PODCAST: In the final instalment of this Short Story Masterclass series, Jac Cattaneo talks with COLIN BARRETT about the things you leave out of a short story, fictionalised settings, and finding the ending of a story…
PODCAST: In the first instalment of this series of Short Story Masterclass podcasts, Jac Cattaneo talks with MICHEL FABER about keeping the reader in safe hands, writers making things up, sadness and poignancy, and stories determining their own lengths.
SHORT STORY MASTERCLASS podcast: Jane Rogers talks with K. J. Orr about writing science, story starting points, and hitting trees with sticks.
Our SHORT STORY MASTERCLASS PODCASTS are back. To begin the series, DAVID VANN talks with Steve Wasserman about Tarantino-like moments, first drafts, and the unbreakable rule of subtext…
PODCAST: In the final instalment of our Short Story Masterclass series, Steve Wasserman talks with MARGARET DRABBLE about the adventurous nature of short stories, jigsaw puzzles, showing not telling, and taking a walk to find an idea.
MASTERCLASS PODCAST: In the third of our Short Story Masterclass series, leading story writer, novelist and poet Michèle Roberts talks to Steve Wasserman about shoes, mud, the subconscious in writing, and mother-daughter relationships.
PODCAST: Every year, the Small Wonder Short Story Festival plays host to the Slam – a chance for the audience to read their three-minute stories in front of a crowd of writers…
MASTERCLASS PODCAST: In the second of our Short Story Masterclass podcasts, Joseph O’Connor talks about super-charging language, the taxi meter in readers’ heads, and how to know when your writing isn’t as good as it should be.
MASTERCLASS PODCAST: In the first of our Short Story Masterclass podcasts, Steve Wasserman talks to award-winning author Sarah Hall about killer stories and the sexiness of the short story form.
Podcast: Recorded at the 2011 Small Wonder Festival, ALI SMITH reads two short stories by Muriel Spark, and shares her passionate engagement with Spark’s work.
