Craig and Irma talk about rejection and how to cope with it.

Then Craig talks to James Bradley about his path to becoming an award-winning author, how to write about important and urgent issues without becoming preachy, his love/hate relationship with social media and how to protect yourself as an author in the public arena, why genre shouldn’t define a book but can usefully shape it, hanging out with Julian Barnes in the green room.

About James
James Bradley is a novelist and critic. His novels include Ghost Species, Wrack, The Deep Field, The Resurrectionist and Clade, the first two books of The Change Trilogy for young adults. He has also published a book of poetry, Paper Nautilus,  as well as short fiction and comics. His first book of non-fiction, Deep Water: The World in the Ocean, will be published in 2024.