The Hertford Bookshelf

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Hertford writers may have cut their teeth on essays and problem sheets – but they are now writing across an amazing range of genres, from children’s picture books to literary fiction, from young adult novels to crime, from non-fiction to poetry. In the Hertford Bookshelf podcast, Professor Emma Smith meets Hertford writers to find out more about their work, their influences, their advice for would-be writers, and their memories of the college.

Episodes

  1. 12/17/2021

    Emma Smith interviews Shahnaz Ahsan

    Shahnaz Ahsan is Emma's guest to discuss her debut novel, Hashim & Family. They talk about Bangladesh, about the personal and the political, and about the classroom experience that has seared itself into her fiction.

    29 min

  2. 12/17/2021

    Emma Smith interviews Alex Preston

    Emma Smith chats with Alex Preston about Hertford, his career in finance, bees, and his new historical novel Winchelsea - Emma also teases Alex about the label of Mr Nice Review in Private Eye.

    42 min

  3. 11/30/2021

    Emma Smith interviews Louisa Reid

    Louisa Reid's Young Adult novels in verse have been widely praised: join Emma Smith for a discussion of the challenges and responsibilities of writing for teens, as well as Louisa's experience as a teacher.

    40 min

  4. 11/17/2021

    Emma Smith interviews Claire McGowan

    Memories, genre fiction and writing under a different pen name are all on the agenda for this podcast with Northern Irish crime author Claire McGowan (and her alter ego Eva Woods). Intro/outro music: Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet, Danzi: Wind Quintet Op 67 No 3 In E-Flat Major, 4 Allegretto. Cover photograph by Edmund Blok. Produced by Hannah Bironzo and Nathan Stazicker.

    28 min

  5. 11/04/2021

    Emma Smith interviews Anya Glazer

    This week’s guest is children’s picture book author and illustrator Anya Glazer. We talk dinosaurs, sisters, merchandizing and how she riffed on her Modern Languages degree for her first book, Thesaurus has a Secret. Intro/outro music: Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet. Danzi: Wind Quintet Op 67 No 3 In E-Flat Major, 4 Allegretto

    32 min

  6. 10/21/2021

    Emma Smith interviews James Hawes

    James Hawes, novelist and micro-historian of The Shortest History of England and The Shortest History of Germany, talks about agents and editors, his role in the worst film ever made, and playing the French horn on the roof of Hertford’s library. Intro/outro music: Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet, Danzi: Wind Quintet Op 67 No 3 In E-Flat Major, 4 Allegretto http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soni_Ventorum/Franz_Danzi_Wind_Quintet_Opus_67/08_-_Danzi-_Wind_Quintet_Op_67_No_3_In_E-Flat_Major_4_Allegretto

    37 min
  • 6 Episodes

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Hertford writers may have cut their teeth on essays and problem sheets – but they are now writing across an amazing range of genres, from children’s picture books to literary fiction, from young adult novels to crime, from non-fiction to poetry. In the Hertford Bookshelf podcast, Professor Emma Smith meets Hertford writers to find out more about their work, their influences, their advice for would-be writers, and their memories of the college.

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  • Creator
    Oxford University
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Oxford University; the media items are released with a Creative Commons licence
  • Show Website
    The Hertford Bookshelf