Faber Academy | Writing

We run creative writing courses at Faber and Faber. Follow for exclusive tips and insights into the writer's life.

5 Episodes

Kathryn Heyman – Inside Writing – The Faber Academy Podcast
10/23/2014
30:44
"Wanting to be a writer felt... ludicrous? Presumptuous?" Kathyrn Heyman is a novelist and creative writing tutor – she is the Fiction Director of Faber Writing Academy in Sydney. Here she talks to us about how "instinctive" dialogue takes years to learn, how you don't really "become" a novelist, and how to hatch the "big egg of desire" to write. Find out more about Faber Academy at www.faberacademy.co.uk/courses
Erica Wagner on a life in writing – Inside Writing – The Faber Academy Podcast
10/6/2014
30:28
Erica Wagner – novelist, creative writing tutor, MAN Booker Prize judge, literary editor – talks to George Miller about her life in writing. Find out more about Faber Academy at www.faberacademy.co.uk/courses
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Writing Historical Fiction – Inside Writing – The Faber Academy Podcast
4/17/2014
31:03
Maria McCann and Elizabeth Speller talk about research, Peter Carey's "Jack Maggs", "Great Expectations", and plenty more besides. Find out more about Faber Academy at www.faberacademy.co.uk/courses
Creating Other Worlds – Inside Writing – The Faber Academy Podcast
12/9/2013
30:24
Maggie Gee and Antonia Honeywell discuss creating other worlds, the problems and pleasures of incorporating research, being a debut novelist, being a twelve-time novelist and much more besides. Find out more about Faber Academy at http://www.faberacademy.co.uk/courses
Point of View – Inside Writing – The Faber Academy Podcast
10/21/2013
30:14
SJ Watson and Faber Academy Fiction Director Richard Skinner talk about point of view, free indirect style, Kazuo Ishiguro, first sentences, and plenty more besides.

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Faber Academy | Writing

Faber Academy | Writing

5 Episodes

Kathryn Heyman – Inside Writing – The Faber Academy Podcast

Erica Wagner on a life in writing – Inside Writing – The Faber Academy Podcast

Writing Historical Fiction – Inside Writing – The Faber Academy Podcast

Creating Other Worlds – Inside Writing – The Faber Academy Podcast

Point of View – Inside Writing – The Faber Academy Podcast