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Author Q&A with Jonathan Coe
Kele Okereke talks music with the acclaimed novelist and biographer. Continue Reading Author Q&A with Jonathan Coe
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Q&A: Ben Fergusson on The Spring of Kasper Meier
Ben Fergusson – author of Litro’s current Book Club pick, the thrilling debut The Spring of Kasper Meier – tells us about his experiences living in Berlin, the importance of ...
Interviews, Litro #134: Augmented Reality
Author Q&A with Bruce Sterling
Cyberpunk guru Bruce Sterling gives us the lowdown on Augmented Reality. Continue Reading Author Q&A with Bruce Sterling
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Interviews, Litro #133: Shakespeare
Author Q&A with Marina Fiorato
“To begin with the weight of his genius absolutely crippled me. I had what I thought was this terrific idea that all the characters would speak as if they were ...
Girls Behaving Badly: an interview with Emma Jane Unsworth
I find that the fun comes either side of the writing: having ideas is fun, and seeing the finished thing is fun, but the bit in the middle is just ...
Interviews, Litro #132: The Fairer Sex
Author Q&A with Louise Welsh
“She initially comes across as good fun but superficial, but Stevie knows what is important – friendship, loyalty and justice… Stephanie or Steph just wouldn’t suit her. She has a ...
Getting Stuck in the Snow: an interview with Dan Rhodes
There’s never going to be a shortage of horrifying public figures to make fun of. I’m sure they would get a lot of mileage out of Vince Cable for a ...
Q&A: Naomi Foyle on Astra: Book One of The Gaia Chronicles
Naomi Foyle – author of Litro’s current Book Club pick, the engaging Astra: Book One of The Gaia Chronicles – tells us about female and teen sexuality in the novel, ...
Writing the Funny Pages: an Interview with Charlie Hill
I’m fascinated by the relationship between booze and writing. I can’t write after having a drink but I do revise. I like what Guy Debord said about it: “I have ...
Interviews, Litro #131: Family
Author Q&A with Matt Haig
I try and write with as much power as I can muster, and somehow this always sends me back to family stories. I suppose we all have family, family defines ...
Latitude: An Interview with Nathan Filer
Nathan Filer’s debut novel, The Shock of the Fall was released to critical acclaim in May. We managed to grab a quick word before he headed down to Latitude Festival. ...
An Epic Project: Interview with Richard House on The Kills
Litro contributor Richard House tells us about his four-novel series The Kills, a political thriller and epic literary project that’s set to be one of the literary events of the ...
A Dark and Bloody Debut: Jack Wolf on The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones
“Laurence Sterne wouldn’t have written this novel. He’d have probably read it in the dark, and then not admitted to reading it. The 18th century couldn’t have published this, unless ...
Life After a Cult: Peggy Riley on writing Amity & Sorrow
“I wanted to create my own faith from all the faiths and cults that I remember while I was growing up, from the California cults of Charles Manson and Reverend ...
After the Apocalypse: Going Underground in Hugh Howey’s Wool
The next Hunger Games? Dystopian-fiction fan Emily Ding reviews Hugh Howey’s Wool and chats with the Florida-based author about his journey from self-publishing sensation to Big-Six author, and how it ...
Between Myth and History: An Interview with Travis Elborough
When we learnt the nursery rhyme about the bridge at school our teacher made a remark about it being sold to America, and my interest was piqued at a young ...
Russ Litten Introduces Swear Down, Our Current Book Club Title
One of the lads I worked with in prison had LOYALTY ABOVE ALL LAWS tattooed down the inside of his arm and I became interested in the consequences of living ...
Philip Pullman on His New Retelling of Grimm Fairytales
Myths have an explanatory purpose. They explain why the rainbow is there, for example, or why we have the seasons, or why we die—big questions. Fairytales are not like that. ...
Carlos Gamerro on his novel, The Islands, and writing alternative pasts.
A large metropolis like London or Buenos Aires cannot really be known by any of its inhabitants, unless he is forced to visit slum and palace alike in search of ...
Work for twentysomethings: What am I doing wrong?
Henry Goldman of yranadult.com interviews Dr. Meg Jay, clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Virginia, who specializes in twentysomethings and recently published The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter ...