In Writing with Hattie Crisell

Journalist Hattie Crisell visits the studies of writers of all kinds – novelists, screenwriters, poets, journalists and more – to find out how they write, why they write, and what they can teach us about doing it better.

S6 Ep63: Jesse Armstrong, screenwriter
Dec 6, 2024 – 54:36
S6 Ep62: Sara Collins, novelist
Nov 29, 2024 – 50:43
S6 Ep61: Tom Crewe, novelist
Nov 22, 2024 – 58:27
S6 Ep60: Posy Simmonds, cartoonist and graphic novelist
Nov 15, 2024 – 52:52
S6 Ep59: Nathan Silver, filmmaker
Nov 8, 2024 – 49:50
S6 Ep58: Hattie in the hot seat
Nov 7, 2024 – 47:57
S6 Ep57: Yomi Adegoke, novelist and non-fiction writer
Nov 1, 2024 – 41:07
S6 Ep56: Craig Brown, satirist and biographer
Oct 25, 2024 – 01:00:11
S6 Ep55: Bella Mackie, novelist
Oct 18, 2024 – 47:24
S6 Ep54: Donal Ryan, novelist
Oct 11, 2024 – 43:29
S6 Ep53: Naomi Klein, author, journalist and activist
Oct 4, 2024 – 54:48
S5 Ep52: Michael Rosen, poet and author
Apr 28, 2023 – 01:09:55
S5 Ep51: Barbara Trapido, novelist
Apr 21, 2023 – 42:34
S5 Ep50: Nigel Williamson, obituarist
Apr 14, 2023 – 49:44
S5 Ep49: Tor Freeman, comic book writer and illustrator
Apr 7, 2023 – 39:31
S5 Ep48: Geoff Dyer, non-fiction writer and novelist
Mar 31, 2023 – 58:59
S5 Ep47: Zoe Williams, columnist and opinion writer
Mar 17, 2023 – 49:08
S5 Ep46: Ruben Östlund, filmmaker
Mar 10, 2023 – 53:03
S5 Ep45: Sophie Mackintosh, novelist
Mar 3, 2023 – 39:45
S5 Ep44: Raven Smith, columnist and memoirist
Feb 24, 2023 – 42:46
S5 Ep43: Ayobami Adebayo, novelist
Feb 17, 2023 – 56:00
A quick update
May 7, 2022 – 04:00
S4 Ep42: Rumaan Alam, novelist
Dec 10, 2021 – 01:02:32
S4 Ep41: Georgia Pritchett, comedy and drama writer
Dec 3, 2021 – 49:06
S4 Ep40: Shaun Usher, curator of correspondence
Nov 26, 2021 – 58:49
S4 Ep39: Liane Moriarty, novelist
Nov 19, 2021 – 47:37
S4 Ep38: Craig Taylor, oral historian
Nov 12, 2021 – 47:41
S4 Ep37: Meg Mason, novelist
Nov 5, 2021 – 51:15
GUEST EPISODE: The Offcuts Drawer with Laura Shavin
Nov 2, 2021 – 49:21
S4 Ep36: John Crace, journalist
Oct 29, 2021 – 47:05
S4 Ep35: Christine Rose, joke writer
Oct 22, 2021 – 50:55
S4 Ep34: Amer Anwar, crime writer
Oct 15, 2021 – 01:07:41
S4 Ep33: Elif Shafak, novelist
Oct 8, 2021 – 47:27
S3 Ep32: Graham Norton, novelist
May 14, 2021 – 51:57
S3 Ep31: Maggie O'Farrell, novelist
Apr 2, 2021 – 44:33
S3 Ep30: James Acaster, stand-up comic
Mar 26, 2021 – 01:12:01
S3 Ep29: Wendy Erskine, short story writer
Mar 19, 2021 – 49:23
S3 Ep28: Will Storr, longform journalist and author
Mar 12, 2021 – 56:53
S3 Ep27: Cressida Cowell, Children's Laureate
Mar 5, 2021 – 01:02:38
S3 Ep26: George Saunders, short story writer and novelist
Feb 26, 2021 – 49:47
S3 Ep25: Grace Dent, restaurant critic and columnist
Feb 19, 2021 – 01:04:46
S3 Ep24: Brandon Taylor, novelist
Feb 12, 2021 – 55:00
S3 Ep23: Hannah Reid, songwriter
Feb 10, 2021 – 39:33
S3 Ep22: John Lanchester, novelist
Feb 5, 2021 – 53:55
S3 Ep21: Lucy Prebble, playwright and screenwriter
Jan 29, 2021 – 01:01:04
S2 Ep20: Jon Ronson, storyteller
Jul 17, 2020 – 50:59
S2 Ep19: Kit de Waal, novelist
Jul 10, 2020 – 42:12
S2 Ep18: Robert Popper, comedy writer
Jul 3, 2020 – 48:22
S2 Ep17: Mhairi McFarlane, novelist
Jun 26, 2020 – 38:11
S2 Ep16: Will Harris, poet and essayist
Jun 19, 2020 – 47:15

Recent Reviews

NolaMuse

The Best

I listen to many writing podcasts and this is the best of the best. Hattie is a great interviewer and manages to illicit interesting writing craft advice from all her guests. And I love the ice-breaker question she asks of everyone “Describe where you write.”
hair62

Life

I cannot get over the gift that you give all of your listeners you bring peace to my heart and knowledge to my brain thank you Jay
Charlotte Fox Weber

Brilliant for anyone who likes to think

This is a brilliant, life enhancing podcast. It’s lively and intense and so engaging that it makes serious topics incredibly fun. The questions asked are crisp and evocative, and each conversation opens up new realms and worlds of possibility. The conversations make writing less intimidating, which for me, matters just hugely. I love this podcast very much.
BbyTigr

Great podcast!

Great interviews. I love listening to them! Very conversational and engaging.