Back Story: Five Questions with Dreena Collins Author of The (almost entirely true) Story of Jessie and the Mountain What inspired you to write this story? I came across this extraordinary story via social media, when a friend of mine,…
BackStory: Seven Questions with Sarah Freligh
BackStory: Five Questions with Sarah Freligh Author of November What inspired you to write ‘November’? I happened on a website of photographs from the ‘60s, including several of adolescents learning the fox trot. Were there any interesting facts, details, or…
BackStory: Five Questions with Marie Gethins
BackStory: Five Questions with Marie Gethins Author of Beating the Herring What inspired you to write ‘Beating the Herring’? I often pop into the Crawford Art Gallery when in town and spend a half hour of quiet bliss wandering through…
BackStory: Seven Questions with Tara Isabel Zambrano
BackStory: Seven Questions with Tara Isabel Zambrano Author of In The Arms of Khajuraho, 970 CE What inspired you to write ‘The Arms of Khajuraho, 970 CE’? I have always had a strong desire to write historical fiction pieces especially…
BackStory: Seven Questions with Daphne Milne
BackStory: Seven Questions with Daphne Milne Author of In Whitby you may have the misfortune to be caught What inspired you to write ‘In Whitby you may have the misfortune to be caught’? I had been writing a piece about…
BackStory: Four Questions with Ranjabali Chaudhuri
BackStory: Four Questions with Ranjabali Chaudhuri Author of Windows What inspired you to write ‘Windows’? Christmas! Just walking on Oxford Street with those grand, dreamy displays sends you to another world doesn’t it? And they have been there for years…
BackStory: Four Questions with Matthew Richardson
BackStory: Four Questions with Matthew Richardson Author of Foundering What inspired you to write this ‘Foundering’? I think there is an interesting dynamic to be found when examining those who in times gone by made their living on the coast,…
BackStory: Five Questions with Lilly Posnett
BackStory: Five Questions with Lilly Posnett Author of Bird Sounds What inspired you to write ‘Bird Sounds’? I’ve only recently discovered flash fiction and I was considering what kind of moments the form is uniquely able to capture. I came…
FlashBack Feature: Catching Up with Nuala O’Connor
FlashBack Feature: Catching Up with Nuala O’Connor Author of Ébauche, Esquisse, Étude, Tableau We’ll be back next autumn with our ninth season of historical flash, but in the meantime, we’re spending the week celebrating Nuala O’Connor’s new collection of historical…
BackStory: Three Questions with Barbara Buckley Ristine
BackStory: Three Questions with Barbara Buckley Ristine Author of Faerie Coffins What inspired you to write this ‘Faerie Coffins’? I spent a day in the Scottish National Museum in Edinburgh, and I was fascinated by an exhibit about the miniature…