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David Heatley | Interview
David Heatley & Simon Willis
‘There’s something magical about a pictographic doodle that’s simple enough to scan and then move on.’
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.’
David Peace and Kyoko Nakajima in Conversation
Kyoko Nakajima & David Peace
‘When we talk about history, the dangers of embellishment, fabrication and wilful distortion are ever-present’
David Szalay | Podcast
David Szalay & Ted Hodgkinson
David Szalay on how spending time in Hungary makes it easier to write about London, trying to live off betting on horses and how memory informs his work.
Deborah Levy | Podcast
Deborah Levy & Ted Hodgkinson
Here Deborah Levy spoke to online editor Ted Hodgkinson about why as she wants to resist anything resembling a comfort zone and why writing fiction is about ‘finding reasons to live’.
Diana McCaulay | Interview
Diana McCaulay
‘I want my writing to be grounded in the real and complex place, without nostalgia or idealization.’
Diane Williams In Conversation | Podcast
Diane Williams & Luke Neima
Williams discusses her approach to writing and editing, the gatekeepers of literary publication and stitching.
Dinaw Mengestu | Interview
Dinaw Mengestu
Dinaw Mengestu talks about how he came to write ‘Big Money’, his contribution to Granta 108, his forthcoming novel, his relationship with his hometown, Chicago, and his inspiration as a writer.
Dominique Fortier and Rhonda Mullins In Conversation
Dominique Fortier & Rhonda Mullins
Translator and writer Rhonda Mullins in conversation with novelist and translator Dominique Fortier.
Don DeLillo & Paul Auster | Podcast
Paul Auster & Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo and Paul Auster discuss their work in Granta 117: Horror, ‘impoverished characters’ and living in and writing about New York.
Don DeLillo | Interview
Don DeLillo & Yuka Igarashi
‘The stories are representative of one slice of mind. The novels are mind, body, day and night, and what I ate for lunch.’
Dorothea Lasky and Adam Fitzgerald In Conversation
Dorothea Lasky & Adam Fitzgerald
‘I want to get to that place of cold neutrality where almost anything could work in poetry.’
Edinburgh Book Festival Special | Podcast
Kapka Kassabova & Peter Stamm
In this special Edinburgh Book Festival edition of the Granta Podcast Laura Barber talks to Kapka Kassabova (Street Without a Name, Twelve Minutes of Love) and Peter Stamm (Seven Years) about the often paradoxical relationship between writing and place.
