In conversation

The novelist tells of her love of the language of Trinidad and her move from law to writing.

Alex Wheatle talks to Roopa Farooki about his career as a writer of literary and Young Adult fiction.

Sea Sharp discusses how their writing has changed in crossing from the USA to the UK, escaping from the Jehovah's Witnesses and how their writing moves from the page to the stage.

From his acclaimed debut novel, through the years of being overlooked to becoming, once again, an author in demand.

Talking about his career as a writer for theatre, film and TV

The novelist Umi Sinha delves into her own past to tell a beautiful and brutal story of Anglo Indian conflict during the days of the Raj.

On Nanton’s witness of life in the Caribbean and use of creative writing as a way to capture its grounded reality.

Salena Godden speaking, remotely in lockdown, with her friend, the poet John Siddique.

Vaseem Khan's seven unpublished novels led him to write his prize-winning crime series set in Mumbai, India.

Anjum Malik talks to Trish Cooke about writing in two languages, her thoughts about the place of translation in poetry and the discipline of being a professional script-writer.

Zena Edwards talks to Trish Cooke about becoming a unique and compelling theatre performance poet, her way of ensuring she takes care of herself throughout this process, as well as her favourite authors and her tips for budding writers.

Colin Grant and Jeffrey Boakye trade anecdotes, hurl insults and agree on the perils of identifying as a black writer.