Episodes
Episode 38 with Jon McGregor
Published 04/21/21
Episode 37 - Douglas Robertson on translating Thomas Bernhard
Published 03/17/21
Episode 36 - the launch of Jaimie Batchan's novel Siphonophore
Published 02/04/21
Episode 35 with John Englehardt.
Published 11/18/20
Episode 34 with David Keenan.
Published 10/14/20
Episode 33 of Unsound Methods with Gabriel Josipovici
Published 09/23/20
Episode 32 of Unsound Methods with Anakana Schofield
Published 07/15/20
Episode 31 of Unsound Methods - Reading and Writing in the time of lockdown...
Published 06/17/20
Episode 30 with Jen Calleja.
Published 05/13/20
Episode 29 of Unsound Methods with Hamid Ismailov.
Published 04/15/20
Episode 28 of Unsound Methods with Jonathan Simons of the Analog Sea.
Published 03/18/20
Episode 27 with Caleb Klaces
Published 02/12/20
Episode 26: Vesna Main
Published 01/22/20
Published 11/13/19
Episode 24 with Yara Rodrigues Fowler
Published 10/16/19
Episode 23 with Mazin Saleem
Published 09/18/19
Episode 22 of Unsound Methods - Shiromi Pinto
Published 08/21/19
In episode 21 we sit down with Mathias Énard, winner of the Prix Goncourt, to speak to him about his process, the line between history and fiction and the benefits of a good pair of slippers.
Published 07/17/19
This month we speak to Norwegian author and artist Edy Poppy. Edy's debut novel Anatomi. Monotoni. won the Gylendal Prize in 2005 and was recently published in English as Anatomy. Monotony. by Dalkey Archive. Tr. May-Brit Akerholt. Anatomy. Monotony. (https://www.dalkeyarchive.com/product/anatomy-monotony/) is available at Dalkey Archive Press, who will also publish the collection Coming. Apart. (containing the 'Dungeness' short story that we discuss)  More information about Edy and her...
Published 06/19/19
In this episode we speak to novelist, bookseller and publisher Samuel Fisher.  Sam's debut 'the Chameleon' was published by Salt in 2018. You can buy the Chameleon here: [Salt - the Chameleon](https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-chameleon-9781784631246) As we mention at the beginning, there were some technical issues with the sound on one of the microphones in this episode - apologies, but it should sound ok if you're listening on earphones/headphones. You can follow Sam on...
Published 05/15/19
In episode 18, we speak to Marc Nash, most recently author of 'Three Dreams in the Key of G', published by Dead Ink in 2018. Marc joined us in London to discuss choosing the playlist to write to, intense bursts of writing during the summer holidays, using the editing process to add material rather than remove, playing through language, writing across gender and plenty more. You can follow Marc [@21stCScribe](https://twitter.com/21stcscribe) on Twitter To find out more about the podcast,...
Published 03/13/19
Welcome all to the first Unsound Methods of 2019! This month, we are delighted to be joined for a second time by Eimear McBride. In episode 12 we spoke to Eimear alongside Noémi Lefebvre but we didn't have much time to speak to them before that evening's event, so Eimear was kind enough to come to the studio for a more extended chat. Among other subjects in this episode we discuss Eimear's process, experimental fiction and the role of the novel in modern life. Thanks again to Eimear for her...
Published 01/16/19
No guest this month (don't worry, more fantastic writers will be appearing here starting again in January). In this Xmas '18 special edition, Lochlan and Jaimie get tanked up on port and mince pies to conduct a brief dissection of the first year of Unsound Methods as well as a review of what they've learnt before getting stuck in to a couple of most commonly quoted lists of writing advice from Messers Vonnegut and Orwell. Full of the Christmas spirit, this episode contains many swears… Thank...
Published 12/12/18
This month we speak to Tom Lee award-winning short fiction writer and author of The Alarming Palsy of James Orr. We talk about Tom's approach to writing and how he finds new ideas, the impact of ill-health on his writing as well as the difficulties in moving from short stories to longer form fiction. Tom's work has appeared in The Sunday Times, Esquire and Prospect in the UK, The Dublin Review in Ireland and in Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope All Story in the United States, among others. In...
Published 11/14/18
In this month's episode we speak to Lars Iyer, weaver of fiction in blog-form, novelist and erstwhile philosopher. Among many other things we talked to Lars about turning blogs into novels (as he did with his first three novels 'Spurious', 'Dogma' and 'Exodus'), his path to being a serial producer of trilogies and making the most of your spouse as your first reader and editor. Post-interview, Lars confirmed for us that 'Nietzsche in the Burbs' will be coming out next year on Melville...
Published 10/17/18