Rippling Pages: Interviews with Writers

'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 Invisible Hand Press - available here Enjoyed this episode - why not send a small donation to support with the running costs! Thank you! - https://ko-fi.com/liambishop Rippling Points: Day and Night: str...

"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 discussion which touches on some challenging subjects, Jo discusses her book and the journey behind the writing of the book MASS: A Sniper, a Father, and a Priest (published by Pelekinesis Press ) Please be...

'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 House! ( Buy here ). We talk about the climate crisis and writing about the end times. Enjoyed this episode - why not send a small donation to support with the running costs! Thank you! - https://ko-fi.c...

"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 (buy here ) Please be advised we recorded this conversation earlier this year and discuss issues of a sensitive nature with some instances of strong language Rippling Pages: Good guys and bad guys: a trou...

'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 in a Black Girl's Throat, published by Red Hen Press ( buy here ) Enjoyed this episode - why not send a small donation to support with the running costs! Thank you! - https://ko-fi.com/liambishop Rippli...

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, winner of the Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize 2019. ( BUY HERE! ) Enjoyed this episode - why not send a small donation to support with the running costs! Thank you! - https://ko-fi.com/liambishop Rippling Poin...

"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 Music and Song: Interviews with Jamaican Women Writers ( Buy here! ) It's a perfect way to conclude the 'Finding Room' series - promoting the voices of some fantastic Jamaican women writers. Enjoyed this epi...

"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 his debut collection, Portrait of Colossus.   Thank you Katherine and Samatar for joining me. Two exciting, upcoming poets. Buy Portrait of Colossus here. Enjoyed this episode - why not send a small donat...

'[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 Paper Doll. Enjoyed this episode - why not send a small donation to support with the running costs! Thank you! - https://ko-fi.com/liambishop Buy Paper Doll here Rippling Points: Like a Rubix cube: lif...

"I was wrestling with what certain states of being feel like as negatives." Novelist and publisher, Neil Griffiths, joined me to discuss his essay, 'Madness as Such', which is featured  in Trauma: Writing About Art and Mental Health (Dodo Ink). Neil talks candidly about his essay which reflects on his experiences of depression. Indeed, if you are affected by any  of the themes discussed in today's...

'Where there is conflict, there is always a path to literature...Freedom is an important topic for me.' What a pleasure to talk to the Montenegrin writer, Olja Knežević about her trans-generational novel, Catherine the Great and the Small (Istros Books). The novel is translated by Paula Gordon and Ellen Elias-Bursać Enjoyed this episode - why not send a small donation to support with the running c...

'I want the story the story to be as disorientating for the reader as it is for me...I'm not trying to offer an answer or a safe and complete world...' The incredibly talented Jen Calleja joins the RP Pod to talk about her short story collection, I'm Afraid That's All We've Got Time For (Prototype Publishing), and Goblins (Rough Trade Books), a personal exploration of 'goblinery.' Enjoyed this epi...

'It felt liberating to find that voice and put it on paper...Some restrictions can be creative.' Hello! Katharina Volckmer talks about her debut novel, The Appointment (Fitzcarraldo Editions), a TLS 'Book of the Year 2020', and one critics have called 'a darkly funny untangling of national and sexual identity' (The Guardian). And what a great way to kick off our 'Finding Room' series with a novel...

'I did feel like I wasn't living my own life. I was in the world of Newbury and trees.' These are some Rippling Pages Pilot episodes published in Summer 2020. Gaia Holmes talks about her story, '198 Methods of NVDA', which features in Comma Press's Resist Anthology.  Rippling Points: Researching the environment to create your story's environment. 'Thisness' and how some elements of the story might...

‘Things don’t always turn out how you intended them to, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.’ These are some Rippling Pages Pilot episodes published in Summer 2020. Thomas Chadwick on his short story collection ABOVE THE FAT (Splice). Rippling Points: Using the ‘byproducts’ of our lives and writing in writing How a concept like 'haunting' can be a less than spooky idea Buy ABOVE THE FAT here. R...