Writer and memoirist Silvia Rose walks us through her life in writing, from childhood dream diaries to the symbolism of the pomegranate, Granada to the peaks of Eryri, in the next instalment of our Hay Festival Writers at Work series.
Hay Festival Writer at Work Ben Huxley describes his debut collection of short stories, Cyberpunk Slums, launching (Un)Common literary magazine, the surrealism of Murakami and the role of chaos in his writing process.
In our first interview for this year’s Hay Festival Writers at Work series, Carys Shannon reflects on her debut novel Truth Like Water, her writing life, inspirations, and the best creative advice she has ever been given.
An interview with bestselling author Sophie Keetch, exploring Arthurian legend, feminine rage and the writing life.
Writer and novelist Brigid Lowe talks about the morning habits that birthed her debut book.
From Issue 003 | Crystal Jeans discusses her latest book, Blueprints, self-indulgence, the essay form, the realities of being a writer and of shrugging off that protective coat called ‘fiction’.
Journalist and writer Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett tells us about how motherhood has – and hasn’t – changed her writing life on the day of publication for her new book ‘The Republic of Parenthood.’
In our final interview with the Hay Festival Writers at Work cohort of 2025, we hear from writer, editor and all-round change-maker Gemma June Howell. She tells us how writing became so important to her as a working class woman, and the difficulty of juggling a creative practice with the realities of life, work and endless admin…
In the penultimate interview in our Writers at Work series, we spoke to the artist and translator Esyllt Angharad Lewis, about her evolving and multi-disciplinary creative practice, and the different forms and languages she weaves into her work.
For this Writers at Work interview, we asked historical fiction author Rebecca Thomas where it all started, and which essential reading shaped her writing life.
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