Podcast Episodes

The Writing Process With Juliet E. McKenna

I'm delighted to share with you an insightful interview with legendary fantasy author, Juliet E. McKenna

In our chat, we discuss Juliet's new book, The Cleaving, which is a retelling of the Arthurian …

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

The Writing Process With Amish Tripathi

In this episode, we're thrilled to welcome one of the world's top-selling fantasy authors, Amish Tripathi. 

The BBC has described Amish as "India's JRR Tolkien and Asia's Paulo Coelho" and, for the fi…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Mastering Body Language With Former FBI Agent Joe Navarro

We're absolutely thrilled to bring you a very special interview with bestselling author and former FBI special agent, Joe Navarro.

Joe is a world-leading expert on body language. In his career, he con…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

A Lawyer's Perspective On Writing Fantasy

I've had a lot of specialists on the podcast in recent months but it occurred to me that I've never really reflected on my own experiences as a lawyer and how that can be applied to writing.

When I go…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

An Honest Chat About Book Reviews

I'm always keen to chat with book bloggers to get an insight into the latest trends in reading. Fantasy romances, for example, are particularly in demand right now. 

But as well as that, I'm always ke…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

The Writing Process With Stephen Aryan

We're delighted to welcome to the Writers' Toolshed bestselling fantasy author, Stephen Aryan.

Stephen has published eight novels to date with both Orbit and Angry Robot. This year sees the release of…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Deconstructing Fantasy Tropes

In the final episode of 2023, we welcome Vickie Lan to the Toolshed, host of the Speculative Sandbox Podcast.

Vickie is a specialist in deconstructing fantasy tropes. Her show sees her joined by top a…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

The Writing Process With Denise Crittendon

Award-winning journalist and Afrofuturist author Denise Crittendon stops by the Toolshed to discuss her debut science fantasy novel, Where It Rains In Color, published by Angry Robot Books on 6th Dec…

Published on 3 years ago

The Writing Process With Mary E. Pearson

We're both thrilled and honoured to welcome to the Toolshed for the first time the New York Times Bestselling author Mary E Pearson.

Mary is the mastermind behind the Remnant Universe, a fantasy world…

Published on 3 years ago

The Power Of Wattpad

In the latest episode of The Fantasy Writers' Toolshed podcast, I welcome author Nandi Taylor who's achieved remarkable things on Wattpad.

As someone who's never used the platform before, I invited Na…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago