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Live while I'm alive, sleep when I'm dead with Sean O'Brien from 2019-01-30T10:00:13
In this episode, Rob chats to celebrated polymath writer, Sean O'Brien about short stories, cold spots in houses, postwar bomb sites as playgrounds, ghost stories and Hull. Rob and Kate come to you...
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Letting the light in with Clare Fisher from 2018-12-04T21:54:58
In this episode, Rob chats to novelist and short story writer, Clare Fisher about writing things that won't sell, PhDs in failure, Lydia Davis, and being a southern softie living in Leeds (Leeds Le...
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Unknown Pleasures with Sophie Mackintosh from 2018-11-12T19:07:15
In this episode, Rob chats to Booker longlisted novelist and short story writer, Sophie Mackintosh about Joy Division, distrust of technology, the Booker prize (obvs) and being a bit goth. Rob and ...
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Literary fiction is an illusion with Joanne Harris from 2018-09-23T16:44:23
In this episode, Rob chats to Joanne Harris about Norse myths, Child ballads, video games, graphic novels and the perils and joy of having your book optioned by Hollywood. Joanne also talks about t...
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The Blancmange antidote with Kevin Duffy from Bluemoose Books from 2018-08-27T17:13:17
In this episode, Rob chats to Kevin Duffy from Bluemoose Books about the trials of independent publishing, the effects of Brexit on writers, the problem with agents, getting your authors pinched, a...
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Mixing it up with Joanna Walsh from 2018-06-26T08:50:25
In this episode, Rob chats to Joanna Walsh about mixing narrative forms, autofiction, the perils of using material from your own life in your work, hardback fetishes, Kafka's letters, the beauty of...
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Too funny and Too Irish with Caimh McDonnell from 2018-05-24T14:33:25
In this episode, Rob chats to the very successful self-published novelist Caimh McDonnell about (surprise surprise) self-publishing, stand-up comedy, agent merry-go-rounds, MAs in Creative Writing ...
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Living in a Dystopia with Danny Denton from 2018-04-29T11:15:31
In this episode, Rob chats to Danny Denton about Non-spaces, reviews, experimental fiction, Irish writers and his incredible debut novel The Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow. Rob and Kate talk per...
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Half Overheard Secrets with Rosie Garland from 2018-03-26T14:35:36
In this episode, Rob chats to Rosie Garland about family secrets, Morning Pages, Vampire Queens, Time-travelling Suffragettes, Rock and roll stardom and her latest novel The Night Brother. Rob and ...
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Being Actively Consciously Sexually Actively Conscious with Monique Roffey from 2018-02-28T18:48:12
In this episode, Rob chats to Monique Roffey about ditching editors, loveless marriages, unevolved sexual behaviour, parties turning into orgies, and her sexy book The Tryst. Rob and Kate talk rath...
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Preoccupied with disaster with Megan Hunter from 2018-01-28T20:06:51
In this episode, Rob chats to Megan Hunter about the end of the world, fragments in literature, Communist theatre, motherhood, not finishing Nineteen Eighty-Four and her amazing debut novel The End...
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Moving relentlessly from one thing to the next with Jon McGregor from 2017-12-17T14:47:06
In this Christmas episode, Rob chats to Jon McGregor about Male oppression, obsession with the number thirteen, the art of the letter and how he constructed his multi-layered, much lauded and Booke...
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Questioning Reality with Joanna Kavenna from 2017-11-29T21:55:25
In this episode, Rob chats to novelist and Orange Prize winner, Joanna Kavenna about the individual experience of reality, Baudelaire, George Osborne, the British Class system and her latest work, ...
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Modern Horrors with Jenn Ashworth and Richard V Hirst from 2017-10-29T14:23:33
In this Halloween episode, Rob chats to writers Jenn Ashworth and Richard V Hirst about their latest collaboration, the spooky "The Night Visitors". They also talk about horror, ghost stories, bus ...
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You can't libel the dead with Adelle Stripe from 2017-10-16T14:39:42
In this episode, Rob chats to debut novelist Adelle Stripe about Capote's rules for the non-fiction novel, Andrea Dunbar, two pint books, indies v big boys and the perfect length (of book). Rob an...
