Episodes
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Elizabeth Weiss (12/1/2021) Inside the Writer‘s Studio Episode #93
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Charlie talks to debut novelist Elizabeth Weiss about her novel Sisters Sweet which follows the lives of twin sisters as they navigate the world of vaudeville in the 1920s and 1930s. They discuss theatre history, writing about twins, changing technology, religion, family and more.
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sophie Cousens (9/15/2021) Inside the Writer‘s Studio Episode #92
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Charlie chats with Sophie Cousens, author of the romantic comedy Just Haven't Met You Yet, about living on the island of Jersey in the English Channel, the connection between place and story, the meaning of objects in our lives, the preservation of stories, humor in the inner lives of characters, positivity in the face of difficulties, and more.
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Rex Pickett (11/1/2021) Inside the Writer‘s Studio Episode #91
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Charlie talks with screenwriter and novelist Rex Pickett about his new novel The Archivist. They discuss the place of an archivist in the life of a writer, southern California, the thorny issues of archival ethics, adapting novels for the screen and screenplays into novels, the support networks writers depend on, writing strong women characters, and more.
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Sophie Kinsella (10/15/2021) Inside the Writer‘s Studio Episode #90
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Charlie talks with British novelist Sophie Kinsella about her new book The Party Crasher. They discuss family dynamics, writing humor, confining the action to a single place and time, the character arc of a house, how to humanize even unlikeable characters, the advantages of a first person narrative, and much more.
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Lauren Groff (10/1/21) Inside the Writer‘s Studio Episode #89
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Fresh on the heels of Lauren's appearance at the Bookmarks Festival in Winston-Salem, NC, Charlie and Lauren discuss her new novel Matrix about the poet Marie de France. They discuss religion, economics, feminism, queer history, poetry, royalty, mysticism, and how all those elements combine to create an unforgettable novel.
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wylie Cash (9/16/2021) Inside the Writer‘s Studio Episode #88
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Charlie talks with fellow North Carolina novelist about his new novel When Ghosts Come Home. The talk about issues of race and class, how to use backstory to create pacing, how tragedy magnifies the details of life, creating believable minor characters, emotion in writing, making a setting resonate with readers, and much more. Wylie and Charlie will also share the stage at the Bookmarks Festival on September 25.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Charlie talks with Marie and Victoria about their historical novel The Personal Librarian, the story of a trailblazing black woman who passed for white while building one of the most significant book collections in the world—now the Morgan Library and Museum. They discuss race in historical fiction, creating characters out of real people, the antiquarian book world, how two authors worked together to create one book, and much more about this fascinating historical novel.
Saturday Jul 31, 2021
Shari Lapena (8/1/2021) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #86
Saturday Jul 31, 2021
Saturday Jul 31, 2021
Charlie chats with Canadian mystery writer Shari Lapena about her new novel Not a Nice Family. They discuss managing information in a mystery, family dynamics, the art of crafting chapter endings, and much more about the murder, dysfunction, and suspicion within the family at the center of this page-turner.
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Matt Haig (7/15/2021) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #85
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Charlie talks with Matt Haig all the way from England about his bestselling novel The Midnight Library and his more recent non-fiction The Comfort Book. They discuss connections between the two books, the importance of hope, the ways in which depression and mental illness bubble up in Matt's work, the general fabulousness of libraries, and much more.
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Steven Petrow (7/1/2021) Inside the Writer's Studio Episode #84
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Charlie talks with journalist, essayist, and columnist Steven Petrow about his book Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old and about what it means to be a Civilist and a Perennial. They discuss humor, aging, voice in personal essays, structure, a writer's relationship with readers, and the stuff they both plan on not doping as they get older (which is happening fast!).