Episode 4, 02/07/2026

Episode 4, 02/07/2026

Writing Creative is presented by Kate North and Dan Anthony.  This month Dan and Kate discuss Alain Mabanckou’s dark, hilarious and historically troubling novel set in Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo, Dealing with the Dead.  You’ll be hearing an introspection from poet Rhian Elizabeth.  Dan and Kate have the pleasure of talking to the historical horror novelist Mina Templeton about her forthcoming novel.  Anthony Cartwright is back with another offering of Cartwright on Culture and novelist Katy Mahood takes another of her characters out for coffee. This podcast is produced with technical support from Cardiff Metropolitan University, for which Kate and Dan are most grateful. You can contact the show on writingcreativepodcast@gmail.com Alain Mabanckou’s Dealing with the Dead https://serpentstail.com/work/dealing-with-the-dead/ [https://serpentstail.com/work/dealing-with-the-dead/] Katy Mahood https://cwagency.co.uk/client/katy-mahood [https://cwagency.co.uk/client/katy-mahood] Anthony Cartwright https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright [https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright] Rhian Elizabeth: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/rhian-elizabeth-girls-etc [https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/rhian-elizabeth-girls-etc]

Episode 3, 04/06/2026

In this episode of The Intellectuals Podcast Kate North and Dan Anthony discuss Spanish Beauty by Esther Garcia Llovet, translated by Richard Village.  Kate and Dan also speak to Danny Denton on a scratchy line from Cork. Danny reads for us from his forthcoming novel about the mundanity of love. Novelist Katy Mahood joins us for a coffee break and  Anthony Cartwright is back with another episode of Cartwright on culture.  Finally, Kate and Dan reflect on introspection with some help from poet Hilary Watson. This podcast is produced with technical support from Cardiff Metropolitan University, for which Kate and Dan are most grateful.   You can contact the show on theintellectualspod@gmail.com Spanish Beauty  by Esther Garcia Llovat    https://www.foundryeditions.co.uk/spanishbeauty [https://www.foundryeditions.co.uk/spanishbeauty] Katy Mahood https://cwagency.co.uk/client/katy-mahood [https://cwagency.co.uk/client/katy-mahood] Anthony Cartwright https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright [https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright] Danny Denton https://www.linkedin.com/in/godess-bvukutwa-a544431a/?originalSubdomain=zw [https://atlantic-books.co.uk/contributor/danny-denton/] Hilary Watson www.hilarywatson.co.uk [https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/ChelseyFlood]

Episode 2, 01/05/2026

In this episode of The Intellectuals Podcast Kate North and Dan Anthony discuss Nataljia’s Stories by Danish poet and novelist Inger Christensen. Kate and Dan also speak to Godess Bvukutwa in Zimbabwe who reads for us from her novel Valley of Floods.  Anthony Cartwright is back with another episode of Cartwright on Culture and we reflect on introspection with some help from YA author Chelsey Flood. This podcast is produced with technical support from Cardiff Metropolitan University, for which Kate and Dan are most grateful.   You can contact the show on theintellectualspod@gmail.com Nataljia’s Stories by Inger Christensen    https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/475447/nataljas-stories-by-christensen-inger/9780241790465 [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/475447/nataljas-stories-by-christensen-inger/9780241790465] Anthony Cartwright https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright [https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright] Godess Bvukutwa https://www.linkedin.com/in/godess-bvukutwa-a544431a/?originalSubdomain=zw Chelsey Flood https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/ChelseyFlood [https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/ChelseyFlood]

Episode 1, 02/04/2026

The Intellectuals Podcast is presented by Kate North and Dan Anthony. In this episode Kate and Dan discuss Australian writer Helen Garner’s How to End a Story: Collected Diaries, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2025.  Kate and Dan also speak to winner of the Footnote X Counterpoints Writing Prize 2023-24, Italian Palestinian writer Sabrin Hasbun about her memoir Crossing and novelist Anthony Cartwright reports from Dudley about trams. This podcast is produced with technical support from Cardiff Metropolitan University, for which Kate and Dan are most grateful. Helen Garner’s How the End a Story: Collected Diaries https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-End-Story-Collected-Diaries/dp/1399606743 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-End-Story-Collected-Diaries/dp/1399606743] Sabrin Hasbun: https://sabrinhasbun.com/ https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/crossing-a-love-story-between-italy-and-palestine-sabrin-hasbun/97e02aed8a93250a?ean=9781804441527&next=t&next=t&affiliate=15415 [https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/crossing-a-love-story-between-italy-and-palestine-sabrin-hasbun/97e02aed8a93250a?ean=9781804441527&next=t&next=t&affiliate=15415] Anthony Cartwright: https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright [https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AnthonyCartwright] You can contact the show on theintellectualspod@gmail.com