Viaduct is a podcast by Paul CW Beatty, author of Children of Fire about aspects of reading, writing and crafting novels and short stories. Paul has an MA in Creative Writing from MMU. Children of Fire won the Writing Magazine's best novel in 2017.
The first Viaduct episode of 2022, is mainly concerned with the discussion of different novels in the general categories of literary genres of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy. The first of the podcasts to be released in March 2022 will concern the flag bearer of the different books to be discussed, that of HG Wells War of the Worlds.
Andrew Biswell is the Professor of Modern Literature at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). He won the Portico Prize for his biography, The Real Life of Anthony Burgess, and is Director of the Anthony Burgess Centre in Manchester. He was also Director of MMU's well-respected MA in Creative Writing in the School of Writing.
Why do Old Men wear Pink? How dress and fashion can add to describing characters and making it easier for readers to remember them.Scratching the Writing Itch: Do you have a novel in you? If so how can you start to get it written? Pitfalls and strategies.Smell-O-Pod: New technology to help podcasts become realistic, borrowed of course from the movies. Injecting odour into your narratives.
New season opener for Viaduct. In this edition articles on Annie Prowl's book The Shipping News, about codes and cyphers in Pual's new book Cricles of Deceit and the history of subcriptiob book finding from the 1600's to the present day.
Interview with Bookseller Matthew Holman from Waterstones Manchester about book marketing with particular relevance to role book cover design plays.
Viaduct No.1Narrative in Video Games from a writers perspectiveFinding Orwell down and Out in Paris (Outside Broadcast)Book Review Sirens by Joseph KnoxBut first and explanation of how and why Viaduct has been created