The Page One Christmas Special 2024 feat. Anna Mazzola, Abir Mukherjee & Vaseem Khan

Crime author Jo Callaghan on overcoming personal grief and rejection to write an award-winning novel

Crime and horror author Barnaby Walter on meticulous planning and writing to market

Author Adam Howorth on why he wanted to follow the music industry model for publishing his debut

Genoveva Dimova on bringing Slavic fantasy to readers with her books Foul Days & Monstrous Nights

Are you a planner or a pantser as a writer? Is one approach to writing better than the other?

Chloe C. Peñaranda on using TikTok to grow her audience and moving from self to trad publishing

How can authors deal with all the waiting in querying and publishing?

Former cop and crime author Graham Bartlett on how he set up his crime writing consultancy business

Agents Clare Conville & Byrd Leavell discuss The Andromeda Award for sci fi & fantasy writers

How can authors or screenwriters rework old material when writing their stories?

Self-published to trad and back again: Harry Fisher on buying your rights back from a publisher

Charlie Parker author John Connolly on selling cross-genre stories and his writing journey

Labyrinth author Kate Mosse on writing historical fiction and not worrying what publishers want

Author David Goodman shares how perseverance led to a publishing deal for his debut, A Reluctant Spy

Lee Child talks about creating Jack Reacher and Andrew Child tells us about continuing the legacy

Thank you - and the Next Chapter of Page One - The Writer's Podcast

Discovery of Witches author Deborah Harkness on accidentally becoming a best-selling novelist

Author Mark Lawrence on writing fantasy epics without any planning

Dan Malakin on honing his craft on short stories and how he constantly changes his writing process

Conn Iggulden on why he loves his characters and how his approach to historical fiction has changed

Ilaria Bernardini on writing in both Italian & English and the difference in novel and screenwriting

Bloody Scotland's Bob McDevitt on organising literary festivals and the thorny subject of funding

Gollancz editor Gillian Redfearn on discovering Joe Abercrombie & what catches her eye as an editor

Literary Agents of the Year Becky Brown & Norah Perkins on why authors must think about their wills!

Literary agent Julie Crisp on the red flags she sees in query letters and more

Literary agent John Baker on why he likes to see stories that take big risks

Literary agent Jonny Geller on the importance of query letters and the role of an agent

Literary agent Francesca Riccardi on how to hook an agent - and what to avoid!

Author Kim Sherwood on having her dreams come true when being asked to write James Bond

Author Jasper Fforde on crafting unique worlds and daring himself to develop his ideas

Eliza Chan on the differences between short and long-form storytelling and becoming a bestseller

Gareth Brown on his huge debut hit, The Book of Doors, and why patience is so important as a writer

Atomic Blonde creator Antony Johnston on the differences in writing for comics, books & video games

Author and editor James Logan talks about his debut fantasy novel The Silverblood Promise

Literary agents Felicity Blunt and Gráinne Fox on the importance of literary book fairs

Hugh Howey on the benefits of self-publishing alongside trad, writing Wool, Silo and more!

Inkle's Jon Ingold on writing interactive fiction games like Heaven's Gate and A Highland Song

Bestselling author Simon Beckett on the ups & downs of the publishing industry and writing The Lost

Chocolat author Joanne Harris on the current state of the publishing industry and more

Catriona Ward on writing horror, her long journey to publication and more!

Crime author Dominic Nolan on pitching novels, dealing with rejection and researching his novels

Dark Matter author Blake Crouch on why he took a gamble to write a "big" speculative story

Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle author Stuart Turton talk about his writing career

Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson on how he moved from politics to thriller writing

Author Tariq Ashkanani on his debut novel, Welcome to Cooper, and how he honed his writing voice

Authors Nicholas Binge & David Goodman discuss their 2023 writing & reading highlights with us

Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey on writing together & why authors need to be paid properly

The Turnglass author Gareth Rubin on why he wrote a tête-bêche novel - and why he loathes writing!

Susan Lewis on writing 50 bestsellers and why screenwriting was her apprenticeship

Ian Moore tells us why he is happy to have left standup for novel writing and more

Former stand-up Caimh "CK" McDonnell on why he enjoys jumping between self-publishing and trad

The Bone Ships author RJ Barker on the worst writing advice he ever received and more

Sunyi Dean on the fickleness of being an author & why she wants to raise the curtain on the industry

Combat Codes author Alexander Darwin on how to succeed in self-publishing & making the move to trad

4 million copy bestseller Mark Edwards on how he made such a success of self-publishing and more

Lauren Beukes returns to talk multiverses, real-life killers, and why AI is bad for writers

Dean Koontz on creating twists and why writing across genres keeps things interesting as an author

Comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on the differences in writing comedy, video games and novels

Screenwriter & author Fflur Dafydd on the challenges of adapting her own work and more