Episode 80 - DBC Pierre: Part 1
from This Writing Life Hosted by James Kidd
Part one of DBC Pierre's interview chat with This Writing Life podcast starts in media res. With a fan blowing our hair in attractive fashion (apologies for the whoosh behind the voices), we talked on a lovely summer's day at a London hotel. Pierre was in town to launch his new book, Release the Bats, an exuberant, personal and inspiring writing guide, with hints of memoir. A call-to-pen with hints about his colourful life. ----more---- As the tape tolls, we are talking about talking about Will Carruthers' memoir, Playing the Bass with Three Hands: Pierre was to appear at an event with the former Spiritualized bassist that evening. After some meditation on the hotter aspects of being a bass player (some caution is advised), we meander via music, the composition of Pierre's Man Booker winning Vernon God Little, and Pierre: the frustrated rock star. From here we saunter to: Pierre's own music taste why Pierre doesn't listen to music: 'The music provides a soundtrack that makes the writing better than it is' why Pierre writes throughout the night Pierre's routine for writing Vernon God Little 'You can go crazy at night and let yourself fly' losing the plot and creating a plot: Pierre, licence and liminal spaces writing vs editing to plan or not to plan, that is the question... non-fiction vs fiction why write Release the Bats? Pierre on creative writing courses Part 2 of 4 to follow.
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