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Evie Wyld | Podcast
Evie Wyld & Ted Hodgkinson
Evie Wyld talks to online editor Ted Hodgkinson about why living in Peckham makes it easier to write about rural Australia, how memory informs her stories and why she can’t write a novel without at least one shark in it.
Adam Foulds | Podcast
Adam Foulds
Adam Foulds spoke to John Freeman about how he wanted to be a scientist before discovering writing and his time working in a warehouse as a forklift truck driver.
Turkish Granta | Interview
Berrak Gocer & Ted Hodgkinson
‘The writings, when they came together, made it very clear that there will always be a new approach to the issue of identity.’
Gadi Taub | Best Untranslated Writers
Etgar Keret
‘At first, I thought the best way to introduce Gadi Taub’s powerful novel would be through its sophisticated and twist-filled plot. But the hard hitting story isn’t half as complex and unique as its protagonists.’
Granta China | Interview
Patrizia van Daalen, Peng Lun & Ted Hodgkinson
‘Young perspectives always facilitate access to a culture because they are more easily accepted, and it is easier, most times, to assimilate with them.’
Al Alvarez | Interview
Al Alvarez & Ted Hodgkinson
‘I think anything is good for you that makes you laugh.’
NoViolet Bulawayo | Interview
NoViolet Bulawayo
‘My love affair with books had turned into a marriage.’
David McConnell | Interview
David McConnell & Patrick Ryan
‘These were deranged acts but they were ultimately based on something that’s historically been treated as a social good, the sense of personal honour.’
Tan Twan Eng | Podcast
Tan Twan Eng & John Freeman
Tan Twan Eng speaks to Granta’s John Freeman about the art of shakkei and being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Lillian Li | Interview
Lillian Li
‘I don’t think I ever learned how to tell a story in the literal sense.’
The Ethics of Photojournalism | Podcast
Michael Salu, Afshin Dehkordi & Daniel Campbell Blight
Michael Salu, Afshin Dehkordi and Daniel Campbell Blight on controversial imagery and the relationship between the subject and the photographer.
James Lasdun | Podcast
James Lasdun & Ted Hodgkinson
James Lasdun on his memoir, D.H. Lawrence and why finding a close reader can sometimes be a curse.
