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On this episode of The London Magazine Podcast, we talk to poet and editor Paul Stephenson about his debut collection, Hard Drive, that has been shortlisted for the Polari Book Prize this year. Paul has previously published three poetry pamphlets (Those People, The Days that Followed Paris and Selfies with Waterlillies), and he occasionally teaches for the Poetry School.
We discussed absurdity and the limitations of language, poetry as a source of healing in times of grief and Paul’s broad use of form.
Timestamps:
0.05 – Intro
0.54 – Writing on trains and while travelling
2.07 – Paul reads ‘Anglepoise’, ‘The Thesis’, ‘Signature’, ‘Collecting you from Golders Green’ and ‘The Hymn of Him’
7.38 – Poetry as healing in times of grief
10.31 – Use of form: Oulipo restraints
12.03 – Logistics of putting together a poetry collection
15.08 – Absurdity, Auden and Alice Notley: the limitations of language
19.06 – Humour and emotion in poetry
22.32 – How to edit a poetry collection
26.00 – Labelling the collection as a ‘queer’ book
28.09 – The numerous meanings of the title: ‘Hard Drive’
29.29 – Things that had to be left unsaid in the collection
30.45 – The next book? Contemporary dating and situationships…
33.37 – Poets and art Paul’s been enjoying recently
35.22 – Paul reads ‘Writing to your Mother’
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On this episode of The London Magazine Podcast, we talk to Joshua Jones, writer and artist from Llanelli in south Wales. Joshua was a Literature Wales Emerging Writer and a Hay Festival Writer at Work. He has published various poetry pamphlets, including Three Months in the Zebra Room and The City on Film, both out this year.
On this episode, we talk to Joshua about his book, Local Fires. A collection of interconnected short stories and his first work of fiction, Local Fires was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Polari First Book Prize.
We chatted about the benefits of multiple POVs and interconnected stories, how not to get sued when writing autofiction and Joshua’s love of Chicago indie rock band, Joan of Arc.
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On this episode of The London Magazine Podcast, we talk to Claire Carroll, a regular London Magazine contributor who writes experimental fiction about the intersection of nature, technology, and desire. She is also a PhD researcher at Bath Spa and Exeter Universities, where she explores how experimental writing – particularly short stories and prose-poetry – can reimagine how humans relate to the natural and non-human world. On this episode, she joins us to talk all about her new short story collection, The Unreliable Nature Writer. To discover more content exclusive to our print and digital editions, subscribe here to receive a copy of The London Magazine to your door every two months, while also enjoying full access to our extensive digital archive of essays, literary journalism, fiction and poetry.
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On this episode of The London Magazine Podcast, we talk to Orlando Whitfield, writer and self-proclaimed failed art dealer. Orlando started dealing art while still a student at Goldsmiths, and worked in and around the art world for fifteen years. His writing has appeared in the The Paris Review and The White Review, among other places. Orlando joins us to talk about his new book: All That Glitters: A Story Of Friendship, Fraud And Fine Art. To discover more content exclusive to our print and digital editions, subscribe here to receive a copy of The London Magazine to your door every two months, while also enjoying full access to our extensive digital archive of essays, literary journalism, fiction and poetry.
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On this episode of The London Magazine Podcast, we talk to Dan Sperrin. Dan is a Junior Research Fellow in English at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, and The London Magazine's political cartoonist. He predominantly works on satire and satirists, with a special interest in the period 1660-1760. Dan talks to us about the state of satire in modern Britain, David Cameron's rogue return to cabinet, and where to draw the line - if there even is one - in cartooning. To discover more content exclusive to our print and digital editions, subscribe here to receive a copy of The London Magazine to your door every two months, while also enjoying full access to our extensive digital archive of essays, literary journalism, fiction and poetry.
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Please be aware that this episode contains discussions of abortion and strong language.
On this episode of The London Magazine Podcast, we talk to writer Vida Adamczewski. Vida's writing has appeared in Ambit Magazine, Document Journal, Vittles and The Mays. In July 2021, a staged reading of Vida’s debut lyric play AMPHIBIAN was performed at the Playmill New Writers Festival at the King’s Head Theatre in Islington. For AMPHIBIAN, she was awarded the UEA New Forms Award 2022 by the National Centre for Writing. Amphibian and Other Bodies is her first collection. Vida talks to us about reproductive rights in the UK, corporeality, and literary 'form-fucking'. To discover more content exclusive to our print and digital editions, subscribe here to receive a copy of The London Magazine to your door every two months, while also enjoying full access to our extensive digital archive of essays, literary journalism, fiction and poetry.
