Rippling Pages: Interviews with Writers

"I was fascinated by the idea of what is real and what isn't real what people perceive to be real and not real"

Welcome back to Series 4 of the Rippling Pages. And Seraphina Madsen is here to talk w…

"I don't think poetry should be giving a lesson to anyone"

Caitlin Stobie is here to talk about THIN SLICES, her new collection from Verve Press (Pre-order here )

Caitlin examines culture's need fo…

Both writer and translator of SALT CRYSTALS, Cristina Bendek and Robin Myers, are here to discuss this shape-shifting and history-searching novel.  A book about a woman, Victoria, who explores her ow…

"It's a quest to try to collect all of the Picadors..."

Nicholas Royle is here to talk about White Spines: Confessions of a Book Collector, and his journey to find Picador books. You can buy the boo…

"All this wouldn't have happened without that experience of cancer..."

Caroline Clark is here with one of the most tender and moving books due to be released this year: Own Sweet Time.

Caroline's b…

"As humans, we're really scared of forgetting..."

Welcome back for another episode of the Rippling Pages – I’m delighted to speaking to Sarah Schofield, author of the short story collection, SAFELY …

"Song is very powerful...it's not a truth teller, it's a state-changer."

Richard Price joins today's show to discuss his collection of 'Three Inuit Stories Retold.' Published by Carcanet, the book w…

"The first thing that came to me? A woman, alone with the sea, and in charge of her own destiny?"

Welcome back to the Rippling Pages and Series Three: Beneath the Surface. 

We have Erica Mou and …

"It's nice to see my imagination dressed with my words...It's very interesting to see a universe in other words."

What a pleasure have both Emilio Fraia and Zoë Perry to discuss with me the writing …

'You can't just have a greatest hits collection, there has to be a flow of ideas.'

Charlie Baylis, poet, critic, and editor joined me to talk about his latest collection, Santa Lucía, published by I…

"It seemed to be a flashpoint moment, it was saying more than we thought it was saying."

Jo Scott-Coe joins me to talk about Charles Whitman, the man known as the 'Texas Tower Sniper'. In this discu…

'All the way through the book, it should feel like there's going to be some kind of ending which will enable a potential future'


What a pleasure to welcome Jessie Greengrass to talk about the High …

"The thing I learned last year is that the product is sometimes the problem"

Jeff Chon joins me to discuss his novel, Hashtag Good Guy with a Gun, published by the exciting Sagging Meniscus press (b…

'The south is a living breathing thing in this book. it's a personality.'

Really excited to have American poet, Khalisa Rae, join me for series two, episode two!

Khalisa is here to talk about Ghost i…

Welcome Back! Series Two: Horizons is here with Polly Barton.

"I wanted to give people tools they could then forget about for the rest of the book."

Polly Barton is here to talk about Fifty Sounds,…

"The sense we don't have to trample on each other, to amplify each other, we can heal and nurture each other."


Jacqueline Bishop is here to talk about her collection of interviews, The Gift of Musi…

"I knew from the age of 13, 14, I needed to write poetry, I just didn't fully understand why."

It's part two of our Flipped Eye 20th birthday special, and I'm joined by Samatar Elmi talking about hi…

'[Poetry] is the beginning to accepting, the beginning to processing emotion.'

It's a Flipped Eye anniversary special as I'm joined buy two of their poets. First up - Katherine Lockton talking about …