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The BLB Podcast interrogates and celebrates the short story form. On each episode we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, talk about their work, writing and editing processes, how they got published, and what they’re reading.
Hosted by Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles.
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BLB Podcast - 2023 Short Story Prize Winner, K. Lockwood Jefford
We spoke to K . Lockwood Jefford about winning the 2023 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize, her story 'Kissing in Berlin', how she edits and what she's reading.
Show notes:
Cynan Jones, Laurie Lee, Dylan Thomas, Irenosen Okojie, Eley Williams, Sara Baume, Chris Power, Josephine Rowe, Persephone Book of Short Stories, Celine and Julie Go Boating
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BLB Podcast - Attrib. with Eley Williams
The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode, we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading.
In the fifth episode of season two, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles talk to Eley Williams about her short story collection, Attrib. and Other Stories -
BLB Podcast - The Angel of Rome with Jess Walter
The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode, we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading.
In the fourth episode of season two, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles talk to Jess Walter about his latest short story collection, The Angel of Rome
Show notes:
Ada Zhang
Alice Munro
Denis Johnson
Edward P Jones
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BLB Podcast - 2022 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize winner, Imogen Fox
For episode 15 of the BLB Podcast, we spoke to Imogen Fox, winner of the 2022 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize. Imogen reads from her winning story Missy Starling and talks about how being funny is community, the intimacy of a hammer, the inspiring Nanny Flowers and the writers who changed her mind about short fiction.
She also offers advice for anyone entering this year's short story prize!
Imogen Fox is a fiction writer from Manchester. She has an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths College, where her portfolio piece, a short story called ‘The Swimming Pool’, won the Pat Kavanagh Prize. She is now working on developing this piece into a full-length novel.
Show Notes:
Mary Gaitskill
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Claire Tomalin
Stacy Shiff
Persuasion by Jane Austen -
BLB Podcast - We Move with Gurnaik Johal
The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode, we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading.
In the second episode of season two, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles talk to Gurnaik Johal about his debut short story collection, We Move
Show notes:
Septology by Jon Fosse
White Tears by Hari Kunzru
Yiyun Li
Omakase by Weike Wang
Jon McGregor
Reverse Engineering
Scratch Books -
BLB Podcast - The Consequences with Manuel Muñoz
The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading.
In the first episode of season two, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles talk to Manuel Muñoz about his latest short story collection, The Consequences
Show notes:
Edward P Jones
Joan Silber
The Indigo Press
Edizioni Black Coffee
Angie Cruz
Then The War by Carl Philips
Music by Andrew Everitt
Customer Reviews
Don’t stop!
Love your commitment to the short story!
Finally a good short fiction podcast
Have been looking for a podcast dedicated to short fiction for a while now so was thrilled to find this. So far the guests have been brill and it’s great to get different insights into the writing process of various practitioners.