About this podcast
Interviews, book chat and everything about the short stories and graphic fiction from all around the world appearing in Fictionable. "Storytellers, readers and creatives alike will love" – The Independent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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- Mark Haddon: 'So much about writing, so much about art in general, is about solving a paradox' · 22 min · Episode 69The storms are barrelling across the Atlantic, the nights are drawing in, so it's time for some more exclusive short stories and another set of podcasts. We'll be hearing from…
- Elaine Vilar Madruga: 'I’m always thinking about Kafka when I write' · 23 min · Episode 68This Summer series we've already heard from Will Boast, EC Osondu, Robin Munby and Zhenya Oliinyk. But we bring it to a close with Elaine Vilar Madruga and her short story Wild…
- Zhenya Oliinyk: 'Drawing and writing comics is more like journalism to me' · 18 min · Episode 67We've heard from Will Boast, EC Osondu and Robin Munby already in this Summer series of podcasts, and Elaine Vilar Madruga is lined up next. But this week we welcome Zhenya…
- Robin Munby: 'You're always writing in some sense for yourself' · 21 min · Episode 66This summer we've already heard from Will Boast and EC Osondu, and we'll be welcoming Elaine Vilar Madruga and Zhenya Oliinyk on to the podcast over the next few weeks. But this…
- EC Osondu: 'The writer is also a strange animal' · 14 min · Episode 65Will Boast kicked off this Summer series of podcasts, discussing the bureaucracy and hostility that immigrants face all around the world. We'll be hearing from Elaine Vilar…
- Will Boast: 'You almost have to make your characters feel interestingly doomed' · 20 min · Episode 64The heat is on in London, so it's time for another set of exclusive short stories and another series of podcasts. Over the next few weeks we'll be hearing from Elaine Vilar…
- Takiguchi Yūshō: 'When I’m writing fiction, I have very little sense I’m the one inventing the story' · 20 min · Episode 63We've already heard from Diana Evans, Bruna Martini, Joel Cox and Holly Edwards in this Spring series of podcasts. Now we bring it to a close with Takiguchi Yūshō and the…
- Holly Edwards: 'There's obviously something political about presenting trans characters' · 17 min · Episode 62Diana Evans, Bruna Martini and Joel Cox have already joined us on this Spring series of podcasts, and next time we'll be hearing from Takiguchi Yūshō and the translator Jesse…
- Joel Cox: 'It's fine to have jerks in stories, but you have to have something that makes the reader keep reading' · 25 min · Episode 61We've heard from Diana Evans and Bruna Martini already in this Spring series of podcasts, and we'll be welcoming Takiguchi Yūshō and the translator Jesse Kirkwood, and Holly…
- Bruna Martini: 'I have spent too many months without drawing' · 26 min · Episode 60This Spring series of podcasts began with Diana Evans, who took us back to the 1990s. We'll be hearing from Takiguchi Yūshō and the translator Jesse Kirkwood, Holly Edwards and…
- Diana Evans: 'Writing is an act of hope' · 20 min · Episode 59Spring is here and so is Fictionable, with another set of exclusive short stories and another series of podcasts where we meet our fantastic authors. During the next few weeks…
- Cynthia Banham: 'Writing is a dangerous act' · 26 min · Episode 58In this Winter series we've already welcomed Cynthia Zarin, Rodrigo Urquiola Flores and the translator Shaina Brassard, Tim Conley and Samuel Rigg. We bring down the curtain with…
- Samuel Rigg: 'Often I find I'm writing about people who are not me' · 15 min · Episode 57After hearing from Cynthia Zarin, Rodrigo Urquiola Flores and the translator Shaina Brassard, and Tim Conley, this Winter series of podcasts enters the final stretch. We'll be…
- Tim Conley: 'Short fiction is a lot more liberating' · 20 min · Episode 56We've already heard from Cynthia Zarin, Rodrigo Urquiola Flores and the translator Shaina Brassard in this Winter series – we'll be welcoming Cynthia Banham and Samuel Rigg on to…
- Rodrigo Urquiola Flores: 'Everything in this short story is true' · 23 min · Episode 55We began this Winter series of podcasts with Cynthia Zarin, who suggested that every single one of us is torn in different ways. We'll be examining those cracks with Tim Conley…
- Cynthia Zarin: 'You write out of the world that you're living in' · 31 min · Episode 54It's cold, it's wet, it's January. Time for another series of exclusive short stories and another series of podcasts. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be hearing from Rodrigo…
- Ephameron: 'My work is always at the crossroads between literature, graphic arts, painting, comics' · 18 min · Episode 53This Autumn series of podcasts has already brought us Helon Habila, Caroline Clark and Kasimma. We round it off with Ephameron and her graphic short story <cloud_update>. This…
- Kasimma: 'Because I’m writing fiction, I can get away with anything' · 21 min · Episode 52We've already heard from Helon Habila and Caroline Clark in this Autumn series of podcasts, and we'll be rounding out the set with Ephameron in the next couple of weeks. But this…
- Caroline Clark: 'This story completely surprised me' · 18 min · Episode 51This Autumn series of podcasts started with Helon Habila confronting the difficult legacy of slavery in the US. Over the next few weeks, we'll be talking with Ephameron and…
- Helon Habila: 'What fiction does is make you live the life of the other' · 23 min · Episode 50Here in the northern hemisphere it's getting misty and mellow all over again. Time for Autumn 2025 and another fruitful harvest of podcasts, ripened to the core. Over the next…
