Nine Dots Prize Podcast
Nine Dots Prize podcast
This podcast is for all those interested in applying for the Nine Dots Prize, or in writing non-fiction more generally. This episode looks at endings, when and how you stop a project or piece of writing, leaving the reader with a satisfying conclusion. We hear from Catherine Carr (podcaster and journalist), Hari Kunzru (novelist and journalist) and James Williams (writer, ethicist and first Nine Dots Prize winner).
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Nine Dots Prize podcast: Beginnings (2024/1)
Nine Dots Prize podcast
This podcast is for all those interested in applying for the Nine Dots Prize, or in writing non-fiction more generally. This episode looks at beginnings, how to think about and start a piece of writing. We hear from Milica Momcilovic (journalist and Nine Dots Prize Board member), Michael Rosen (writer and broadcaster); and Lee Child (writer). author Michael Rosen writer, poet and broadcaster
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How to make your ideas sing
Nine Dots Prize podcast
The Nine Dots Prize has created a series of podcasts for those interesting in applying for the Prize, or anyone trying to improve their writing. This episode looks at something every writer wants to achieve - how to make your ideas inspire and enthrall the reader. In this episide we hear from: Professor Devi Sridhar (public health expert and author), Dr Mya-Rose Craig (ornithologist and campaigner) and Professor David Runciman (academic and journalist).
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Where can you find inspiration?
Nine Dots Prize podcast
This is a podcast for anyone interested in applying for the Nine Dots Prize, or interested in creative non-fiction writing more generally. In this episode, we will be exploring one of the key challenges in any piece of writing - inspiration; how to get creative ideas and how to get these down on paper. We talk with three successful writers about where they find their inspirations: Stella Duffy (writer and psychotherapist), Helen Czerski (physicist and broadcaster), and Urvashi Butalia (publisher and writer).
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Nine Dots Prize Podcast
Nine Dots Prize podcast
This episode looks at how writers seek to persuade their readers that their subject is a worthy one and that their ideas and solutions are valuable.
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Nine Dots Prize Podcast
Nine Dots Prize podcast
The Nine Dots Prize is a prize for creative thinking and writing about contemporary social issues.
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Nine Dots Prize podcast
Nine Dots Prize podcast
The Nine Dots Prize is a prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary societal issues. The aim of the Prize is to promote, encourage and engage innovative thinking to address problems facing the modern world. We hope to encourage entries from as wide a range of people and perspectives as possible. This podcast talks with three experts about why diversity and inclusion is important for both the Prize and society more generally. We talk to Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, who is co-founder and publishing director of Cassava Republic Press, and is a Nine Dots Prize Board member. Lee Hall...
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Nine Dots Prize podcast
Nine Dots Prize podcast
The Nine Dots Prize is a prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary societal issues. The aim of the Prize is to promote, encourage and engage innovative thinking to address problems facing the modern world.
info_outlineThe Nine Dots Prize is a prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary societal issues. The aim of the Prize is to promote, encourage and engage innovative thinking to address problems facing the modern world.
We look for entries that are based on evidence and research but that are written creatively for a wide audience. This podcast talks with three successful authors about their experiences with writing non-fiction in a creative way and hears their tips and techniques for success.
We talk to Anne Applebaum, who reads from her book Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956 (Allen Lane), and discusses her other recent books Gulag: A History (Doubleday) and Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine (Penguin Randomhouse). Adam Kay discusses collating his diaries into a book form and reads from the result This Is Going To Hurt (Picador). And Maria Farrell outlines how she used fiction as a way to communicate complex ideas. Maria read from her work, Falling for Mishi (™), which was written for the Internet Society's Global Internet Report.