The Failing Writers Podcast
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The Failing Writers Podcast

by The Failing Writers Podcast

Join these success-starved wordwranglers as they stumble towards their shared ambition: to become proper writers!Learning from guests like bestselling authors and BAFTA-winning writers. Setting themselves writing tasks and trying to improve their craft. Discussing how to get past all the things that stop us writing. And hopefully taking you on a journey with them to become successful writers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

100 episodes
EN language
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1
S6 Ep0: Season 6 trailer!
2:10 Mar 12, 2026
2
S5 Ep24: Doug Johnstone
53:38 Dec 22, 2025
3
S5 Ep23: The Scottish Literary Legends
1:07:24 Dec 15, 2025
4
S5 Ep22: Michael Pederson
1:26:15 Dec 1, 2025
5
S5 Ep21: Flash Fiction Contest Runners Up 2025
44:28 Nov 17, 2025
6
S5 Ep20: 2025 Flash Fiction Contest FINAL!
43:12 Nov 10, 2025
7
S5 Ep19: Talking self publishing with a very special guest
57:14 Nov 3, 2025
8
S5 Ep18: Map Men (Map Men Map Map Map Men Men)
1:07:17 Oct 19, 2025
9
S5 Ep17: Autumn Woods - How to go viral on TikTok
1:03:50 Oct 13, 2025
10
S5 Ep16: FLASH FICTION COMPETITION!
42:20 Sep 29, 2025
11
S5 Ep15: Small Publishers Pt2 (From the brilliant BlueMoose Books - to those nasty scammers)
1:01:20 Sep 22, 2025
12
S5 Ep14: Small Independent Publishers Pt1
59:54 Sep 22, 2025
13
S5 Ep13: Doug Naylor on Red Dwarf & Writing for Children
1:10:24 Sep 8, 2025
14
S5 Ep12: Ben Aaronovitch
53:11 Aug 25, 2025
15
S5 Ep11: Hamilton Nolan - Publishing laid bare
43:37 Aug 11, 2025
16
S5 Ep10: A natter with Knappett - Jessica Knappett interview
1:00:31 Jul 28, 2025
17
S5 Ep9: Putting on an Edinburgh festival show - with Samia Rida
54:14 Jul 14, 2025
18
S5 Ep8: Thomas Taylor
44:54 Jul 7, 2025
19
S5 Ep7: Open Mic Poetry Night
1:14:16 Jun 23, 2025
20
S5 Ep6: Libbie Hawker: 10 years of Taking Off Your Pants
1:09:36 Jun 9, 2025
21
S5 Ep5: Mur Lafferty - Facing Down the Demons
51:03 May 26, 2025
22
S5 Ep4: Adam Buxton: The ups and downs of memoir writing
57:45 May 12, 2025
23
S5 Ep3: Lyrical Waxings With Paul Armfield
59:17 Apr 28, 2025
24
S5 Ep2: C.J. Tudor is back
57:17 Apr 20, 2025
25
S5 Ep1: Jennie Godfrey
1:02:03 Apr 14, 2025
26
Anything 4 U - Ep6 - Finished
30:42 Mar 24, 2025
27
Anything 4 U - Ep5 - Tipped
31:18 Mar 10, 2025
28
Anything 4 U - Ep4 - Swabbed
26:40 Feb 24, 2025
29
Anything 4 U - Ep3 - Catered
26:41 Feb 10, 2025
30
Anything 4 U - Ep2 - Dumped
25:30 Jan 27, 2025
31
Anything 4 U - Ep1 - Stripped
28:33 Jan 13, 2025
32
S4 Ep27 A Stroll Down Memory Lane
1:05:17 Jan 6, 2025
33
S4 Ep26 Flash Fiction Competition Runners Up 2024
35:44 Dec 30, 2024
34
S4 Ep25 Festive Flash Fiction WINNER
43:08 Dec 23, 2024
35
S4 Ep24 The Lost Art Of Letter Writing
1:18:02 Dec 16, 2024
36
S4 Ep23 Resuscitating The Subject of English (pt2)
1:03:53 Dec 9, 2024
37
S4 Ep22 Resuscitating The Subject of English (pt1)
37:41 Dec 2, 2024
38
S4 Ep21: Henry Normal & Performing Poetry
43:53 Nov 18, 2024
39
S4 Ep 20: The Failing Writers Festive Flash Fiction Competition
36:35 Nov 4, 2024
40
S4 Ep19: Ergodic Fiction
1:02:39 Oct 21, 2024
41
S4 Ep18: What do we think of writing retreats?
56:54 Oct 7, 2024
42
S4 Ep17: A Shortcut To Querying Success
1:02:31 Sep 22, 2024
43
S4 Ep16: Let's put off procrastinating, with Oliver Burkeman
46:57 Sep 9, 2024
44
S4 Ep15: How do you know if your writing is good enough?
44:19 Aug 26, 2024
45
S4 Ep14: How to become a full-time author... maybe
52:44 Jul 8, 2024
46
S4 Ep 13: Tune that name! All about pseudonyms
56:58 Jun 24, 2024
47
S4 Ep 12: Mike Gayle
1:10:17 Jun 10, 2024
48
S4 Ep11: Samuel Burr & The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
51:51 Jun 3, 2024
49
S4 Ep10: Does Age Matter? with Aline Dufflocq & Babette Hughes
1:11:08 May 27, 2024
50
S4 Ep9: Darren Walsh - He Knows His Punions
57:17 May 13, 2024
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