In this episode, Rob chats to Danny Denton about Non-spaces, reviews, experimental fiction, Irish writers and his incredible debut novel The Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow. Rob and Kate talk personal attacks in reviews, London-centric publishing, Masterclasses v Workshops, working class writers, being broke and vaping.

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Links to stuff mentioned in the podcast:

• Julie Myerson’s hatchet job of Sharlene Teo’s novel, Ponti
• Rebecca Watts’ hatchet job of Hollie McNish’s poetry (as well as Rupi Kaur and Kate Tempest)
• The Scotsman review of The Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow
• University of Edinburgh report on people with working class backgrounds working in the publishing industry
• Northern Fiction Alliance manifesto
• Becky Thomas’s tweets about the publishing industry
• The Northern Short Story festival list of cheap lit events
• LitReactor online learning courses
• The Poetry School courses
• The Altrincham Word Fest

Namechecks:

Julie Myerson, Sharlene Teo, Rebecca Watts, Hollie McNish, Rupi Kaur, Kate Tempest, Picador, Don Paterson, The Castle courses, PN Review, Northern Short Story Festival, LitReactor, The Poetry School, Max Porter, Cheetham library, Megan Hunter, Joanna Walsh, Becky Thomas, And Other Stories, Tilted Axis, Dead Ink, Comma,