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Always Take Notes

Always Take Notes

Always Take Notes is a fortnightly podcast from London for and about writers and writing. Hosts Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd speak to a diverse range of people in the industry on a variety of topics, from the mysteries of slush piles and per-word rates, to how data are changing the ways newspapers do business and how to pitch a book. patreon.com/alwaystakenotes

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Episodis

250 episodis

  1. Franz Wild on investigating the rich and powerful 1:06:47
  2. Charlotte Mursell on working at Mills & Boon, the romantasy boom and spotting a bestseller 1:03:38
  3. David Walsh on his 13-year pursuit of cycling drug cheat Lance Armstrong and whether collision sports have a future 1:12:23
  4. Madeleine Milburn on running her own literary agency, discovering "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine" and what makes a perfect book-club book 1:05:34
  5. Matt Haig on his early struggles as a literary novelist and the unexpected success of his memoir "Reasons to Stay Alive" 1:09:29
  6. Amanda Harris on the economics of publishing, setting up her own literary agency and what makes a worthwhile celebrity book 1:00:16
  7. Jeff Maysh on optioning dozens of his magazine stories to film and TV production companies and the roots of his interest in crime 1:06:23
  8. Vicki Willden-Lebrecht on screens, the reading crisis and building a business around illustrated children's books 53:22
  9. Tom Rob Smith on his bestselling debut "Child 44", screenwriting for the BBC and FX, and taking a different approach in his new novel "Twenty Years Together" 1:09:51
  10. Siri Hustvedt talks about her marriage to the novelist Paul Auster - and writing about him after his death in “Ghost Stories” 58:59
  11. John Lanchester on his novelistic portrayal of London on the brink of a financial crisis in "Capital" and intergenerational strife in his new book "Look What You Made Me Do" 1:06:52
  12. Kathryn Stockett on the success (and controversy) of "The Help" and taking 17 years to publish a follow-up novel, "The Calamity Club" 1:01:33
  13. Michael Morpurgo on how his novel about a horse in the First World War gained a spectacular second life on stage and screen 1:18:01
  14. Lauren Groff on book bans, artificial intelligence and what novels set in the past reveal about the present 1:08:23
  15. Jason Burke on his career as a foreign correspondent and unravelling 1970s terror networks in his new book 1:07:59
  16. Katy Hessel on making museums accessible, writing "The Story of Art without Men" and the value of an art-history degree 1:11:59
  17. Doug Naylor on creating iconic 80s and 90s TV, a hit novelty song and books for children 1:06:08
  18. Mary Beard on "The Odyssey", "Gladiator 2" and why popular culture is always in dialogue with the ancient world 1:12:13
  19. Jacques Testard on setting up Fitzcarraldo Editions, publishing fiction in translation and those blue-and-white covers 1:04:24
  20. Nicole Vanderbilt on how Bookshop.org is taking on Amazon through recommendations, not algorithms 59:12
  21. Frank Close on the nuclear age, physics' forgotten figures and writing for a general audience 59:51
  22. #229: Moira Buffini, playwright, screenwriter and novelist 1:01:55
  23. #228: Salman Rushdie, novelist 1:11:04
  24. #227: Michelle Paver, novelist 1:01:29
  25. #226: Anthony Horowitz, novelist 1:04:32
  26. #225: Susan Choi, novelist 58:55
  27. #224: Dean Koontz, novelist 1:11:05
  28. #223: Sarah Perry, novelist 1:06:51
  29. #222: James Alistair Henry, screenwriter and novelist 1:02:22
  30. #221: Eimear McBride, novelist 1:03:13
  31. #220: Anthony Cheetham, publisher 44:38
  32. #219: Jacqueline Wilson, novelist 1:08:08
  33. #218: Jesse Armstrong, screenwriter 59:41
  34. #217: Hallie Rubenhold, historian 1:03:28
  35. #216: Viet Thanh Nguyen, novelist and academic 1:12:35
  36. #215: Jojo Moyes, novelist 1:01:15
  37. #214: Ben Macintyre, journalist and author 1:09:21
  38. #213: Diana Evans, novelist and journalist 1:03:01
  39. #212: Andrew O'Hagan, novelist and non-fiction writer 1:05:56
  40. #211: Dani Shapiro, novelist and non-fiction writer 1:06:30
  41. #210: Joshi Herrmann, founder, Mill Media 1:06:45
  42. #209: Nnedi Okorafor, novelist 1:09:48
  43. #208: Ben Okri, novelist 1:14:08
  44. #207: Clair Wills, author and academic 1:02:52
  45. #206: Tim Winton, novelist 1:05:13
  46. #205: Hannah Barnes, journalist and author 1:08:02
  47. #204: Michael Lewis, journalist and author 1:04:50
  48. #203: Clare Alexander, literary agent, Aitken Alexander Associates 1:04:19
  49. #202: Philippe Sands, author and lawyer 1:10:28
  50. #201: Reni Eddo-Lodge, journalist and author 1:01:59