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Brick Lane Bookshop Podcast

Brick Lane Bookshop Podcast

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The BLB Podcast interrogates and celebrates the short story form. On each episode we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, talk about their work, writing and editing processes, how they got published, and what they’re reading.
Hosted by Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles.
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BLB Podcast - Search Engine Optimisation with Jem Calder

Brick Lane Bookshop PodcastMay 24, 2022

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BLB Podcast - 2023 Short Story Prize Winner, K. Lockwood Jefford
Mar 09, 202443:25
BLB Podcast - Attrib. with Eley Williams

BLB Podcast - Attrib. with Eley Williams

The BLB Podcast is a new project from ⁠⁠Brick Lane Bookshop⁠⁠ created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode, we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading.

In the fifth episode of season two, co-hosts ⁠⁠Kate⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ellis⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Peter⁠⁠⁠⁠ J. Coles⁠⁠ talk to ⁠Eley Williams about her short story collection, Attrib. and Other Stories


Nov 03, 202352:14
BLB Podcast - The Angel of Rome with Jess Walter

BLB Podcast - The Angel of Rome with Jess Walter

The BLB Podcast is a new project from ⁠Brick Lane Bookshop⁠ created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode, we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading.

In the fourth episode of season two, co-hosts ⁠Kate⁠⁠ Ellis⁠ and ⁠Peter⁠⁠ J. Coles⁠ talk to Jess Walter⁠ about his latest short story collection, The Angel of Rome

Show notes:

Ada Zhang

Alice Munro

Denis Johnson

Edward P Jones

Percival Everett

Apr 28, 202347:36
BLB Podcast - 2022 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize winner, Imogen Fox

BLB Podcast - 2022 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize winner, Imogen Fox

For episode 15 of the BLB Podcast, we spoke to Imogen Fox, winner of the 2022 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize. Imogen reads from her winning story Missy Starling and talks about how being funny is community, the intimacy of a hammer, the inspiring Nanny Flowers and the writers who changed her mind about short fiction.

She also offers advice for anyone entering this year's short story prize!

Imogen Fox is a fiction writer from Manchester. She has an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths College, where her portfolio piece, a short story called ‘The Swimming Pool’, won the Pat Kavanagh Prize. She is now working on developing this piece into a full-length novel.

Show Notes:


Mary Gaitskill


Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead


Claire Tomalin


Stacy Shiff


Persuasion by Jane Austen
Mar 31, 202347:42
BLB Podcast - We Move with Gurnaik Johal

BLB Podcast - We Move with Gurnaik Johal

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode, we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading.

In the second episode of season two, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles talk to Gurnaik Johal about his debut short story collection, We Move

Show notes:

Septology by Jon Fosse

White Tears by Hari Kunzru

Yiyun Li

Omakase by Weike Wang

Jon McGregor

Reverse Engineering

Scratch Books

Feb 24, 202345:03
BLB Podcast - The Consequences with Manuel Muñoz

BLB Podcast - The Consequences with Manuel Muñoz

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading.

In the first episode of season two, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles talk to Manuel Muñoz about his latest short story collection, The Consequences

Show notes:

Edward P Jones

Joan Silber

The Indigo Press

Edizioni Black Coffee

Angie Cruz

Then The War by Carl Philips


Music by Andrew Everitt

Jan 27, 202351:41
BLB Podcast - Nudibranch with Irenosen Okojie

BLB Podcast - Nudibranch with Irenosen Okojie

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published.

In this twelfth episode and final episode of series one, Kate and Peter talk to Irenosen Okojie about her latest short story collection, Nudibranch.

Show notes: 

Jesus Son by Denis Johnson

Jamaica Kincaid

Leone Ross

June Jordan

Apples and Snakes

Zena Edwards

Kae Tempest

Lemn Sissay

Toni Morrison

Margaret Atwood

Ursula K. Le Guin

Anonymous Sex


Music by Andrew Everitt

Sep 13, 202252:50
BLB Podcast - A Shock with Keith Ridgway

BLB Podcast - A Shock with Keith Ridgway

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published.

In this eleventh episode, Kate and Peter talk to Keith Ridgway about his new novel, A Shock.

Show notes: Wendy Erskine, Liam O'Flaherty, Philip McCann, Gary Indiana

Music by Andrew Everitt

Aug 30, 202241:20
BLB Podcast - Dark Neighbourhood with Vanessa Onwuemezi

BLB Podcast - Dark Neighbourhood with Vanessa Onwuemezi

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published.

In this tenth episode, Kate and Peter talk to Vanessa Onwuemezi about her debut short story collection, Dark Neighbourhood.


Show Notes

Doris Lessing

Julio Cortázar

Franz Kafka

Jayne Anne Philips

Aug 16, 202241:45
BLB Podcast - Am I In The Right Place? with Ben Pester

BLB Podcast - Am I In The Right Place? with Ben Pester

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. In this ninth episode, Kate and Peter talk to Ben Pester about his debut short story collection, Am I In The Right Place? Show Notes: Evie Wyld Briefly, a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens Joseph Heller

Aug 02, 202254:56
BLB Podcast - Small Differences with Huma Qureshi
Jul 19, 202234:18
BLB Podcast - Hearts and Bones with Niamh Mulvey

BLB Podcast - Hearts and Bones with Niamh Mulvey

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published.

In this seventh episode, Kate and Peter talk to Niamh Mulvey about her debut short story collection Hearts and Bones.


Show Notes:


Alice Munro

Yiyun Li

John Banville

Javier Cercas



Jul 05, 202245:24
BLB Podcast - Queer Horror with Leon Craig
Jun 21, 202238:59
BLB Podcast - Dance Move with Wendy Erskine
Jun 07, 202238:26
BLB Podcast - Search Engine Optimisation with Jem Calder

BLB Podcast - Search Engine Optimisation with Jem Calder

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published.

In this fourth episode, Kate and Peter talk to Jem Calder about his debut short story collection, Reward System

Show Notes:

Faber

Bullshit by David Graeber 

George Saunders

William T. Vollmann

Mark Fisher

Tao Lin

Rachel Cusk

Oval by Elvia Wilk

The Creep by Michael LaPointe

Richard Yates

Music by Andrew Everitt

May 24, 202247:37
BLB Podcast - The Alligator Excuse with Jarred McGinnis
May 10, 202238:02
BLB Podcast - Extensive Editing with Aoife Inman

BLB Podcast - Extensive Editing with Aoife Inman

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published.

In this second episode, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J Coles talk to Aoife Inman, who won the 2021 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize for her story Earth-Grown Bodies.

Show Notes:

Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize

Kate Ellis 

Peter J Coles

Aoife Inman

Out of the Ashes by Michael Morpurgo

Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor

The Writing Squad


Music by Andrew Everitt


Apr 26, 202231:03
BLB Podcast - How To Find Your Weird with Isha Karki

BLB Podcast - How To Find Your Weird with Isha Karki

The BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop where we interrogate the short story form. We talk about why we love short stories, the writing process and how to get published. 

In this first episode, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J Coles chat to Isha Karki, who was shortlisted for the BLB Short Story Prize in 2019 and has since won numerous short story competitions, including the Galley Beggar Press, Mslexia and the Dinesh Allirajah Prize. Isha talks about the importance of experimentation, what she’s reading and how to find your weird.  

Show Notes: 

Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize 

Kate Ellis 

Peter J Coles 

Isha Karki  

Carmen Maria Machado 

Heads of the Colored People - Nafissa Thompson-Spires 

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky - Lesley Nneka Arimah


Music by Andrew Everitt

Apr 11, 202242:19