In Writing with Hattie Crisell
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
S6 Ep63: Jesse Armstrong, screenwriter
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this final episode of the sixth season of In Writing, I sat down with Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession, and writer/co-writer of numerous oth...
S6 Ep62: Sara Collins, novelist
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh from judging the Booker Prize, novelist Sara Collins joins us this week. Her debut The Confessions of Frannie Langton won the First Novel prize ...
S6 Ep61: Tom Crewe, novelist
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm talking to Tom Crewe, author of 2023's The New Life, contributing editor of the London Review of Books and winner of the Sunday Times Yo...
S6 Ep60: Posy Simmonds, cartoonist and graphic novelist
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm in the London home of artist and writer Posy Simmonds. From the 1970s onwards, Posy had a regular comic strip in The Guardian, where she...
S6 Ep59: Nathan Silver, filmmaker
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Silver, director and co-writer of Between the Temples (and many other movies) joins me from New York today to talk about his 'scriptment' appr...
S6 Ep58: Hattie in the hot seat
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This slightly silly bonus episode marks the launch today of In Writing: Conversations on Inspiration, Perspiration and Creative Desperation, published...
S6 Ep57: Yomi Adegoke, novelist and non-fiction writer
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yomi Adegoke, bestselling author of The List and co-author of Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible, spoke to me in August for this episode. We d...
S6 Ep56: Craig Brown, satirist and biographer
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I had a great chat this week with Craig Brown, parody writer and columnist for Private Eye and the Daily Mail, and author of offbeat biographies inclu...
S6 Ep55: Bella Mackie, novelist
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The very funny and frank Bella Mackie is with me today. We met in August to talk about the writing of her three bestselling books: the nonfiction hit ...
S6 Ep54: Donal Ryan, novelist
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, meet Donal Ryan, who has since 2012 published seven bestselling novels and a collection of short stories. Based in County Limerick, Ireland...
S6 Ep53: Naomi Klein, author, journalist and activist
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! And I'm sitting down with influential Canadian writer and thinker Naomi Klein, author of Doppelganger, No Logo, The Shock Doctrine and ...
S5 Ep52: Michael Rosen, poet and author
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of the season, recorded in February 2023, I'm joined by the beloved poet and author Michael Rosen. Known equally for humorous ch...
S5 Ep51: Barbara Trapido, novelist
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is the beloved novelist Barbara Trapido, who I met at her home in Oxford in March 2023. Barbara's first novel was 1982's Brother of...
S5 Ep50: Nigel Williamson, obituarist
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A little detour into death this week – or life, depending on how you look at it. Nigel Williamson, obituary writer for The Times newspaper, joins me...
S5 Ep49: Tor Freeman, comic book writer and illustrator
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is my friend Tor Freeman, who writes and illustrates comics and children's picture books. Tor is a hugely imaginative person, a smar...
S5 Ep48: Geoff Dyer, non-fiction writer and novelist
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Geoff 'genre-defying' Dyer, whose career moves between fiction, non-fiction and a grey area in between, joins me this week from California. Geoff publ...
S5 Ep47: Zoe Williams, columnist and opinion writer
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Guardian journalist Zoe Williams joins me on In Writing. I recorded with Zoe at her home in London just before Christmas. She's well-k...
S5 Ep46: Ruben Östlund, filmmaker
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hallå! My guest this week is Swedish screenwriter and director Ruben Östlund, who I met in London in December. Ruben's feature films include 2014's ...
S5 Ep45: Sophie Mackintosh, novelist
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Sophie Mackintosh, author of books including the Booker Prize-longlisted The Water Cure, and new novel Cursed Bread. Sophie talk...
S5 Ep44: Raven Smith, columnist and memoirist
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The fifth season of In Writing continues with Vogue columnist Raven Smith, who's known for his witty takes on pop culture, modern life and masculinity...
S5 Ep43: Ayobami Adebayo, novelist
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm back! And very happy about it. This week, Nigerian novelist Ayobami Adebayo speaks to me from her home in Lagos. Ayobami is the author of 2017's S...
