
Papertrail Christmas Episode - 2019
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Papertrail is a monthly interview series where writers share and discuss three books that have inspired and influenced them. Find new authors, discover exciting books, and get creative insig...

Season's greetings, everyone! Join Sophie and Alex as they discuss some of their favourite books from the year, including a round-up of what...

Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a writer and journalist. Her news reporting and literary work has appeared in Granta, the Sunday Times, HuffPost UK...

Anna Sherman was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She studied Greek and Latin at Wellesley College and at Lincoln College, Oxford. The Bells o...

Season is a London and Berlin-based writer, performance artist and teacher, and an associate producer of the I'm With You art collective. Sh...

Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is a Writer, a Comics Letterer, and the Eisner Award-Winning Editor of PanelxPanel . He has written for screen and for...

Hannah Sullivan is a poet and academic currently working at Oxford University. Her first collection of poetry, Three Poems, was published in...

Fiona's debut novel, Elmet , is set in Yorkshire and explores what happens when a family's idyllic, self-sufficient life is interrupted by t...

Nicole is a fiction and non-fiction writer, her work has appeared in The Dublin Review, The Stinging Fly, The Irish Times, and on BBC 4. She...

Michael is the author of ' Hold ', which was just shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for first novels. He is a graduate of the Royal...

Marc's Novel, 'Three Dreams In The Key Of G' was published by Dead Ink Books in 2018. He is the author of many other novels, as well as shor...

Tyler Wetherall is a journalist and author living in New York. Her work has appeared in a range of publications, including The Guardian, The...

Megan Hunter is the author of ' The End We Start From '. Her poetry has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and she was a finalist for t...

Chris is the author of the short story collection ' Mothers '. You can find his 'A Brief Survey of The Short Story' columns on The Guardian....

Happy holidays everyone! This is a different episode to usual, where Alex and Sophie have a festive round-up of some of their favourite book...

Rhiannon is a columnist, feature writer, and editor for The Guardian. In 2012 she co-founded The Vagenda which was published in book form by...

Tasha is a SFF writer living in London. Her debut novel, the Mughal India inspired epic fantasy, ' Empire of Sand ' came out on the 13th of...

Daisy's debut short story collection ' Fen ' came out in 2016 and made some serious waves. Now, at just 27, she's on the Booker Prize Shortl...

Aaron is the Director & Editor of Broken Sleep Books as well as the author of the poetry collection ' Tertiary Colours '. He has two upcomin...

Kirsty Logan is an author, freelance editor, and book reviewer. She is also a writing mentor for the WoMentoring Project . (Check out a prev...

May-Lan Tan is a British Chinese writer based in Berlin. Having studied fine art at Goldsmiths, she now works as a ghostwriter. Her collecti...

Hannah is a poet, memoirist and creative writing tutor. Her books include ' Chick ', ' Long Time No See ', and most recently, ' Chan '. HANN...

Samantha Harvey is the author of four novels, the most recent of which is The Western Wind . Her novels have been shortlisted many prizes, i...

Jules is an author interested how individuals and organisations use therapeutic practices from ancient philosophies and wisdom traditions to...

Sharlene Teo was born in Singapore in 1987and has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, where she received the Booke...

Johnny Harris is a writer, actor, and producer. His latest film, Jawbone , came out in 2017 and has been nominated for a BAFTA. Johnny has a...

Dr Preti Taneja is the author of ' We That Are Young ', published by Galley Beggar Press . We that are young was listed as one of the Sunday...

Niven is the author of four books. Including All the Days And Nights , and Black Bread White Beer . He has also been featured in Best Britis...

Dan is the author of ' Climbing Days ' in which he retraces the steps of his great-great-aunt and uncle, the mountaineers Dorothy Pilley and...

Darran is the author of ' Imaginary Cities ', an exploration of metropolis, imagination, and the symbiosis within. It was published by Influ...

Joanna Walsh is a writer of fiction and non, fiction. Her latest book, ' Worlds From The Words End ', is available now from And Other Storie...

Dan is a writer and journalist. His first novel 'The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas' is currently available for pre-order from the wond...

Cassandra is a writer of fantastic stories that blend cultures, mythologies, and the modern world together in wonderful ways. The sequel to...

This month I'm joined by novelist Helen McClory. Helen's novel, Flesh of the Peach , is available now from Freight Books . She is also the a...

Sarah is an Online Editor at The Bookseller , and writes about books for Stylist Magazine . She is also the co-founder of BAME in publishing...

Pippa is a Novelist and Short Story writer with a PhD in Astronomy. She was awarded a New Writers Award in 2012 by the Scottish Book Trust a...

Martine is a novelist and the Programme Leader of the MA in Creative Writing & Publishing at the University of Sussex. Her previous novels a...

Paul is the Editor of 'Elsewhere' , a journal of place. His latest book, 'Ghosts on the Shore: Travels along Germany's Baltic Coast' will be...

Irenosen is the author of two books. Her novel 'Butterfly Fish' won a 2016 Betty Trask Award, and her short story collection 'Speak Gigantul...

Kerry is the Author of two books: 'Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma' won the Scottish First Book Award. And her...

Hannah is a Graphic Novelist and illustrator. She has also worked as a Tutor for the Arvon Foundation and was the Online Writer in Residence...

Lara is a writer working and living in Manchester. Her debut short story collection, 'Treats' , was published this year by Freight. Lara's B...

Harry is a writer and an artist. His debut novel, Anatomy of a Soldier, came out this year and was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. He...

Simon runs a YouTube channel focused on teaching people about physics, climate science, and studying. He also makes videos that help people...

Sophie's short story 'Grace' won The White Review Short Story Prize this year. She has also been published in Tank Magazine , Neon , and Val...

Neil's debut novel ' T he Moon King ' came out in 2014 and was nominated for the 2015 BSFA award and British Fantasy award. He lives and wor...

Paul's first novel 'River of Ink' was released at the beginning of 2016. He is currently working on his second novel. "An extraordinary debu...

Papertrail is a monthly interview series where writers share and discuss three books that have inspired and influenced them. Find new author...