Gaby Wood of the Booker Prize Foundation speaks to Litro about short fiction, reading habits, time, cost, distraction, libraries, bookshops and why stories can still help people feel less alone.
Jack Newton, Head of Content Protection and Enforcement at the Publishers Association, speaks to Litro about giant pirate networks, AI training, shadow libraries, takedown systems and why copyright protection is ...
Nima Safaei speaks to Litro about more than twenty years feeding Soho, the restaurant as a record of private lives, and why a cookbook can preserve more than recipes.
As reading moves through search, retail platforms, social media and recommendation systems, Kat Pongrace of Strand Book Store argues that discovery still depends on trust, curiosity and the bookseller’s eye.
Adem Holness, Head of Music at SXSW London, speaks to Litro about live discovery, London’s many musical energies, and why festivals can still create memories that platforms and algorithms cannot.
Ty’rone Haughton of Apples and Snakes speaks to Litro about Jawdance, performance poetry, Black British poetic lineage, surveillance, leadership and why some cultural memory only exists when people gather in ...
After Taiwan Travelogue won the International Booker Prize 2026, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King spoke to Litro about false archives, food as historical memory, Japanese colonial Taiwan, translation, and ...
Dare Turner, Curator of Indigenous Art at the Brooklyn Museum, speaks to Litro’s Future Archives strand about cultural belongings as relatives, community authority, institutional memory and why care in museums ...
Brett Renfer, Senior Project Manager, Emerging Technologies at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, speaks to Litro about VR, Oceania, audience engagement and the need to preserve not only museum objects, ...
Daniel T. O’Brien, Executive Director of the Independent Publishers Caucus, talks to Eric Akoto about independent publishing, AI slop, shrinking discoverability, booksellers, libraries, archives and the systems that decide which ...
Archive note: This interview was originally published by Litro USA as part of the Art & Technology issue. It has been added to Litro’s UK archive as part of our ...
Joanna Pocock speaks to iconic US composer and polymath Phillip Corner as he plays at Hackney’s Café Oto.
At the heart of the piece is Ebizie’s experience of a rare neurological condition that was barely recognised until 2014.
Rosie Goldsmith on funding cuts, translation, risk-averse programming, and why too many literary festivals still play safe.
Pablo Baler on the visual echo that sparked “Pearl Hunter,” how dream-logic becomes structure, and why the story closes like a joke- with craft takeaways for flash writers.
In Victorian Psycho, Virginia Feito tears apart the romanticised view of the Victorian era, exposing its dark undercurrents. Her bold portrayal of a female psychopath challenges readers to explore the ...
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Our latest Flash of Inspiration interview is with Gerri Brightwell, a British writer who lives in Alaska. She has written novels as well as short fiction, ...
Sheila Armstrong in conversation about her debut story collection and the writing life
Rob Yates interviewed about his story “Lovers of This World,” the writing life, and the future of literature
Faroese-Danish author Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen in conversation