann Landmann and her team at Cymera for hosting us and our live audience for playing along with the games and general

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59:23

Welcome to Writing Worlds

Writing Worlds: Conversations About World Building ·

2025/05/10

Welcome to the first episode of The Writing World Podcast with our regular presenters Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.Writing Worlds is aimed at writers and those who love to hear about the process of designing and describing imaginary worlds in fiction. We'll talk to writers, drama makers and those on the periphery of world building who bring these worlds to life. Each week we'll introduce new topics and guests and introduce regular features and games. The show will be formally launched

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0:58

Writing Worlds Trailer

Writing Worlds: Conversations About World Building ·

2025/05/07

Welcome to Writing Worlds, a podcast about the art of writing worlds and settings in sci-fi, fantasy and horror. In this short trailer you can hear our presenters Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory introducing the show. Listen out for a full-length preview episode coming soon.

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