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Field Ramble
For those who love the latest in fiction, non fiction and poetry. Field is a platform for new and exciting work from across the UK and beyond.
'One of the best literary podcasts out there.'
Max Porter
"An utterly immersive joy."
Sinéad Gleeson
'An accessible and in-depth discussion that gets beneath the topsoil of the published page.'
Andrew Mcmillan
'One of the most consistently sensitive, attentive and politically astute literature podcasts around.'
Keiran Goddard
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Episodes
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Field Ramble with Natasha Lennard
Send us Fan Mail Apparently these are uncertain times and yet we’re surrounded by new certainties. Things that only a few years ago would have seemed…
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Field Ramble with Nick Hayes
Send us Fan Mail In his 2021 bestseller The Book of Trespass, Nick Hayes helped us jump the walls that keep us from the vast majority of the English…
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Field Ramble with M.John Harrison
Send us Fan Mail Few writers have reshaped British speculative fiction as quietly, or as radically, as M. John Harrison. Over a career spanning more than five…
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Field Ramble with Holly Pester
Send us Fan Mail We hear from Holly Pester about her latest poetry collection, Cafés. Published this summer by Fitzcarraldo, it’s a series of dream-like…
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Field Ramble with Max Lury and Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Send us Fan Mail First up this month’s Sam speaks to Max Lury about his unsettling debut No Ghosts. After being reunited at Annie’s memorial, Kieran and Harlow…
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Field Ramble with Sally Hayden
Send us Fan Mail On this episode Sally Hayden joins us from Beirut to discuss her latest book This is Also A Love Story. Sally is a multi award winning…
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Field Ramble with Katja Hoyer
Send us Fan Mail The ancient town of Weimar looms large in German history; a crucible of democracy and dictatorship and home to Goethe, Liszt, Schiller and…
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Field Ramble with Zakia Sewell
Send us Fan Mail Happy Beltane to those that celebrate, here's an extra episode to welcome those longer days that are on the way. It’s an extended interview…
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Field Ramble with Makenna Goodman and Ben Lerner
Send us Fan Mail Dreams and Lies This month Sam talks to Makenna Goodman about her latest novel Helen of Nowhere. Published by Fitzcarraldo and described by Jo…
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Field Ramble with Madeleine Dunnigan and John Grindrod
Send us Fan Mail This month Sam talks to Madeleine Dunnigan about her debut novel Jean. It is set over the long, blazing summer of 1976 at Compton Manor, an…
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Field Ramble with James Meek and Ece Temelkuran
Send us Fan Mail This month Canongate publish Nation of Strangers, the third ‘instalment’ in a series by Turkish novelist, essayist and journalist Ece…
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Field Ramble with Rebecca Perry and James Muldoon
Send us Fan Mail ROBOTS AND KINGS Two wonderful books to start the year. Lara meets up with Rebecca Perry to hear all about her debut novel ‘May We Feed The…
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Field Ramble with Ben Pester
Send us Fan Mail Published by Granta earlier this autumn, Ben Pester’s debut novel is the story of Tom Crowley - a Willy Loman figure for our age - who is…
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Field Ramble with Ece Temelkuran
Send us Fan Mail Next February, Canongate will publish Nation of Strangers, the third instalment in a series by Turkish novelist, essayist and journalist Ece…
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Field Ramble with Clare Carlisle
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we meet Clare Carlisle to discuss Transcendence for Beginners, (Fitzcarraldo Editions). A book written through love and…
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Field Ramble with Emma Warren
Send us Fan Mail Emma Warren has been documenting grassroots culture for decades. Her most recent book, Dance Your Way Home (a Guardian book of the year) was a…
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Field Ramble with Hannah Patterson
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we hear from playwright Hannah Patterson about her debut novel Ungone. It’s another gem from the mighty Rough Trade Books, the…
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Field Ramble with Sarah Hall
Send us Fan Mail Sarah Hall needs little introduction. Twice nominated for the Man-Booker Prize and the first and only writer to win the BBC National Short…
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Field Ramble with Jo Mcmillan
Send us Fan Mail Shortlisted for this years Orwell Fiction Prize, The Accidental Immigrants is a work of political fable for our times. Dedicated to ‘all the…
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Field Ramble with Lally Macbeth
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we hear from Lally Macbeth about her incredible compendium ‘The Lost Folk.’ The distillation of a lifetime’s passion, it is an…
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Field Ramble with Eva Wyles and Vanessa Santos
Send us Fan Mail Short story special: Two collections from two great independent presses. First up is Make A Home of Me by Vanessa Santos. Dead Ink Books bring…
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Field Ramble with Gurnaik Johal
Send us Fan Mail Saraswati Published by Serpent's Tail It’s hard to talk about Gurnaik Johal’s debut novel without using the word epic. Saraswati is…
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Field Ramble with Wendy Erskine
Send us Fan Mail On June 19th Wendy Erskine’s long awaited debut novel The Benefactors is published. Many of you will already know Wendy from her two acclaimed…
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Field Ramble with Holly Dawson
Send us Fan Mail On this episode Holly Dawson speaks to us about her debut All of Us Atoms. Faced with the prospect of losing her memory Holly set out to…
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Field Ramble with Lucia Lijtmaer
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we meet Lucia Lijtmaer to hear all about her upcoming novel Cautery. Published for the first time in English by Charco Press…
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Field Ramble with Max Porter (part 2)
Send us Fan Mail ALL OF THIS UNREAL TIME Published by Rough Trade Books Hopefully, you're listening to this surrounded by mountains of chocolate. What follows…
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Field Ramble with Max Porter (part 1)
Send us Fan Mail ALL OF THIS UNREAL TIME Published by Rough Trade Back this weekend with a double header, we turn to All of This Unreal Time by Mr Max Porter…
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Field Ramble with Naomi Booth
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak to Naomi Booth about her latest novel Raw Content. Set during a bleak Yorkshire winter, the book follows Grace, a…
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Field Ramble with Anna Whitwham
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we speak to Anna Whitwham about Soft Tissue Damage, her startling account of a healing found in controlled violence…
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Field Ramble with Ben Markovits
