Rippling Pages: Interviews with Writers

The return of a potentially holy river in the Indian mountains - is it a sign of a new age, a divine intervention, or simply the workings of nature? These are the questions at the heart of Gurnaik Jo…

“I think when you’re young you really allow yourself to be stupid.”

Welcome to part 2 of my conversation with Yan Ge.

Yan Ge is here to discuss her life and writing. She was born in Chengdu, Sichuan …

”If I enter a project knowing what I’m going to do, confidently, I wouldn’t do it.”

It’s Women in Translation Month!

Yan Ge is here to discuss her life and writing. She was born in Chengdu, Sichuan P…

“She starts having an experience to see her own life as a more shifting sands that isn’t to be fear but in fact to be enjoyed.”

Kimberly Campanello is here to talk about her novel, USE THE WORDS YO…

“How do you sound like you know what you’re doing when you don’t have the words”

Kimberly Campanello is here to talk about her novel, USE THE WORDS YOU HAVE (Somesuch Editions). It’s a sweltering su…

“I found myself writing an apology letter…and I didn’t know what I was apologising for.”

In Uttama Kirit Patel’s novel, The Shape of an Apostrophe (Serpent’s Tail), Lina is pregnant, and she’s findin…

“When I set out to plan the business, I wrote ten words - the world I always kept coming to was community.”

The Rippling Pages is all about curating the best writers to inspire you and your writing …

"It is also difficult to imbue the people and the movements of the past with the complexities we offer ourselves." 

If you were to meet a time traveller from the future, what would you ask them? Th…

“They got fired for that!”

Katharina Volckmer is here to discuss her second novel, Calls May Be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes (Indigo Press) and it was live at the Hyde Park Book Clu…

Katharina Volckmer is here to discuss her second novel, Calls May Be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes (Indigo Press) and it was live at the Hyde Park Book Club! Thank you to the Hyde Par…

Welcome to the first edition of Rippling Pages: Ask the Host!

Over the years, I’ve been asking the questions, but it’s about time I answered some too.

So, that’s what I’ve done: I’ve picked out some …

"She finds herself in London working in a theatre having to touch people!"

Elaine Garvey, to discuss her novel, THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT, published by Canongate Books. It’s 2002. Mairéad Sweeney has…

“It’s my mum’s favourite book that I wrote!”

Benjamin Markovits is here to talk about his new and twelfth novel, THE REST OF OUR LIVES, published by Faber and Faber. Tom Layward has made a pact with…

‘The people I like to write about are what I would describe as moderately successful failures.’

Benjamin Markovits is here to talk about his new and twelfth novel, THE REST OF OUR LIVES, published b…

"Taylor Swift is somebody who has managed to keep reinventing herself to stay relevant."

Welcome to Rippling Points, more content and more insights and inspiration into the craft of literature:

Mar…

"It builds to women and girls choosing to hide their mouths because of the effect of this trend...things just morph and take on different meanings as they're shared in different contexts"

Marni Appl…

"Being published in English is a big milestone..."

Vincenzo Latronico is here to talk about his first novel translated into English - PERFECTION, published by Fitzcarraldo editions and translated fr…

“Love is a dangerous topic.”

Vincenzo Latronico is here to talk about his first novel translated into English - PERFECTION, published by Fitzcarraldo editions and translated from the Italian by Sophi…

“They had one objective - to get rid of certain men”

Welcome to the first edition of Rippling Points - bonus content from last month’s episode!

A little bit more insight and a little bit more insp…

“I think it’s much more interesting to explore women through their powers.”

Pola Oloixarac, one of the most exciting voices in world literature today, is here to talk about her two novels that have b…