Writing Worlds

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In this episode we feature multi-award-winning novelist Joanne Harris. We would like to offer our thanks and appreciation to Joanne for taking the time to record this episode with us.

You can find out more about Joanne by visiting her website https://www.joanne-harris.co.uk/

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In this episode we feature authors Kaitlin Felix and Joshua Gillingham for a conversation about Norse-inspired writing and world-building.

You can find out more about Kaitlin by visiting her website https://katifelix.com/

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Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. 

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In this episode we feature the author of the urban fantasy Rivers of London series Ben Aaronovitch

You can find out more about Ben and his world by visiting his website here https://www.benaaronovitch.com/

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 Writing Worlds is creat...

In this episode Chris and Emily chat with novelist and short fiction author Premee Mohamed about the concept and processes of terraforming.

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Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative Stories 

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 In this episode we chat with novelist, short story writer and teacher Zoe Gilbert about her magical realist worlds in her acclaimed novels ‘Folk’ and ‘Mischief Acts’.

A full transcript of this episode can be found here  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iyXLmA6ePQ0WKTpX6kqeDHwD5IrsvzCf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115587715767862763681&rtpof=true&sd=true

 You can find out more about Zoe and purchase copies of her books by visiting her website here https://zoegilbert...

In this episode we chat with actor, writer, director Nicholas Briggs about his work on Doctor Who both on BBC TV and in audio drama versions published by Big Finish.

You can read a transcript of this episode here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_etg3gGotMSEAwfhlscQB85tOhELaoDn/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115587715767862763681&rtpof=true&sd=true

Find out more about Nicholas Briggs and his work by visiting his website here https://nicholasbriggs.com/

 You can listen to Nick's work with Big Finish here https://www.bigfinish.com/ Writing Wo...

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In this episode Emily and Chris are in conversation with Adrian Tchaikovsky.

 Find out more about Adrian and order copies of his books by visiting his website here https://adriantchaikovsky.com/

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If you'd like to hear more from Adrian Tchaikovsky please listen to the Starship Alexandria podcast which he co-hosts with another science fiction writer Emma Newman.  Listen to Sta...

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.

In this episode, recorded live at the Cymera Festival in Edinburgh we speak to speculative fiction writer Lyndsey Croal about her approaches to world building in her short fiction, novels and audio drama.

We would like to thank Lyndsey Croal for being our guest on this episode, Ann Landmann and her team at Cymera for hosting us and our live audience for playing along with the games and general silliness during the recording.

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Welcome to the first episode of The Writing World Podcast with our regular presenters Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.

Writing Worlds is aimed at writers and those who love to hear about the process of designing and describing imaginary worlds in fiction.  We'll talk to writers, drama makers and those on the periphery of world building who bring these worlds to life.  Each week we'll introduce new topics and guests and introduce regular features and games.

The show will be formally launched at the Cymera Festival in Edinburgh on June 7th (find...

Welcome to Writing Worlds, a podcast about the art of writing worlds and settings in sci-fi, fantasy and horror.

In this short trailer you can hear our presenters Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory introducing the show. Listen out for a full-length preview episode coming soon.

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