Category: Interview (page 9)

BackStory: Five Questions with Mark Left Author of It’s Raining Today What inspired you to write ‘It’s Raining Today’? I’ve long had a fascination with the Second World War and the long shadow it casts. You can’t grow up through…

BackStory: Six Questions with Tamsin Cottis Author of Freedom Pass What inspired you to write ‘Freedom Pass’? My first proper job, in the early 1980s, was working with adult with learning disabilities who’d returned to London from many decades of…

BackStory: Five Questions with Mary-Jane Holmes Author of Down the Long, Long Line What inspired you to write ‘Down the Long, Long Line’? This piece came from a writing prompt combined with research for a project looking at outstanding women…

BackStory: Three Questions with Jude Higgins Author of Wolf Moon What inspired you to write ‘Wolf Moon’? I’ve been sharing prompt words daily with John Wheway for a while and the word ‘wolf’ plus a few other words in this…

BackStory: Five Questions with Jan Kaneen Author of The Arnolfini Funeral What inspired you to write ‘The Arnolfini Funeral’? I watched a documentary series on BBC 4 called A Stitch in Time, where fashion historian Amber Butchart explores historical figures…

BackStory: Four Questions with Ali McGrane Author of Tar i leith What inspired you to write ‘Tar i leith’? It was inspired by knowing someone in my extended family who experienced this, was brought up on the west coast of…

BackStory: Five Questions with Rachael Dunlop Author of Nonna No Name What inspired you to write this ‘Nonna No Name’? This piece is based on a true story that forms part of the family history of a friend of mine.…

BackStory: Five Questions with Mary Scott Author of When the Walking’s Done What inspired you to write this “When the Walking’s Done”? This piece was inspired by the true story of Captain Moonlite – real name Andrew George Scott –…

BackStory: Five Questions with Paul Phillips Author of Kom-bat What inspired you to write ‘Kom-bat’? A pistol, with its own memories. I’d had the idea of writing a collection of stories — some flash, some much longer — linked by a particular…

BackStory: Six Questions with Riham Adly Author of Why I Left You That Day in a Pawnshop What inspired you to write ‘Why I Left You That Day in a Pawnshop’? There is a deep-rooted longing in me to the…