New2theScene
Delving into the passions and journeys of authors: their lives, their work, what gets them fired up and what makes them happy. If you’re searching for your passion, want to hear the stories of those who’ve embraced theirs, or love all things writing and would like to indulge in an author’s world, the New2theScene podcast gains an insight into what it's like to be new or not yet familiar in the literary scene.
Episodes
16 episodes
L.S. Scott: Winter Novel winner 2025
Meet L.S. Scott, winner of our 2025 Winter Novel competition with her entry What Pulls Us Under, which can now be read on our winner's blog page. As part of the prize, we want to promote new writers, and as such we chat to Larissa abou...
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Episode 16
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1:02:00
Joe Pearson: Winter Short Story winner, 2025
Meet Joe Pearson, winner of our 2025 Winter Short Story competition with his entry All Equal in Utopia, which can now be read on our
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Episode 15
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54:15
M. Jonathan Lee: M is for Meaningless
M. Jonathan Lee, author of six novels, shortlisted for The Novel Prize in 2012, and mental health campaigner, returns for his second podcast with N2tS as he's been working on a special project for the site. His new six-part series, 'M is for Me...
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Episode 14
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1:22:56
Kate Bramhall: Poetry competition winner 2024
Meet Kate Bramhall, winner of our 2024 poetry competition with her poem Papa, which can now be read at New2theScene.co.uk. As part of the prize, we want to promote new writers, and as such we chat to Kate about her writing journey, aspirations,...
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Episode 13
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1:07:14
Katharine and Elizabeth Corr: Two become one
Meet co-authors and sisters, Katharine and Elizabeth Corr, creators of The Witches Kiss trilogy, A Throne of Swans duology, and The House of Shadows duology, Daughter of Darkness and Queen of Gods. We chat about their work, writing with a sibli...
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Episode 12
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57:40
Eugene O'Toole: Short story competition winner, summer 2024
Meet Eugene O'Toole, winner of our summer short story competition (2024) who wrote Church of Rage, which can now be read on our winner's blog page. As ...
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Episode 11
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52:51
Natalie Franks: Editing life
Meet Natalie Franks, editor and creator of Clever Crow copyediting, who works with indie authors on developmental, copyediting and proofreading. We chat about the different aspects of the publishing industry, namely editing, how to become...
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Episode 10
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59:53
Luke Richards: All things comedy
Meet Luke Richards, author of Dave's New World, a dystopian comedy, and winner of the Bath New Comedy award for 2024 for his stand-up routine. We chat about getting published, performing comedy, future projects and more.
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Episode 9
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56:35
Sylvia Bishop: The importance of finding your people
Meet Sylvia Bishop, author of ten novels for a variety of ages, short-listed and winning awards since 2017. We chat about writing for different age groups, performing comedy, writing workshops, Writers with Faces, and more.<...
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Episode 8
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1:05:13
Victoria Williamson: Giving back
Meet Victoria Williamson, author of eight novels, and more, which have b...
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Episode 7
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1:13:00
M. Jonathan Lee: Writing and mental health
Meet M Jonathan Lee, author of six novels, shortlisted for The Novel Pri...
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Episode 6
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1:09:47
Samantha Howard-Els: Taking control
Meet Samantha Howard-Els, creator of the beautifully illustrated Mungo s...
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Episode 5
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48:14
Liam Randles: No routine is the new routine
Meet Liam Randles, author of ‘The Heat of the Summer’, a thriller where a group of boys discover the cost of keeping the party going to forget traumas at home.We learn how Liam came to be an author, his hopes in the literary world, and w...
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Episode 4
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1:07:23
Patricia Marques: The tricky 3rd book
Meet Patricia Marques, creator of Inspector Reis, with The Colours of De...
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Episode 3
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1:08:12