Writing Worlds
Join Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen in conversation with some of the best writers around, and find out how their worlds come to life.
Episodes
July 23, 2025 • 62 mins
Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.
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In this episode we feature the author of the urban fantasy Rivers of London series Ben Aaronovitch
You can find out more about Ben and his world by visiting his website here https://www.benaaronovitc...
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July 9, 2025 • 64 mins
In this episode Chris and Emily chat with novelist and short fiction author Premee Mohamed about the concept and processes of terraforming.
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July 2, 2025 • 66 mins
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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=t...
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June 25, 2025 • 63 mins
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
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June 18, 2025 • 55 mins
Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.
In this episode Emily and Chris are in conversation with Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Find out more about Adrian and order copies of his books by
visiting his website here https://adriantchaikovsky.com/
Follow Adrian on Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/aptshadow.bsky.social
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June 11, 2025 • 57 mins
Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with
Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.
In this episode, recorded live at the Cymera Festival in
Edinburgh we speak to speculative fiction writer Lyndsey Croal about her approaches to world building in her short fiction, novels and audio drama.
We would like to thank Lyndsey Croal for being our guest on
this episode, Ann Landmann and her team at Cymera for hosting us and o...
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May 10, 2025 • 59 mins
Welcome to the first episode of The Writing World Podcast with our regular presenters Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.
Writing Worlds is aimed at writers and those who love to hear about the process of designing and describing imaginary worlds in fiction. We'll talk to writers, drama makers and those on the periphery of world building who bring these worlds to life. Each week we'll introduce new topics and guests and introduce...
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May 7, 2025 • 58 secs
Welcome to Writing Worlds, a podcast about the art of writing worlds and settings in sci-fi, fantasy and horror.
In this short trailer you can hear our presenters Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory introducing the show. Listen out for a full-length preview episode coming soon.
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