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George Saunders | Podcast
George Saunders & Ted Hodgkinson
George Saunders talks about allowing his characters access to goodness, why he avoids ‘auto-dark’ in his stories, and the death of David Foster Wallace.
Tahmima Anam | Podcast
Tahmima Anam & Saskia Vogel
An interview with Tahmima Anam, one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists.
Steven Hall | Podcast
Steven Hall & Ted Hodgkinson
Steven Hall on the internet, writing from memory and Ian the Cat.
Zoë Meager | Interview
Zoë Meager
‘I haven’t written much local stuff, because I guess I’ve been more interested in the meeting of (potential) worlds.’
Michael Mendis | Interview
Michael Mendis
‘Mostly, writing is part of my process of understanding the world.’
Julian Jackson | Interview
Julian Jackson
‘I don’t have a short answer to where I am from – but perhaps that lack of ‘place’ influences my writing voice.’
Sharon Millar | Interview
Sharon Millar
‘Writing allows me to go below the surface and pull up the things that can’t be articulated in any other form.’
Eliza Robertson | Interview
Eliza Robertson
‘I suppose if something moves me to write, I don't question it.’
Granta Portugal | Interview
Carlos Vaz Marques & Ted Hodgkinson
‘We’ve kept the issue a secret because our goal was to offer a genuine feeling of discovery to Granta Portugal’s subscribers.’
Jenni Fagan | Podcast
Ellah Allfrey & Jenni Fagan
Jenni Fagan speaks with Ellah Alfrey about the care system, her days in a band and how a library van nurtured her love of reading.
Kamila Shamsie | Podcast
Kamila Shamsie & John Freeman
Granta Best of Young British novelist Kamila Shamsie talks to John Freeman about love, war and citizenship.
Ross Raisin | Podcast
Ross Raisin & Yuka Igarashi
Ross Raisin discusses how he evokes place and inhabits characters in his writing, the difference in his approaches to novels and short stories and his work on his forthcoming novel.