A quick update
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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S4 Ep42: Rumaan Alam, novelist
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the last episode of the fourth series of In Writing, Rumaan Alam joins me remotely from his house in Brooklyn, New York. Rumaan is the author of R...
S4 Ep41: Georgia Pritchett, comedy and drama writer
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Georgia Pritchett is my very funny guest this week. She's been writing for TV since the early Nineties and has worked on Smack the Pony, The Thick of ...
S4 Ep40: Shaun Usher, curator of correspondence
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 40th episode of In Writing focuses on the art of letter-writing. Shaun Usher, who spoke to me last week from his home in Manchester, is the founde...
S4 Ep39: Liane Moriarty, novelist
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Australian writer Liane Moriarty joins me this week from her family home in Sydney. Liane has written nine novels, including her latest mystery Apples...
S4 Ep38: Craig Taylor, oral historian
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's interview is with the writer and editor Craig Taylor, who dials in from an island shack off the coast of western Canada. Once a Guardian contr...
S4 Ep37: Meg Mason, novelist
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's wonderful to have novelist Meg Mason on the podcast this week. On holiday in June, I got more hooked on her novel Sorrow and Bliss than I have b...
GUEST EPISODE: The Offcuts Drawer with Laura Shavin
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Not a normal In Writing episode today, but a wholehearted recommendation for something new. This is a guest episode of the excellent podcast The Offc...
S4 Ep36: John Crace, journalist
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is The Guardian's John Crace, writer of satirical parliamentary sketches, as well as a personal diary column. For a long time John a...
S4 Ep35: Christine Rose, joke writer
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week I sit down with Christine Rose at her home in London, to find out all about a job that most people aren't aware exists. Christine works behi...
S4 Ep34: Amer Anwar, crime writer
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, armed with tea and Jaffa cakes, I speak to the writer Amer Anwar at his home in west London. Amer is the author of Brothers in Blood and St...
S4 Ep33: Elif Shafak, novelist
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I'm thrilled to be back for a fourth series, and to be kicking it off with such an interesting guest. Elif Shafak is a British-Turkish novelist who ha...
S3 Ep32: Graham Norton, novelist
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode with a writer who, in a way, has carved out a bonus career: Graham Norton. Long-established as a hugely successful presenter a...
S3 Ep31: Maggie O'Farrell, novelist
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the third series (thank you for listening!), Maggie O'Farrell joins me from her home in Edinburgh. Maggie is the author of eig...
S3 Ep30: James Acaster, stand-up comic
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
James Acaster joins me this week to talk about writing stand-up comedy. James has filmed five stand-up specials – the first four make up the series ...
S3 Ep29: Wendy Erskine, short story writer
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Wendy Erskine, author of the remarkable Sweet Home, an award-winning short story collection set in modern Belfast. I have a p...
S3 Ep28: Will Storr, longform journalist and author
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Back in early November 2020, Will Storr spoke to me from a solo writing retreat in Spain, where he was working, sleeping and doing nothing else. This ...
S3 Ep27: Cressida Cowell, Children's Laureate
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The writer and illustrator Cressida Cowell joins me this week, with a backdrop of birdsong from outside her writing shed. Cressida wrote and illustrat...
S3 Ep26: George Saunders, short story writer and novelist
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week I speak to George Saunders: author of 11 books including the 2017 Man Booker Prize winner Lincoln in the Bardo; regular contributor of short...
S3 Ep25: Grace Dent, restaurant critic and columnist
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Dent – Guardian restaurant critic, columnist, author and Masterchef star – joins me from her bed this week. With a string of young adult nov...
S3 Ep24: Brandon Taylor, novelist
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Taylor, author of the novel Real Life, joins me from Iowa this week. At the end of a whirlwind year in which his debut was shortlisted for the...
S3 Ep23: Hannah Reid, songwriter
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, I speak to London Grammar‘s Hannah Reid, songwriter and vocalist. Ahead of the release of the band's third album, Californian...
S3 Ep22: John Lanchester, novelist
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, John Lanchester joins me from his writing shed at the bottom of the garden. John has just published a new collection of spooky short storie...
