Category: In the Spotlight

Elin Heron in the spotlight

Today we shine the spotlight on Elin Heron, whose story John Truslove appeared in issue 11 of Lucent Dreaming, and whose book Jude is forthcoming with Lucent Dreaming. So, what inspired your piece ‘JOHN TRUSLOVE’? Can you tell us a little more about what it’s about? There is so much I could tell you about this story because it is

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Connor Allen at his book signing at Hay Festival Bookshop, holding a copy of 'Miracles' and pointing with his other hand. Photograph from Sophie Buchaillard.

Connor Allen in the spotlight

This week we’re putting the spotlight on debut poet and Children’s Laureate Wales Connor Allen. Isabelle Copland interviews our author about his new children’s collection Miracles. “Every child and every person on this planet is a miracle…” What inspired you first to pick up a pen and start writing? Reading Harry Potter as a child and escaping to Hogwarts was

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Rana Shabibi in the spotlight Lucent Dreaming interview

Rana Shabibi in the spotlight

I wrote Mutability during the first UK lockdown in 2020, which was a time of great instability and upheaval. It was my way of processing all the disorientation and confusion around me.

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Rose Segal in the spotlight Lucent Dreaming interview

Rose Segal in the spotlight

Tonight we put the spotlight on Rose Segal, whose poem ‘Inventory of Important Things’ is published in issue 10 of Lucent Dreaming. You can watch and listen to the author read the piece on YouTube. So, what inspired your piece ‘Inventory of Important Things’? Can you tell us a little more about what it’s about?  We were inbetween house moves

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E.S. Northey in the spotlight Lucent Dreaming interview

E.S. Northey in the spotlight

Tonight we put the spotlight on E.S. Northey, whose story ‘Grimoire’ is published in issue 10 of Lucent Dreaming. So, what inspired your piece ‘Grimoire’? Can you tell us a little more about what it’s about? I had been listening to an interview with the writer Alan Moore. He lamented the lost power of writers and explored the shared language

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Julia Clayton in the spotlight Lucent Dreaming interview

Julia Clayton in the spotlight

The idea for ‘Café Herakles’ came about when I was planning a trip to Vienna and reading a lot of guidebooks.  I began to wonder just how much legwork went into researching these books, and whether guidebook writers were ever tempted to plagiarise each other’s work.

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Elisse Sophia Ahmet in the spotlight Lucent Dreaming interview

Elisse Sophia Ahmet in the spotlight

Tonight we put the spotlight on Elisse Sophia Ahmet, whose story ‘Lost in the Waterpark’ is published in issue 10 of Lucent Dreaming. You can watch and listen to the author read the piece on YouTube. So, what inspired your piece ‘Lost in the Waterpark’ in issue 10? Can you tell us a little more about what it’s about? I

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Mollie Russell in the spotlight Lucent Dreaming interview

Mollie Russell in the spotlight

Tonight we put the spotlight on Mollie Russell, whose poem ‘Echolalia: Researching the Frankenstein Stage Play’ is published in issue 10 of Lucent Dreaming. You can watch and listen to the author read the piece on YouTube. So, what inspired your piece ‘Echolalia: Researching the Frankenstein Stage Play’’? Can you tell us a little more about what it’s about? The

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Heather Cripps in the spotlight Lucent Dreaming interview

Heather Cripps in the spotlight

“I got into writing through doing fanfiction. I loved other people’s and books so much I wanted to continue exploring them, and when I’d done that for a bit I thought it would be cool to try and write my own stuff.”

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