Inside Writing

In this episode we are joined by Helen Tookey who discusses the first influences on her writing, her advice for new and aspiring writers and which writers she'd love to pop down the pub with!

Andrew McMillan sits down to talk about the success of his first collection 'Physical', which was the first poetry collection to win the Guardian first book award. He also discusses his writing process, how he is finding following up his first collection, the vitality of poetry in education and which writer he'd like to have a drink with. Andrew also performs 'The Men are Weeping in the Gym' from his first collection 'Physical'.

Joe Ward Munrow is an award winning Playwright. Here we sat down to talk about his career and what advice he can offer to upcoming and fellow writers.

Jeff Young is a writer from Liverpool who has worked in TV, Radio, Theatre among other things. I sat down with him to find out how he started writing and what advice he could impart to writers hoping to make their mark.