S3 Ep21: Lucy Prebble, playwright and screenwriter
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Season 3 is here! My first guest is Lucy Prebble, playwright of A Very Expensive Poison and Enron; showrunner of the Sky series I Hate Suzie; and part...
S2 Ep20: Jon Ronson, storyteller
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My final guest of the second series is Jon Ronson: journalist, documentary-maker, screenwriter, and author of wonderful narrative longform non-fiction...
S2 Ep19: Kit de Waal, novelist
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kit de Waal, whose books include My Name Is Leon, The Trick to Time and the new short story collection Supporting Cast, joins me this week from her ho...
S2 Ep18: Robert Popper, comedy writer
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TV writer Robert Popper joins me for a chat this week, fresh off the sixth series of his Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Robert has been involve...
S2 Ep17: Mhairi McFarlane, novelist
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mhairi McFarlane is the author of six great novels in the genre of romantic comedy/chick lit (delete as preferred), including her most recent, If I Ne...
S2 Ep16: Will Harris, poet and essayist
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week I chat to Will Harris, a London-born poet and essayist of mixed Anglo-Indonesian heritage. Will’s debut poetry collection RENDANG came out...
S2 Ep15: Alexandra Shulman, editor, novelist and memoirist
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra Shulman joins me this week to talk about life on both sides of the divide: editor and writer. At the helm of Vogue, she spent 25 years herdi...
S2 Ep14: Robert Webb, writer and performer
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, from my living room in London, I speak to Robert Webb in his loft study (also in London). By the time Robert published his memoir How Not T...
S2 Ep13: Kiley Reid, novelist
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kiley Reid joins me for this episode of In Writing, recorded when she visited London in February to promote her bestselling debut novel Such A Fun Age...
S2 Ep12: Hugo Rifkind, columnist
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is the sharp and funny Hugo Rifkind, award-winning columnist for The Times. In the attic of his house in north London – not long...
S2 Ep11: Curtis Sittenfeld, novelist
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The second series of In Writing is here in the midst of a pandemic, and while going into writers’ workspaces may not be practical for a while, that ...
S1 Ep10: Charlie Brooker, screenwriter
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this last episode of the series, Charlie Brooker – the man behind Black Mirror, the BBC’s Wipe shows, Dead Set, Nathan Barley, TV Go Home and m...
S1 Ep9: Anna Hope, novelist
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, in a garden cabin in Sussex, I speak to Anna Hope: the author of two historical novels – Wake and The Ballroom – and Expectation, one o...
S1 Ep8: Andrew Billen, feature writer and interviewer
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For a while I’ve been looking for a chance to pick Andrew Billen’s brain about how he writes his insightful, revealing profiles of celebrities and...
S1 Ep7: Emma Jane Unsworth, novelist and screenwriter
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The author of Animals and Adults – and winner of Best Debut Screenwriter at last year’s British Independent Film Awards – Emma Jane Unsworth wel...
S1 Ep6: Andre Aciman, novelist
27 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Author of Call Me By Your Name and its recent sequel Find Me, Andre Aciman tells me what it’s like to see your novel get a second life in film (and ...
S1 Ep5: Holly Bourne, young-adult fiction writer
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Holly Bourne invites me into her study/spare room to talk about her prolific career as a YA writer – and her recent novels for adults, including the...
S1 Ep4: Sathnam Sanghera, journalist, memoirist and novelist
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I sit down with The Times’ Sathnam Sanghera to talk about the three strands of his work – how a competition run by Michael Jackson propelled him i...
S1 Ep3: Wendy Cope, poet
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy Cope invites me into her book-filled house in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Wendy started her career as a highly successful outsider to the poetry world ...
S1 Ep2: David Nicholls, screenwriter and novelist
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Nicholls – bestselling author of five novels including One Day and Sweet Sorrow, and BAFTA-winning screenwriter – has me over for a cup of t...
S1 Ep1: Elizabeth Day, novelist, memoirist and journalist
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Host of the podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day; author of the memoir How to Fail; a novelist with four books under her belt, and a journalist and ...