All Episodes
Not Too Busy To Write — 122 episodes
Ilona Bannister on the humanity and pleasure of thrillers
Jane Harper on beginning at the end
Catherine Newman on the tragicomedy of midlife
Helen Thorn on total honesty on the page
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett on exploring how women are seen through fiction
James Hunt on writing what can't be said out loud
Lauren Currie on the new rules of confidence
Jodi Wilson on breathing space for creativity
Francesca Segal on creating hope in fictional worlds
Literary agent Ciara Finan, Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin and Alice Trew on the Women's Prize Discoveries
Suzy Reading on the art of being selfish
Lily Dunn on the transformative craft of memoir
Claire Lynch on hidden histories
Alice Slater on writing dark and immoral characters
Caro Giles on radical memoir
Lily King on writing about love in challenging times
Series 11 Trailer
Bonus Episode - Finding Motivation
Alice Kinsella on blending genre
Sarra Manning on writing romantic fiction
Grants for Writers with The Society of Authors
Aime McNee on why we need your art
Alice Wilkinson on writing personal non-fiction
Grace Timothy on writing and ADHD
Tessa Hadley on the pleasures of fiction
Daisy Buchanan on reading yourself happy
What's to come in series 10
Women's Prize Discoveries 2025 with Dreda Say Michell, Chloe Timms and Emma Van Straaten
S9 Ep5. Lucy Gough - from interior stylist to author
S9 Ep4. Alice Vincent on finding home in the garden
S9. E3. Clover Stroud on home and belonging
S9 E2. Kerri ni Dochartaigh on finding home in the Irish landscape
S9. E1. Penny Wincer on why Home Matters
Stacey Heale on writing about death and life
Jesse Sutanto on writing a best selling series
Charlotte Wood on writing craft and Australian fiction
Tamu Thomas on women who work too much
Bijal Shah on the power of bibliotherapy
Amy Arthur on pacing yourself as a writer
Jessica Bull on blending fact and fiction
Katherine May on writer boundaries
Marisa Bate on writing the political and personal
Laura Bates on the power of storytelling in activism
Huma Qureshi on fiction and borrowing from life
Karen Haller on publishing non-fiction as an expert
Kate Sawyer on second novels and career changes
Marchelle Farrell on memoir and belonging
REPLAY: Beth Kempton on being a fearless writer
REPLAY: Evie Wyld on writing about male violence
REPLAY: Abigail Bergstrom - literary agent and novelist
REPLAY: Chloe Ashby on writing art in fiction
Marina Benjamin and Caro Giles on writing and caring
Daisy Buchanan: from journalist to novelist
Nicola Washington on social media for writers
Suzy Reading on rest
Joanna Wolfarth on non-fiction and writing intimate cultural history
Lucy Werner on how to promote your book
Catherine Newman on laughter, death and embracing your voice
Caro Giles on memoir, nature and putting yourself in the foreground
Janice Hallett on turning crime fiction on it's head
Not Too Busy To Write - Series 6 coming soon
Lindsey Kelk on writing Romantic Comedies
Novelist and Discoveries Prize Judge Chibundu Onuzo
Writing an illustrated interiors book with Emily Henson
What is publishing a book really like?
Winnie M Li on complicity and power in fiction
Shakaila Forbes-Bell on Big Dress Energy
Margaux Vialleron on writing about friendship and food
Beth Kempton on how to write fearlessly
REPLAY: Huma Qureshi on short stories and taking fiction seriously
REPLAY: Cathy Rentzenbrink on life writing
REPLAY: Julia Silk - Literary Agent
REPLAY: Sophie Howarth on the joy of being an amateur
Lulah Ellender on the personal and the universal in life writing
Angela Hui on food and belonging
Michelle Gallen on writing about community trauma with dark humour
Ali Millar on The Last Days and writing the truth
Chloe Timms on dystopian fiction and writing about outsiders
Chloe Ashby on writing about art, grief and being seen
Ilona Bannister on writing challenging women
Sophie Howarth - on writing about art and the joy being an amateur
Sian Meades-Williams on freelancing writing, making money and newsletter love
Maggie Gee on Empathy, language, and the non-human in fiction.
Lizzie Damilola Blackburn on romantic comedies and writing the character you couldn't find
Clover Stroud - Death, life and writing memoir in real time
Doreen Cunningham on nature, climate change and motherhood
Writing the Literary Memoir with Lily Dunn
Abigail Bergstrom - debut novelist and literary agent
Different phases of writing and juggling multiple projects
Charmaine Wilkerson on her fiction debut Black Cake
Write It All Down - life writing with Cathy Rentzenbrink
End of year writing round up
Where do you get your ideas?
Different Approaches to Life Writing
Julia Silk - Literary agent on finding and supporting authors
Huma Qureshi - on short stories and taking your fiction seriously
Claire Lynch - experimental memoir, perspective shifts and motherhoods
Evie Wyld - on awards, writing about male violence and how motherhood changes your writing
Writers Groups
Penny Batchelor - Domestic noir, disability in fiction and writing female friendships
21. Bringing other skills to your writing career
20. Claire Fuller on publishing fiction after 40
Episode 19. Clemmie Telford on writing honestly and why everyone has a story to tell
Episode 18 - Kate Mosse on writing about caring and the stories hidden in plain sight
Episode 17: The Cure for Sleep, in Conversation with Tanya Shadrick
Episode 16 - Rebecca Schiller on memoir and making money as a writer
Episode 15 Author Jessica Hatcher-Moore - After Birth
Episode 14 - Novelist Olivia Sudjic
Episode 13 - Rest for Writers
Episode 12 - Christina Sweeney-Baird - The End of Men
Episode 11 - Author Annie Ridout on Shyness
Episode 10 - Reading to Write
Episode 9 - Author Jodie Chapman - Another Life
Episode 8 - Writing in short bursts
Episode 7 - Author Tetyana Denford on Grief
Episode 6- Getting Started!
Episode 5 - Perfectionism
Episode 4 - Feeding our Creativity
Episode 3 - Author Ilona Bannister - When I Ran Away
Episode 2 - How to Dismiss Ideal Conditions
Episode 1 - Who are we and how on earth are we managing to write at the moment
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