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On this episode of The London Magazine Podcast, we speak to Patrick Cash. Patrick holds a Masters in Creative Writing from Oxford and spent three months as writer-in-residence at Shakespeare & Company, Paris. He’s had two plays published by Bloomsbury and written for Vice, Dazed and Attitude. His writing has been selected for the BBC Drama Room and The London Library’s Emerging Writers Programme 22/23. He’s currently working on a short story collection, Nightlife. In his work as a relationship manager at Arts Council England, Patrick talks to us about his role and helps to demystify the ACE funding application process. To discover more content exclusive to our print and digital editions, subscribe here to receive a copy of The London Magazine to your door every two months, while also enjoying full access to our extensive digital archive of essays, literary journalism, fiction and poetry.
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On this episode of The London Magazine podcast, we speak to Tom Conaghan. Tom is the publisher of Scratch Books - a small press dedicated to the craft of the short story. Tom's reviews and essays have appeared in The Observer, The TLS, The Irish Times, The LA Review of Books, amongst others. And, most importantly, Tom is a judge for our 2023 Short Story Prize. We spoke to him about Chekov, the Irish literary renaissance, and all things short fiction. To discover more content exclusive to our print and digital editions, subscribe here to receive a copy of The London Magazine to your door every two months, while also enjoying full access to our extensive digital archive of essays, literary journalism, fiction and poetry.
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On this episode of The London Magazine podcast, we speak to Jiaqi Kang. Jiaqi is currently a DPhil candidate in Art History candidate at the University of Oxford and founding editor-in-chief of Sine Theta, an international, print-based creative arts magazine for the Sino diaspora. Last year, they won The White Review Short Story Prize with 'Class of 1985', commended as "a story that sings with romance and intelligence". We spoke to them about autofiction, the Sino diaspora, and post-socialist art debates in China. To discover more content exclusive to our print and digital editions, subscribe here to receive a copy of The London Magazine to your door every two months, while also enjoying full access to our extensive digital archive of essays, literary journalism, fiction and poetry.
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On this episode of The London Magazine podcast, we speak to Phoebe Hurst. Phoebe is currently an assistant editor at the Guardian and is a former managing editor at VICE. Her short fiction has previously been shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and longlisted for the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize. We spoke to her about her new story, 'The Dump', as featured in our June/July issue of the magazine. To discover more content exclusive to our print and digital editions, subscribe here to receive a copy of The London Magazine to your door every two months, while also enjoying full access to our extensive digital archive of essays, literary journalism, fiction and poetry.
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On this episode of The London Magazine Podcast, we speak with Ella Griffiths. Ella is an editor at Faber & Faber and the person behind the wonderful Faber Editions series. We chatted about her foreword to 'The Shutter of Snow' in our Feb/March issue of the magazine, the origins of Faber Editions itself and what the Faber archive is really like. Subscribe to The London Magazine now for just £33 a year https://www.thelondonmagazine.org/subscription/To feature in a future episode, send us your Literary Dilemmas https://bit.ly/3xVhPaNYou can follow us on Instagram @thelondonmagazine, and on Twitter @thelondonmag.
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On this episode of The London Magazine Podcast, we speak with Max Wilkinson.
Max is a playwright and screenwriter whose award-winning play, Rainer, about a voyeuristic delivery rider riding around London, played at the Arcola Theatre last summer and is being produced for BBC Radio Four’s Afternoon play slot. His new piece, ‘Death of a Go-Go driver’, part of a longer play titled 'Ghost City', appeared in the January/February edition of the magazine.
We chatted about his presentation of London, why Old Kent Road can teach you everything you could hope to know about life and the ways in which artists like Burial and Aphex Twin influence his writing.
Oh, and we also introduce a new member of TLM team - hey Jamie!
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We spoke to poet and essayist from Newry, Co. Down, James Connor Patterson. His debut collection bandit country has been nominated for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2022, and his writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Irish Times, New Statesman, Poetry Review and The Stinging Fly, among others.
