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Writing Worlds

Writing Worlds

By: Alternative Stories
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 Join Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen in conversation with some of the best writers around, and find out how their worlds come to life.All rights reserved Art Literary History & Criticism Science Fiction
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  • Premee Mohamed: Terraforming

    Premee Mohamed: Terraforming
    Jul 9 2025
    In this episode Chris and Emily chat with novelist and short fiction author Premee Mohamed about the concept and processes of terraforming. Visit Premee's website here https://premeemohamed.com/ Follow Premee on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/premeesaurus/ And on Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/premeemohamed.com Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative Stories Find out more about Emily and her work by visiting her website here ⁠https://www.emilyinkpen.com/⁠ Listen to The Dex Legacy and Wasteland, Emily’s award-winning audio drama series here ⁠https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-home/⁠ And follow Emily on Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/⁠ And Bluesky ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/emilyinkpen.bsky.social⁠ Find out more about Chris Gregory and Alternative Stories here ⁠https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories⁠ Follow them on Instagram here ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/⁠ And Bluesky here ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.social⁠ If you would like to get in touch with the show to recommend a guest for a future episode or to book a Writing Worlds live show for your convention or literary event please contact us via ⁠office@alternativestories.com⁠ Writing Worlds is free to listen to but not free to make. If you would like to support the show and receive our eternal gratitude you can do so via this link ⁠https://ko-fi.com/alternativestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Zoe Gilbert: Folklore And Landscape

    Zoe Gilbert: Folklore And Landscape
    Jul 2 2025
    Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. In this episode we chat with novelist, short story writer and teacher Zoe Gilbert about her magical realist worlds in her acclaimed novels ‘Folk’ and ‘Mischief Acts’. A full transcript of this episode can be found here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iyXLmA6ePQ0WKTpX6kqeDHwD5IrsvzCf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115587715767862763681&rtpof=true&sd=true You can find out more about Zoe and purchase copies of her books by visiting her website here https://zoegilbert.com/ Visit Zoe's page at Bloomsbury, her publisher https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/zoe-gilbert/ Zoe is co-founder of London Lit Lab alongside memoirist Lily Dunn. London Lit Lab run a range of writing workshops including many on writing the folkloric and fantastical led by Zoe. Find out more here https://www.londonlitlab.co.uk/ Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative Stories Find out more about Emily and her work by visiting her website here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/ Listen to The Dex Legacy and Wasteland, Emily’s award-winning audio drama series here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-home/ And follow Emily on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/ And Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/emilyinkpen.bsky.social Find out more about Chris Gregory and Alternative Stories here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories Follow them on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/ And Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.social If you would like to get in touch with the show to recommend a guest for a future episode or to book a Writing Worlds live show for your convention or literary event please contact us via office@alternativestories.com Writing Worlds is free to listen to but not free to make. If you would like to support the show and receive our eternal gratitude you can do so via this link https://ko-fi.com/alternativestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Nicholas Briggs: Daleks and The Whoniverse

    Nicholas Briggs: Daleks and The Whoniverse
    Jun 25 2025
    In this episode we chat with actor, writer, director Nicholas Briggs about his work on Doctor Who both on BBC TV and in audio drama versions published by Big Finish. You can read a transcript of this episode here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_etg3gGotMSEAwfhlscQB85tOhELaoDn/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115587715767862763681&rtpof=true&sd=true Find out more about Nicholas Briggs and his work by visiting his website here https://nicholasbriggs.com/ You can listen to Nick's work with Big Finish here https://www.bigfinish.com/ Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative Stories. Find and listen to all of our audio drama productions here ⁠https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories⁠ Find out more about Emily and her work by visiting her website here ⁠https://www.emilyinkpen.com/⁠ Listen to The Dex Legacy and Wasteland, Emily’s award-winning audio drama series here ⁠https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-home/⁠ And follow Emily on Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/⁠ And Bluesky ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/emilyinkpen.bsky.social⁠ Find out more about Chris Gregory and Alternative Stories here ⁠https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories⁠ Follow them on Instagram here ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/⁠ And Bluesky here ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.social⁠ If you would like to get in touch with the show to recommend a guest for a future episode or to book a Writing Worlds live show for your convention or literary event please contact us via ⁠office@alternativestories.com⁠ Follow us on Eventbrite for details of upcoming live events, writing workshops and courses ⁠https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alternative-stories-32973233175⁠ Writing Worlds is free to listen to but not free to make. If you would like to support the show and receive our eternal gratitude you can do so via this link ⁠https://ko-fi.com/alternativestories⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
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