In Haste

In Haste

Hasty Productions

Episodes 24
Avg. Duration 32m
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Since Jan 2024
Latest Episode Jun 2025

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Reading. Writing. Real life. Literary conversations with Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie about how great books get written.

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S2E8 Queer narratives with Charlie Porter

Jun 10, 2025 36m

When author and journalist Charlie Porter told someone in publishing he was thinking about writing a queer novel, he was told that there wasn’t a market for it. That was, admittedly, several years…

S2E7 Bring the House Down, with Charlotte Runcie

Jun 03, 2025 34m

What is the worst thing that could ever happen to a journalist? So begins the twisty, compelling and deliciously seductive Bring The House Down, Charlotte Runcie’s debut novel and, officially, the…

S2E6 Spicy dragons with Maddy Belton

May 27, 2025 29m

Publishing, like every other aspect of life, is not immune from the trends cycle. In fact, it’s probably far more susceptible to what’s in vogue or not than it would like to admit. Remember when Gone…

S2E5 Overcoming a reading drought, with Alice and Charlotte

May 20, 2025 36m

How can you create more space for reading in your life, and rediscover the joy of it?It’s the run-up to publication for Charlotte’s debut novel, Bring the House Down, and the post-publication glow…

S2E4 Writing motherhood with Helen Jukes

May 13, 2025 38m

What does it meant to be a creative animal? Writing a book and having a baby can be oddly similar experiences: both take a long time and are not exactly pain-free. Alice and Charlotte have even done…

S2E3 Literature in translation with Lauren Elkin

May 06, 2025 45m

Have we got over a cultural reluctance to read literature in translation?Alice and Charlotte have both been reading Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, and it’s got us thinking about the unique…

S2E2 Hark: How Women Listen, with Alice Vincent

Apr 29, 2025 32m

What could it mean to listen more deeply? Alice’s extraordinary new book, Hark: How Women Listen, is published this week, and in today’s episode of In Haste, Charlotte couldn’t resist the opportunity…

S2E1 The difficult second novel, with Jennie Godfrey

Apr 22, 2025 32m

Introducing the second season of In Haste! We are beyond delighted to be back on your airwaves.Today, Charlotte and Alice catch up on how their books, Bring the House Down and Hark: How Women Listen…

Brunch in blue with Amy Key

Aug 20, 2024 40m

For our third bonus episode of the summer, we all piled round to Alice’s house in South London for everything bagels and blueberry pancakes, joined by the wonderful Amy Key, author of Arrangements in…

What do you read in summer?

Jun 11, 2024 32m

It's our second bonus episode of the summer!Today, Alice and Charlotte share how their writing is going as the days lengthen and the temptation to spend time having iced coffees in the sun threatens…

What keeps you writing?

May 07, 2024 26m

It's a bonus episode! Authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie reflect on the first season of In Haste literary conversations, and, as always, discuss how their own writing is going.So far in 2024…

How should a book sound? with Caleb Azumah Nelson

Apr 23, 2024 41m

How can a musical soundscape shape a novel?For the final episode in this first season of In Haste literary conversations, authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie meet novelist Caleb Azumah Nelson,…

How true is fiction? with Eliza Clark

Apr 16, 2024 34m

Why does it make us so uncomfortable when fiction feels like real life?Authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie meet Eliza Clark, author of the gloriously dark and unforgettable novels Penance and…

How do you grow a book? with Fiona Williams

Apr 09, 2024 26m

How does the natural world around us shape who we are?Authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie have both found themselves drawn to writing about landscapes. Today they’re joined by the debut…

Can stories help us reclaim trauma? with Emilia Hart

Apr 02, 2024 29m

How does fiction explore deep-rooted sources of pain through history?Today in the In Haste writing hut, Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie are joined by the international bestselling novelist Emilia…

Is writing real life? with Cathy Rentzenbrink

Mar 26, 2024 31m

How does reading and writing change you?Joining Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie this week is the author Cathy Rentzenbrink, who doesn’t like being described as an “acclaimed memoirist”, and would…

What if writing is about waiting? with Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Mar 19, 2024 33m

Can books make us more patient?In Haste is back! This week, writers Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie speak to Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of three beautiful novels (The Sleep Watcher, Starling…

How can fantasy change your reality? with Sunyi Dean

Mar 05, 2024 30m

What’s the relationship between fantasy literature and real life?Writers Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie speak to Sunyi Dean, author of the bestselling novel The Book Eaters, and co-host of the…

How deep can a short story go? with Thomas Morris

Feb 27, 2024 31m

How do you expose emotion through writing?Writers Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie speak to Thomas Morris, whose short story suite, Open Up, was among the most widely admired literary publications…

What's it like to be a debut author? with Jennie Godfrey

Feb 20, 2024 32m

Writers Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie meet Jennie Godfrey, debut novelist and author of The List of Suspicious things.Jennie discusses how she wrote her novel, which has garnered a huge amount…

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