Mid-List and Bestseller level Patreon backers now have early access to this week's episode with Chiara Bullen, who tells us about her debut, The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance (out today!) and chats about what cosy fantasy really means. Join Patreon to watch now: patreon.com/ukpageone

Some great shows and guests this week in shows from @theconversation.bsky.social, @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social and @ukpageone.bsky.social

You can get a double-dose of Matthew as he also spoke to us on @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social, this time all about TTRPGs and his work with The Glass Cannon Podcast. bsky.app/profile/narr...

This week we’re joined by the brilliant Matthew Capodicasa, who tells us about writing for stage and screen, what it's like seeing actors bring your words to life, and how a TV writers’ room really works! Watch: youtu.be/gJDtmIPyXK8 Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

Patreon backers now have early access to this week's episode with playwright and screenwriter Matthew Capodicasa, who tells us about writing for different media and what it is really like to work in a TV writers' room. Join Patreon now to watch/listen: patreon.com/ukpageone

On this week's Adventures in Publishing-land, we wonder if pre-packaged book-to-film deals are good for authors. And of course, we chat about AI 🙄. Does anyone want an AI Michael Caine reading them The Odyssey? Plus, lots of other nonsense! Watch: youtu.be/joTsP8i4zCs Listen: linktr.ee/stetpodcasts

The finale of Haunted Fortunes is here! Our heroes have fought their way through the hideout and are ready to face their foe, Gaedren Lamm. But will they emerge victorious? Watch now to find out: youtu.be/c-OYyAmZ-Fw Or listen: linktr.ee/narrativedam...

We’re joined this week by the brilliant @benedictanning.bsky.social, who tells us how a change in approach in his writing landed him an agent and his debut deal with Atomic Coffin, described as The Hunt for Red October meets Event Horizon! Watch: youtu.be/cMOJqSutw98 Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

This week it's our live recording from Cymera Festival, where we had the chance to speak with the brilliant @annasmithspark.bsky.social about grimdark fantasy, mythology, comics and more! Watch: youtu.be/Eig9BWPjC6M Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

Want to nab an early copy of @nickbrucker.bsky.social's WHITE SMOKE? Join Discover First's father's day competition and you could win one of 100 super early copies (UK only). bit.ly/4vPPOMJ Can't enter? Didn't win? You can still read the prologue and first two chapters online there for FREE.

We’re going LIVE tonight at 7pm on YouTube and Facebook ! 🎙️✨ Join me for a special conversation with crime authors Mel Pennant, Remi Kone & Scarlett Brade. You do NOT want to miss this one. 🔔 Head to my YouTube channel NOW and hit the 🔔 www.youtube.com/live/ltesVgB...

Adventures in Publishing-land is back, talking falling author incomes, repeating AI lighthouse keepers, Readers' top 100 books - and what streaming service we want to adapt our books (are you listening Apple? 😆) Watch: youtu.be/yXSI7w-aakQ Listen: linktr.ee/stetpodcasts

Adventures in Publishing-land returns! Plus, new episodes from @theconversation.bsky.social and @ukpageone.bsky.social (plus a Page One Extra bonus episode!) Narrative Damage has a week off but will return next week!

For the morning crowd - don't miss Part 3 of this adventure - originally meant to be the finale, but this crew are far too disorganised to stick to such plans!

This week we’re joined by the brilliant J.D. Pennington, who tells us about breaking into novel writing after years trying as a screenwriter, and also gives us the unvarnished truths about seeing your novel adapted for the screen. Watch: youtu.be/nh4xTxhIPmk Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

Have you caught up with Episode 2 of Haunted Fortunes yet? Last week was all about finding the hideout of Gaedren Lamm... which the group just about did, though not without some bumps along the road... Watch the episodes so far and tune in tomorrow for Part 3: www.youtube.com/@narrativeda...