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Manchester Literature Festival with Kate Feld and Fleshy Peaches with Helen McClory from 2017-09-17T13:11:28
In this episode, Rob has his annual Manchester Literature Festival chat with Kate Feld and then interviews novelist and flash fiction guru and advocate, Helen McClory about chibbing, things to spen...
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Irons in the fire with Sarah Butler from 2017-08-19T13:03:30
In this episode, Rob speaks to novelist, poet, novella writer, short story writer, mentor Sarah Butler about millenials, making a living as a writer, advances, tuition fees, navigating cities and t...
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Reversing the polarity with Gregory Norminton from 2017-06-18T20:51:05
In this episode, Rob speaks to lecturer, novelist and short story writer Gregory Norminton about Linguistic diversity loss, Immortality, Star Trek, Social liberalism, Patriotism, The 6th great exti...
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Hocus Pocus with Beth Underdown from 2017-05-09T13:41:25
In this episode, Rob speaks to novelist Beth Underdown about Witches, Imps, Ghosts and other spooky things like Rochdale and Masterseses in Creative Writing. Obviously, Beth's debut novel "The Witc...
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The Indies part 3 of 3: Thom Cuell from Dodo Ink from 2017-04-12T06:53:07
In part three of TEOAT's RAPID FIRE INDIE PUBLISHER EXTRAVAGANZA, Rob speaks to indie publisher Thom Cuell from Dodo Ink about Erotica, publishing risky books, subversion, experimental fiction, pun...
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The Indies part 2 of 3: Ra Page from Comma Press from 2017-04-11T06:30:25
In part two of TEOAT's RAPID FIRE INDIE PUBLISHER EXTRAVAGANZA, Rob speaks to indie publisher Ra Page from Comma Press about Bookwashing, Nominative Determinism, Fascism, Donald Trump, Justin Trude...
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The Indies part 1 of 3: Nathan Connolly from Dead Ink Books from 2017-04-10T05:47:49
In part one of TEOAT's RAPID FIRE INDIE PUBLISHER EXTRAVAGANZA, Rob speaks to indie publisher Nathan Connolly from Dead Ink about Liverpool, Working class stories (again), Squeezing dough from the ...
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First on the pile of corpses with Conrad Williams from 2017-01-21T18:31:08
In this episode, Rob speaks to novelist Conrad Williams about Horror, the impending apocalypse, the distinction (or lack thereof) between genre and literary fiction, the Yorkshire Ripper, Conrad's ...
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Being true with Kit de Waal from 2016-12-08T23:22:34
In part 2 of TEOAT's two part Christmas special, Rob talks to Costa First Novel Award nominee, Kit de Waal about working class stories (a favourite of this podcast), adoption, a fascination with th...
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Being one thing and its opposite at the same time with Garth Greenwell from 2016-12-04T20:32:37
In part 1 of TEOAT's two part Christmas special, Rob talks to Garth Greenwell about Pride, resisting mainstreaming, becoming visible and, of course, writing the "gay book of our times" What Belongs...
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The age of miracles with Simon Savidge from 2016-11-13T18:46:41
In this episode, Rob talks to lovely purveyor of Savidge Reads and youtube sensation, Simon Savidge about Daphne Du Maurier, Liverpool, northern female writers, the fact that we are bizarro twins a...
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Words matter with Nikesh Shukla from 2016-10-30T21:24:19
In this episode, Rob talks to novelist, essayist, editor and activist, Nikesh Shukla about good immigrants, uncomfortable writing, diversity panels, mentoring yoofs, african barbershops and motherf...
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Horror is in everything with Stephen McGeagh from 2016-10-09T17:25:18
In this episode, Rob talks to novelist and METALHEAD, Stephen McGeagh, about METAL, the state of Horror writing, having his novel, Habit, made into a film, MORE METAL, MAs in Creative Writing, and ...
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Lower middle class hero with Ben Myers from 2016-09-20T17:11:29
In this episode, Rob talks to novelist and music journo, Ben Myers, about class, talking to famous people, the Cragg Vale coiners, writing about landscape and (of course) money. In between all that...
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Writing worried with Emma Jane Unsworth from 2016-09-04T17:54:45
In this episode, Rob takes to the Wildnerness festival to chat with Emma Jane Unsworth about physics, frostbite and murderous cats. Emma also talks about the movie being made from her novel, Animal...
