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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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Ep. 245 - Agent David Headley on Why It’s Harder Than...

Page One - The Writer"s Podcast ·

2025/10/31

David Headley is the Managing Director and co-founder of Goldsboro Books, one of the UK’s leading independent booksellers, and founder of the D H H Literary Agency. Originally from York, David studied theology before building a 25-year career at the heart of the publishing industry. Through Goldsboro, he created the UK’s largest collectors’ book club and became a major influence in hardback fiction sales, while as an agent he represents a wide range of bestselling and award-winning authors.We had a

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Drafting Notes - Should You Self-Publish? The Pros...

Page One - The Writer"s Podcast ·

2025/10/29

Watch as a full video episode on YouTube!Self-publishing has become a serious and viable route for many authors who can't or don't want to find a traditional publisher. But can it work for everyone? We discuss why some genres are more suited than others, and also talk about all the extra work that is needed to make a real success of self-publishing.Drafting Notes is a series in which one award-winning writer (Tariq) and one hopefully soon-to-be-published writer (Marco) discuss various writing issues

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Ep. 244 - Ed Wilson on what Makes an Agent Say Yes —...

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2025/10/24

Watch this episode as a full video episode on YouTubeEd Wilson is an agent and director of Johnson & Alcock, representing a vibrant list of fiction and non-fiction, from new voices to established, bestselling and award-winning authors, including RJ Barker, Shauna Lawless and Sam Holland.We had great fun chatting with Ed about all things agent-related. He tells us about how he first got into agenting, and we discuss the all-important query letter and the mistakes that will result in a quick pass

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55:00

Adventures in Publishing-Land: Ireland’s UBI...

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2025/10/20

Watch as a full video on YouTubeOn this week's episode, we discuss Ireland's UBI experiment for artists and writers, and why we would love to see other countries follow suit (but aren't holding our breath). Plus, we look at why indie presses are pressing the panic button, and discuss the latest BookTok marketing scheme - theme-scented books (a topic Tariq gets very excited about!)00:00 Intro01:10 Luck of the Irish - UBI for writers13:45 Indie Presses - Time for trade support?24:34 Smell of Success

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Ep. 243 - Agent Liza DeBlock on publishing trends and...

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2025/10/17

Watch this episode as a full video interview on our YouTube channel.Liza DeBlock began her publishing career as an assistant at Eccles Fisher Associates in 2018, where she gained a deep understanding of the international book market. After moving into literary agenting and working with Robert Caskie and Silé Edwards, she honed her skills selling rights for bestselling authors including Richard Osman, Claire Douglas, Abigail Dean, Saara El-Arifi, and Hannah Kaner and was named a Bookseller Rising

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Drafting Notes - Alternative Ways to Find an Agent

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2025/10/15

Watch this as a full video episode on our YouTube channelWe all know that querying is the main method for finding an agent, but are there other ways? Many of the guests on Page One have spoken about different experiences in how they finally found an agent, and we ourselves have also tried things like competitions and so on. On this episode, we discuss the pros and cons of some of these alternative methods.Drafting Notes is a series in which one award-winning writer (Tariq) and one hopefully

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54:30

Adventures in Publishing-Land: Is Publishing Playing...

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2025/10/06

Watch as a full video on YouTubeOn this week's episode, we are talking about a scarcity of books for the Booker Prize and wondering if that is due to poor books or too narrow a category for prizes. Plus, we join the Alchemised train and wonder if fanfic turned to publishing gold shows publishers are unwilling to gamble on new stories, and more generally discuss how risk-averse the industry can be and why that narrows the chances for new authors.00:00 Intro01:04 Anthropic Settlement Update03:22

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52:03

Adventures in Publishing-Land: AI Settlement in...

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2025/09/22

Watch as a full video on YouTubeOn this week's episode we share some exciting awards news involving Tariq and Marco (both winners at the recent Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival!), Nadine reveals a new cover (check her instagram to see it!), plus we discuss the latest in the Anthropic settlement, wonder about whether cosy crime is a reductive term, and in the wake of the Evelyn Clark author reveal, wonder whether marketing gimmicks work for the general public. Plus, Nadine finds another strange

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

Page One - The Writer"s Podcast ·

2025/09/19

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 MW Craven!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 - the

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

Page One - The Writer"s Podcast ·

2025/09/12

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 Elvin James Mensah!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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Page One Presents... The Conversation with Nadine...

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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...

Page One - The Writer"s Podcast ·

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

Page One - The Writer"s Podcast ·

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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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...

Page One - The Writer"s Podcast ·

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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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...

Page One - The Writer"s Podcast ·

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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