Katrina Porteous on the last fishing boat in the harbour, and Tice Cin on the madness of your second novel

When she was in her 20s, Katrina Porteous moved to a cottage on the Northumberland Coast. It was immensely beautiful but it was a place that was changing fast – every year the number of fishing boats in the harbour declined and many of the fishermen themselves were getting on. Katrina has spent the past few decades, as a poet, documenting the loss of their way of life and the inshore sea fishing culture. Katrina talks to Erica Wagner about capturing a sense of place in her writing and about the importance of spending a time simply listening and watching.

Erica also talks to the young London-based Turkish Cypriot writer, Tice Cin, about her piece for Boundless on the challenge of writing a second novel, in the wake of the first, and the importance of finding other artists to run with as a pack.

Tice Cin's Keeping the House

Katrina Porteous' Rhizodont

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