Brick Lane Bookshop Podcast

Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize winner Connie Coneybeer reads from her story 'Menagerie', and talks about where her ideas come from, editing at speed, overwriting and who her influences are. Show notes: The Employees by Olga Ravn, On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, The Cocktail Hour by Beth Nugent, Jonathan Safran Foer, Lorrie Moore *in the podcast, Connie talks about rapid...

We spoke to K . Lockwood Jefford about winning the 2023 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize, her story 'Kissing in Berlin', how she edits and what she's reading. Show notes: Cynan Jones, Laurie Lee, Dylan Thomas, Irenosen Okojie, Eley Williams, Sara Baume, Chris Power, Josephine Rowe, Persephone Book of Short Stories, Celine and Julie Go Boating Podcast music is by  Andrew Everitt

The BLB Podcast is a new project from ⁠⁠Brick Lane Bookshop⁠⁠ created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode, we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading. In the fifth episode of season two, co-hosts ⁠⁠Kate⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Ellis⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Peter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ J. Coles⁠⁠ talk to ⁠ Eley W...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from ⁠Brick Lane Bookshop⁠ created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode, we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading. In the fourth episode of season two, co-hosts ⁠Kate⁠ ⁠ Ellis⁠ and ⁠Peter⁠ ⁠ J. Coles⁠ talk to Jess Walter ⁠ abo...

For episode 15 of the BLB Podcast, we spoke to Imogen Fox, winner of the 2022 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize . Imogen reads from her winning story  Missy Starling  and talks about how being funny is community, the intimacy of a hammer, the inspiring Nanny Flowers and the writers who changed her mind about short fiction. She also offers advice for anyone entering this year's short story...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode, we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading. In the second episode of season two, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles talk to Gurnaik Johal about his debut...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading. In the first episode of season two, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles talk to Manuel Muñoz about his latest s...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this twelfth episode and final episode of series one, Kate and Peter talk to Irenosen Okojie about her latest short story collection, Nudibranch. Show notes:  Jesus Son by Denis Johnson Jamaica Kincaid Le...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this eleventh episode, Kate and Peter talk to Keith Ridgway about his new novel, A Shock . Show notes: Wendy Erskine , Liam O'Flaherty, Philip McCann, Gary Indiana Music by Andrew Everitt

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this tenth episode, Kate and Peter talk to Vanessa Onwuemezi about her debut short story collection, Dark Neighbourhood . Show Notes Doris Lessing Julio Cortázar Franz Kafka Jayne Anne Philips

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this ninth episode, Kate and Peter talk to Ben Pester about his debut short story collection, Am I In The Right Place? Show Notes: Evie Wyld Briefly, a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens Joseph Heller

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this eighth episode, Kate and Peter talk to Huma Qureshi about her debut short story collection Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love . Show Notes: Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au Expectation by Anna Hop...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Booksho p where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this seventh episode, Kate and Peter talk to  Niamh Mulvey  about her debut short story collection Hearts and Bones . Show Notes: Alice Munro Yiyun Li John Banville Javier Cercas

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this sixth episode, Kate talks to Leon Craig about her debut short story collection Parallel Hells . Show Notes: Njáls Saga Carmen Maria Machado Francine Toon Julia Bell The Seaplane on Final Approach: A Novel...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this fifth episode, Kate and Peter talk to Wendy Erskine about her latest short story collection, Dance Move Show Notes: Good Behaviour by Molly Keane Seven Steeples by Sara Baume Jem Calder Ghosts Signs: Pove...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this fourth episode, Kate and Peter talk to Jem Calder about his debut short story collection, Reward System .  Show Notes: Faber Bullshit by David Graeber  George Saunders William T. Vollmann Mark F...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this third episode, Kate talks to Jarred McGinnis about his very short story We Sleep in These Sheets and his debut novel The Coward . Show Notes: Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize Kate Ellis  Peter J...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this second episode, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J Coles talk to Aoife Inman , who won the 2021 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize for her story Earth-Grown Bodies . Show Notes: Brick Lane Bookshop Short...

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published.  In this first episode, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J Coles chat to Isha Karki, who was shortlisted for the BLB Short Story Prize in 2019 and has since won numerous short story competitions, including the...