We discuss two poems from bandit country in our December/January issue, the lingering effects of the Troubles on the 'ceasefire generation', and James gives one of our listeners advice on finding your authentic voice when writing.
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We spoke to Matthew Turner, senior lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts who is currently finishing his first short story collection. His essays, reviews and short stories have been published in Art Review, Frieze, Gorse and elsewhere. In 2021 his story ‘Loom’ was included in Salt’s Best British Short Stories.
We discuss his new story in our December/January issue, 'Still Life', share our experiences with the supernatural, and Matthew gives one of our listeners his best tips for finding a mentor and community in the literary world.
Read Matthew's story 'Still Life' here: https://www.thelondonmagazine.org/article/fiction-still-life-by-matthew-turner/.. Get a copy of 'Loom' here: https://gordianprojects.com/loom/.
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We spoke to award-winning poet, playwright, author and educator, Joelle Taylor. Her most recent collection, C+NTO & Othered Poems (Westbourne Press, 2021) was the winner of the T.S. Eliot Award 2021. She is co-curator and host of Out-Spoken Live, a live poetry and performance club in residence at the Southbank Centre.
We discuss her new poem in our October/November issue, 'the o god', as well as her award-winning collection C+NTO & Othered Poems, and Joelle gives one of our listeners her best tips for finding a literary community.
Read Joelle's poem 'the o god' here: https://www.thelondonmagazine.org/article/poetry-the-o-god-by-joelle-taylor/. Grab a copy of C+NTO & Othered Poems here: https://saqibooks.com/books/the-westbourne-press/cnto/.
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We are joined by writer and publisher Sam Mills, author of The Quiddity of Will Self, and the memoir The Fragments of my Father (Fourth Estate, 2020). She is the co-founder of indie press Dodo Ink.
We discuss the enduring fascination with Pierre de Laclos' 1779 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses and the many adaptations that have followed it, including the 1988 film staring Glenn Close and John Malkovich. Sam gives a listener some expert advice on memoir-writing, and reads from her beautiful memoir, The Fragments of my Father, which shines a light on being a carer.
To read Sam's essay 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses: A Book That Keeps Burning', go to : https://bit.ly/3CbVVRC. Grab a copy of The Fragments of my Father here: https://bit.ly/3EOUoUz
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We spoke to poet Holly Pester about her new 'Café Poems' in our August/September 2022 issue, as well as her 2021 poetry collection 'Comic Timing'.
We are treated to some wonderful readings by Holly, discuss the role that poetry plays in finding new ways of thinking while confronting everyday issues, and Holly gives one of our listeners some writing advice in our 'Literary Clinic'.
To read Holly's 'Café Poems', go to: https://bit.ly/3SdSPUl. You can grab a copy of 'Comic Timing' here: https://bit.ly/3RdXVyT.
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We spoke to author and poet Keiran Goddard about his new story in our August/September 2022 issue, 'A Season for Every Activity', as well as his 2022 novel 'Hourglass'.
We discuss the importance of finding your authentic voice when writing, how to sound funny on the page, and Keiran gives one of our listeners some writing advice in our 'Literary Clinic'.
To read Keiran's new story, go to: bit.ly/3zsr15Q. You can grab a copy of 'Hourglass' here: bit.ly/3BKe62a.
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We spoke to writer Nell Stevens about her new short story in our June/July issue, 'Pulse', the release of her debut novel, 'Briefly, A Delicious Life' and judging our Short Story Prize 2022.
Listen to hear Nell's best tips on writing while juggling work and family time, Chopin's music and horny ghosts!
Enter our Short Story Prize 2022 here: https://bit.ly/3R74mUW
To read Nell's new story, grab a copy of our June/July 2022 issue here: bit.ly/2Q9cHvo.
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We spoke to author Jessie Greengrass about her new story in our June/July 2022 issue, 'A Lone Astronaut Watches the World End', as well as her 2021 novel 'The High House'.
We discuss the role of the writer in the climate crisis, the power of the monologue and Jessie gives one of our listeners some great writing advice in our 'Literary Clinic'.
To read Jessie's new story, go to: https://bit.ly/3z4GGK7. You can grab a copy of 'The High House' here: https://bit.ly/3y59aCR.
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