Show, Don't Tell... It's one of the great mantras that writers are told, but what does it actually mean - and should it always be applied? We discuss it on today's Drafting Notes! Watch: youtu.be/9QE2X7WHcP8 Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

It's late, but here is this week's schedule! No Adventures in Publishing-land (back next week) but still a whole host of great shows from @theconversation.bsky.social, @bingereadingbooks.bsky.social, @ukpageone.bsky.social and @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social! linktr.ee/stetpodcasts

Mid-list and Bestseller level Patreon backers now have early access to this week's interview with the brilliant Kieron Gillen, who joins us to talk about his comic writing career - and gives his views on what makes a good video game narrative. Join now to watch: patreon.com/ukpageone

Today I sit down with Felix Mosse former West End actor, script editor, and now debut novelist. We talk about his epic fantasy The Mistral, the leap from acting to writing, and what it really takes to make it through the publishing world, rejection, persistence, and the no.1 bus 🚌 😂.

The first part of our new actual play is out! Join our four authors turned adventurers in Korvosa and find out how our four characters were all betrayed by the same man - and how a mysterious Harrow reading binds their fates together... Watch: youtu.be/LKlKFlK8bjA Listen: linktr.ee/narrativedam...

On this week's episode, we are joined by the brilliant @callummcsorley.bsky.social, who tells us about what it was like to win the McIlvanney Prize - and why he was shocked to win. Plus, we hear about his new book, Rat Race! Watch: youtu.be/BAPzBpRzYNE Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

Patreon backers now have early access to this week's interview with the brilliant @callummcsorley.bsky.social, who tells us about bringing humour to crime, and teaching his English editor some key Scottish phrases... Join Patreon to watch/listen now: patreon.com/ukpageone

AIPL: we're joined by the brilliant @caileansteed.bsky.social to help us understand one of the stories from last time (we need all the help we can get!) Plus, AI, of course, always bloody AI... And a discussion about the "best books ever" Watch: youtu.be/rI0g_zOgzUU Listen: linktr.ee/stetpodcasts

It's a two-picture schedule sort of a week! Lots of interesting chat from Adventures in Publishing-land, @theconversation.bsky.social, @bingereadingbooks.bsky.social and @ukpageone.bsky.social, and well as the start of a new actual play from @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social linktr.ee/stetpodcasts

#TheHollowBoys by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social has been recommended by The Critic, described as a 'powerful book'. Get your hands on a copy of the McIlvanney Prize winning author's new thriller this Thursday! 📚 thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-...

A great variety of shows this week from @theconversation.bsky.social, @bingereadingbooks.bsky.social, @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social and @ukpageone.bsky.social

The brilliant @kierongillen.bsky.social joins us to talk all things TTRPGs, including telling us about the DIE Metadungeon, and why he thinks GMs make for good players at the table (normally!) Watch: youtu.be/YyigFu8Ex9Q Listen: linktr.ee/narrativedam...

Former Survivor contestant and now novelist @stephenfishbach.bsky.social joins us this week to tell us why he wanted to write Escape!, his debut novel, and how he used his experiences on reality TV to help develop the story. Watch: youtu.be/-ijwKwA9LeA Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

On today's Adventures in Publishing-Land, we struggle to understand a story about literacy (maybe we need to practice?) and Tariq comes up with a new get rich quick scheme... Watch now: youtu.be/slNy8IfzjDc Or listen: linktr.ee/stetpodcasts

A new Adventures in Publishing-land later today, plus some great guests on @theconversation.bsky.social, @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social and @ukpageone.bsky.social this week!

We’re joined this week by the brilliant @alessandraranelli.bsky.social, who tells us all about her love of detective fiction and the real-life inspiration behind her debut, Murder at the Hotel Orient, which is just out! Watch: youtu.be/lrnd70vrLIE Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

New drop alert! This month we are joined by @shaunalawless.bsky.social to help us breakdown what makes The Star of The Sea by Joseph o’Connor tick! ‘Understand your world, and you will understand your characters’ This is the place for the best writing tips on the web! 📚💙 #podcast #writingcommunity

This week, the brilliant @sskorkowsky.bsky.social joins us to talk about both his writing and his love of TTRPGs, and why he doesn't think there is huge overlap between the two - plus lots of tips on running games! Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/GAGzLK9vu10 Or listen: linktr.ee/narrativedam...