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Ben Markovitz talks to us about his latest novel The Rest of Our Lives. Starting in the midst of a failing relationship, the…
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Field Ramble with Ellen E. Jones
Send us Fan Mail On this episode Ellen E. Jones speaks to us about Screen Deep, How Film and TV can Solve Racism and Save the World. Many of you will know…
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Field Ramble with Adelle Stripe
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak to Adelle Stripe about her incredible memoir Base Notes. Published by White Rabbit and described perfectly by Wendy…
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Field Ramble with Omar El Akkad
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we meet novelist Omar El Akkad to discuss One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. Published by Canongate (27.02…
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Field Ramble with Elaine Garvey
Send us Fan Mail We catch up with Elaine Garvey to discuss her wonderful debut novel The Wardrobe Department. Set in the early 2000s and written with a…
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Field Ramble with Vincenzo Latronico
Send us Fan Mail First published in Italian three years ago Vincenzo Latronico’s Perfection is brought to an English speaking readership for the first time by…
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Field Ramble with Orlando Reade
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak to Orlando Reade about What in Me is Dark; his exploration of the radical life of Paradise Lost. Within it, the…
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Field Ramble with Jen Calleja
Send us Fan Mail Another gem from the mighty Rough Trade Books on this episode. This time round we hear from the wonderful Jen Calleja on her latest book…
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Field Ramble with Rebecca Smith
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we hear from Rebecca Smith about Rural; her account of the lives of the working class countryside. Weaving in her own family’s…
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Field Ramble with Alejandro Zambra & Megan McDowell
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak to Alejandro Zambra about his latest book, Childish Literature; a chronicle of early fatherhood. Written in a 'state…
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Field Ramble with Edward Carey & Erin E. Adams
Send us Fan Mail Two suitably spooky novels on this episode. First up, Erin E. Adams and her debut, Jackal. Published in the UK by Dead Ink Books and set in…
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Field Ramble with Raymond Antrobus
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak to poet Raymond Antrobus about his recently published collection Signs, Music. Comprised of two extended sequences…
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Field Ramble with Andrew Michael Hurley
Send us Fan Mail As the film adaptation of Starve Acre is released we speak to Andrew Michael Hurley about the origins and evolving life of his much loved…
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Field Ramble with Rachelle Atalla
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we catch up with Rachelle Atalla to hear more about her latest novel The Salt Flats. A tale of many threads, it centres around…
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Field Ramble with Mateo García Elizondo
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we meet Mateo García Elizondo to hear more about his debut novel Last Date in El Zapotal. First published in Mexico in 2019 it…
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Field Ramble with Evie Wyld
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we meet the wonderful Evie Wyld to find out more about her latest novel, The Echoes. As with Evie’s previous books, The Echoes…
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Field Ramble with Ella Frears
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak to Ella Frears about her incredible fictional memoir Good Lord. Taking the form of a single 30,000 word email it is a…
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Field Ramble with Noreen Masud
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we sit down with Noreen Masud to hear more about her incredible memoir A Flat Place. Shortlisted this year for both the…
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Field Ramble with Katie Hale
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we’re joined by Katie Hale to discuss her upcoming novel The Edge of Solitude. Set on a lone ship that's slowly drifting…
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Field Ramble with Lara Haworth
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we meet Lara Haworth to discuss her wonderful new novel Monumenta. It tells the story of Olha Pavic whose house has been…
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Field Ramble with Octavia Bright
Send us Fan Mail To mark the publication of its paperback edition, this episode is a discussion with Octavia Bright around her wonderful memoir, This Ragged…
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Field Ramble with Kevin Barry & Elizabeth O'Connor
Send us Fan Mail Two wonderful books on this episode. First up we hear from Elizabeth O' Connor about her incredible debut novel Whalefall. Set on a remote…
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Field Ramble with Will Burns and Kevin Boniface
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we meet Will Burns to hear about his latest poetry collection Natural Burial Ground. Many of you will know Will from his…
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Field Ramble with Catherine Prasifka and Vida Adamczewski
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we meet up Vida Adamczewski and Catherine Prasifka. First up, Vida to discuss Amphibian her vividly inventive short story…
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Field Ramble with Richard Norris
Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ramble we meet Richard Norris to hear about his memoir of a lifetime in music, Strange Things Are Happening. The book…
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Field Ramble with Niamh Mulvey
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak to author Niamh Mulvey about her upcoming debut novel The Amendments. Many of you will know Niamh from her short…
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Field Ramble with Sinéad Gleeson
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we hear from Sinéad Gleeson about her upcoming debut novel Hagstone. Set on a rugged island somewhere in the wild Atlantic it…
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Field Ramble with Balsam Karam
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we meet Balsam Karam to hear about her latest novel The Singularity. Set in an unnamed coastal town the story follows the…
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Field Ramble with Magogodi oaMphela Makhene
Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ramble, an interview with Magogodi oaMphela Makhene in which we discuss her stunning, debut short story collection…
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Field Ramble with Aniefiok Ekpoudom
Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Field Ramble, an interview with Aniefiok Ekpoudom to discuss his incredible work of narrative non fiction Where We Come…
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Field Ramble with Mary Costello and Feryal Ali Gauhar
Send us Fan Mail Field Ramble is back with award winning Irish novelist Mary Costello to hear about her latest short story collection Barcelona. It follows…