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The Manchester Literature Festival from 2016-08-25T08:34:49
In this mini-episode, Rob talks to Kate Feld about the Manchester Literature Festival. In addition to MLFing it out, they talk about Good Immigrants, they try to figure out what "working class" mea...
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Fell with Jenn Ashworth from 2016-07-10T17:09:20
In this episode, Rob talks to Jenn Ashworth about her brand new novel, Fell. They talk about Jenn's writing process (or lack thereof), the anxiety of releasing a new, creative work into the world, ...
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The page is a stage with Amy McCauley and Robert Harper from 2016-06-25T22:39:05
In this episode, Rob talks to Amy McCauley and Robert Harper about Lit mags, Oedipus, poetry and using a PhD to make the fat stacks (not really). They also talk about (ahem) Europe and the fear of ...
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Working it out with Andrew McMillan from 2016-06-13T12:36:19
In this episode, Rob talks to the winner of the last ever Guardian First Book Award, Andrew McMillan, on "modern male anxieties" as the Guardian puts it, working out in gyms, trying to write like J...
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Squaddies with Steve Dearden, Jasmine Chatfield and Lenni Sanders from 2016-05-26T09:01:41
In this episode, you get two interviews for the price of one. In the first, Rob talks to Steve Dearden, writer, producer and director of The Writing Squad. We talk about Creative Writing MAs, Manch...
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On Liverpool with Laura Robertson from 2016-05-08T22:12:05
In this episode, Rob talks to Laura Robertson, editor and founder of The Double Negative magazine. We talk all things Liverpool, writing for magazines, High Art, Marshmallow Laser Feasts, Invisible...
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The North with SJ Bradley from 2016-04-21T16:05:27
In this episode, Rob talks to writer and serial polymath, SJ Bradley about Leeds, her work, The Northern Short Story Festival, Remembering Oluwale, The NORTH, and randomly, the HS2.
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Getting schooled with Chris Killen and Lara Williams from 2016-04-03T19:41:42
Rob talks to Chris Killen and Lara Williams about MAs in Creative Writing, Rock and roll, Morrisons and modern life before having quite an embarrassing "moment".
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The Unseen with Jo Bell and Tania Hershman from 2016-02-24T14:15:26
In this podcast, Rob talks to Tania Hershman and Jo Bell about their latest collections, the benefits of mentoring, how to make a buck in this racket, children (or lack thereof) and everyone's favo...
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The perils of live performance with David Hartley and Ben Judge from 2016-02-10T09:27:34
In this episode, Rob talks to David Hartley and Ben Judge, two seasoned literature performers about the good and bad about performing your work live. Speak Easy, Not the booker and coffee machines....
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Fighting the power with Jim Hinks from Comma Press from 2016-01-07T21:50:40
In this episode, Rob talks to Jim Hinks, digital editor of Comma Press and Macguffin Overlord. Jim talks about thriving as an independent northern publisher in an industry dominated by Londonite mo...
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The Kevin Bacon of the NW writing scene with Nicholas Royle from 2015-12-10T18:22:46
In this cheery Christmas episode, Rob talks to Publisher/editor/writer/MA tutor/fine hat wearer, Nicholas Royle, about short stories, getting published, Doppelgangers, Bad sex and (weirdly) The Smi...
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The P Word with Evidently Salford from 2015-11-25T17:45:12
Rob gets poetry schooled by Ella Gainsborough and Kieren King, the people behind Evidently aka Salford's best poetry night. They, along with poet Jack Dixon talk Prison poetry, tapping that sweet p...
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David Gaffney and Clare Conlon from 2015-11-12T11:34:23
In this podcast, Rob talks to the nicest (and certainly most well turned out) couple in the Manchester Literature scene, David Gaffney and Sarah-Clare Conlon. They discuss Les Malheureux, Clare’s l...
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Fat Roland and Nija Dalal-Small from 2015-10-29T11:33:57
Is the Manchester literature scene too cliquey? Is it too white and manny? Is blogging dead? Fat Roland (Bad Language) and Nija Dalal-Small (The Real Story, In the Dark radio) talk to Rob Cutforth.
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Kate Feld and Abi Hynes from 2015-10-20T17:31:16
Kate Feld and Abi Hynes talk to Rob Cutforth about Sex, Feminism, Performing your work on stage and making money as a writer.
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