Tomorrow. Coffee Break. Gavin Bell. ☕ We’re getting into 138 Main Street, the surprising facts he stumbled across while writing and exactly how he wants readers to feel by the end. You already know where to find us 🎙️ Wherever you get your podcasts + YouTube 📺

🖊️✨ From banking to bookshelves , Aisha Hassan’s debut novel Where the Fireflies Dance is out now. We’re talking persistence, passion, and writing the book that’s been calling you. 🎧 New episode tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube.

Here's this week's schedule (Adventures in Publishing-land is taking a week off!) Some amazing guests on @theconversation.bsky.social, @bingereadingbooks.bsky.social, @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social and @ukpageone.bsky.social!

How do you define success as a writer? And does that definition change with every new book? That’s where PJ Vernon and I start and where we end up might surprise you. New episode of The Conversation out now. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch the full chat on YouTube. 🔗 Links in Bio

Patreon backers now have early access to this week's episode with @charlotterobinson.bsky.social, who tells us about how she got into TV producing, and the differences between TV and novel writing. Join Patreon to watch/listen now: patreon.com/ukpageone

On this week's Drafting Notes, we are talking about the moment nearly every aspiring author dreams of - the call with the agent. But what should you do? What questions to ask? Should you accept rep immediately? Join us to find out! Watch: youtu.be/CW21HaStTNU Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

Lots of fun shows this week on STET! Including great shows from @theconversation.bsky.social and @ukpageone.bsky.social , as well as bringing our writing-adjacent TTRPG show @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social under the STET umbrella!

A fun episode today as we chat with @mytholder.bsky.social about all things fiction writing (RPG chat coming next week on @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social!) He tells us about the difficulty of comparing yourself to others as a novel writer... Watch: youtu.be/DlMMzsKeKxs Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

Weewoowerwoo! New show, new episode, new artwork! This month on Speed Binges we read 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke. And we have the wonderful Crystal from the @basedonabook.bsky.social podcast come tell us what makes a great movie adaptation Linktree: linktr.ee/stetpodcasts... 💙📚

Patreon backers now have early access to our episode with @mytholder.bsky.social, who talks to us about his novel writing (TTRPG writing chat with him coming soon in an episode of @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social!) Join Patreon to watch/listen now: patreon.com/ukpageone

🎙️✨ Dive into the world of writing with author Stig Abell in this week’s episode! We explore the challenges of being a writer, the impact of AI on literature, and how social media is reshaping crime fiction 📚💭 Plus, we chat about his brand new novel A Twist in the River - out now!

On this week's Adventures in Publishing-land, we of course chat about various AI-related stories, as well as Freida McFadden's big reveal - and also her prolific writing speed and whether we could match it... Watch now: youtu.be/3QNoEVHdSCk Listen: linktr.ee/narrativedam...

A busy week! Adventures in Publishing-Land! Stig Abel on @theconversation.bsky.social! Speed Binges from @bingereadingbooks.bsky.social! And Gareth Hanrahan on @ukpageone.bsky.social!

On today's episode, we are joined by the brilliant @isabellebroom.bsky.social, who tells us all about moving from journalism to novel writing, and about her new novel, The House of Hidden Letters. Watch: youtu.be/Xp9M-Bz_Wmc Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

Today I’m taking a coffee break with debut author Tara Menon ☕📚 We’re talking about her new book Underwater, available now, and diving into the inspiration behind the story and her answer to one of my favourite questions, the random (and fascinating!) facts she discovered while writing her book.

🎙️ Dive into the world of storytelling with Mario Ambrosi! Mario and I talk about his debut novel Buckling and the Case of the Missing Pictures, the importance of understanding life histories and how our past shapes the stories we tell. 🎧Links in Bio