Writing podcasts

As I mentioned in a recent post, I have discovered the wonderful world of podcasts. I currently subscribe to BBC Radio 4 Bookclub and Books and Authors, Radio National's Books +, The Guardian's Books podcasts, The Naked Book and The Writing University (from the University of Iowa).  It's becoming my own audio learning centre where I get to listen to the world's best authors and industry professionals talking about writing and publishing (and I can listen while I'm walking the dog, or weeding the garden). Here is a list of the most inspiring literary podcasts I have discovered ... and I will be adding to it over time ...


Authors and books

• Jeffrey Eugenides at the Brisbane Writers Festival - Radio National, 'you should write as if you are writing a letter to your cleverest friend...'
• Featuring Deborah Levy and Keith Ridgway - The Guardian Books 
• Lionel Shriver discusses We Need to Talk About Kevin - BBC Bookclub 
• Will Self discusses his Booker shortlisted novel Umbrella and 50th anniversary of Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange - BBC Open Book
• The writer’s banquet – in the author’s kitchen with Morris Gleitzman, Andrea Goldsmith and Toni Jordan - Radio National, The Book Show On the similarities between writing and cooking
  
• Lionel Shriver on her controversial novel The New Republic and Evan S Connell's classic novel Mrs Bridge - BBC Open Book
  
  

On writing

• Outlining the Mary Way - Writing Excuses
• Your must-have book checklist - from idea to publication - Wordplay
• Lon Otto: ‘Avoiding Literary Thin Ice’ – The Writing University
• Marcos M. Villatoro: ‘Finding Inspiration from the Work Itself’ – The Writing University

On publishing

• Debut novels - The Guardian Books, listen to the section where editors Selina Walker and Leah Woodburn talk about discovering and publishing debut novels
• Shiny, Happy, Publishing People - Radio Litopia, Creative Penn’s Joanna Penn, Founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross, agent Piers Blofeld and author Nick Harkaway on the London Book Fair, self-publishing, Amazon and online writers communities 
• Something Innovative This Way Comes with Small Demons’s Richard Nash, Unbound’s John Mitchinson and Flooved’s Hamish Brocklebank – Radio Litopia’s The Naked Book. An interesting insight into new publishing start-ups

Also, check out this list of Best Book-ish podcasts on the Momentum blog (some good suggestions in the comments too) ... http://momentumbooks.com.au/blog/the-best-book-ish-podcasts-confessions-of-a-podcast-addict/