Literary Friction - Writing about Writers with Tan Twan Eng
Do you like reading about writers? What does good writing about the act of writing do? And what happens when you write a real writer into a novel? Our...
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A monthly conversation about books and ideas on NTS Radio hosted by friends Carrie Plitt, a literary agent, and Octavia Bright, a writer and academic. Each show features an author interview, book recommendations, lively discussion and a little music too, all built around a related theme - anything from the novella to race to masculinity. Listen live on NTS Radio www.nts.live
Minisode Thirty-nine: Cities
How do you feel about cities? Do you love the thrust and thrum of them, or are you more interested in escaping it? Do you like to read urban histories...
Literary Friction - Feminism with Sara Ahmed
What's the relationship between feminist writing and feminist activism? What does it mean to be a feminist killjoy, and what can we learn from her? Th...
Minisode Thirty-Eight: Book covers
Today our theme is… kinda judgy! Everyone says you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but we all know everyone does. So, this month we thought we'd ...
Literary Friction - Dancing Time with Jacqueline Crooks
Dancing can be about escape, about pleasure, but it can also be about protest. It can be a powerful means of expression, but how does writing capture ...
Minisode Thirty-Seven: Etiquette
Our theme this month was inspired by a recent story in New York magazine about, as they described it, “How to text, tip, ghost, host, and generally ex...
Literary Friction - Journalism with Tania Branigan
When journalists write books, how do they balance the potentially tricky relationship between weaving a compelling narrative and sticking to the facts...
Minisode Thirty-six: Money
Money makes the world go round: it's an inescapable presence in our lives, and yet in a lot of cultures it's still a pretty big conversational taboo. ...
Literary Friction - The Lives of Others with Kathryn Scanlan
Portraits of real people abound in books. There are novels that use transcribed conversations, like Sheila Heti’s How Should A Person Be, or fiction b...
Minisode Thirty-Five: Food and Feasting
Our January theme is heavily influenced by this time of year. Because the winter months are full of different feast days and celebrations, and because...