The Weaver Of Balliguish
He continues with his toil but, at times, a black look overtakes him and it appears his heart is no longer in his work. What is there to do? Could what was once such a joy to him have become a burden?
An early morning walk
Again, I find myself walking down that particular stretch of pavement. It leads vaguely towards the centre of town. A place I haven’t been for many years. Not if I can help it in any case. Too many dangers. Too many…
Prototype 2 / Unsound Methods Anakana Schofield
So it seems I’ve not posted on here for a while and having made it halfway through 2020 and finally managed to log back in it seems a good time to share a couple of pieces of news. Anthology 2 First up, I’m delighted to have a short piece featured in Prototype 2, the second issue …
Unsound Methods Episode 17 – Eimear McBride
In this episode we speak to Irish novelist, Eimear Mcbride whose debut novel, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, won the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize in 2013 and the 2014 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
In conversation with Eimear McBride – Unsound Methods 17
In this episode we speak to Irish novelist, Eimear Mcbride whose debut novel, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, won the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize in 2013 and the 2014 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
Unsound Methods Ep. 12: Noémi Lefebvre and Eimear McBride
After a bit of a break over the summer Unsound Methods is back with a couple of bonus episodes, recorded at the Beyond Words Festival at the Institut Francais earlier in the year. We sat down with Noémi Lefebvre, the author of ‘Blue Self-Portrait’ and Eimear McBride, author of ‘A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing’ …
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Unsound Methods Ep. 11: Olga Tokarczuk and Jennifer Croft
In the latest episode of Unsound Methods we speak to the winner of the Man Booker International prize 2018 Olga Tokarczuk and her translator Jennifer Croft. Olga and Jennifer were joint winners of the prize for the translated version of Olga’s book Bieguni (Flights) and we caught up with them two days after their win to discuss …
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Unsound Methods episodes round-up
A quick update with some of the most recent episodes of Unsound Methods. We are now approaching episode 10 so thought it was time for a quick round-up of the last few… Ep 06 Alex Pheby Alex Pheby is author of ‘Grace’ (Two Ravens Press), ‘Playthings’ and the forthcoming ‘Lucia. We talk about having …
Unsound Methods Episode 05: Esther Kinsky
This week we speak to Esther Kinsky, recent winner of the Leipziger Buchmesse Prize and author of River from Fitzcarraldo Editions. We talk about the interplay between memory and writing, turning notes into art, the linguistic acrobatics of multilingualism and trying to apprehend the gap between sensation and the experience of language. River is available …
Unsound Methods Episode 04: Michael Stewart
In episode 04 of the podcast we speak to Michael Stewart, author of the novels King Crow and Cafe Assassin and the collections Couples and Mr Jolly. We discuss performing plays in prisons, how dialogue decides form, the explosion of indie publishers in Northern England, and how to escape if you’re locked in a shop with …