I chatted about my routine as a writer, and switching between fiction and nonfiction, with Writer’s Routine. Listen here.
I chatted about my routine as a writer, and switching between fiction and nonfiction, with Writer’s Routine. Listen here.
I chatted to Good Morning Scotland about the real story of Mary Carr and the Forty Thieves, the Victorian criminal gang who feature in the TV drama series A Thousand Blows. Listen here Continue reading
I chatted with New Books Network about my research for Queens of the Underworld and the stories I discovered from the 1600s to today. ‘A fabulous book, I cannot give it enough plaudits’ – many thanks to Katrina Anderson for a lovely long interview. Listen here. Continue reading
Did Agatha Christie draw on real life female criminals as inspiration for her work? In A Bit of a Christie podcast, Teresa Peschel – expert in the 200+ Agatha Christie film and TV adaptations – finds a brilliant example. She argues that Bess Sedgwick, the famous adventuress in Christie’s novel At Bertram’s Hotel (published in… Continue reading
Medway River Lit have released their first podcast, available on Youtube and Soundcloud. Continue reading
I chatted with Professor Toby Miller about female sleuths, forgotten swimming champions, and the challenges of fiction versus non-fiction. Listen here. Continue reading
I chatted with Phillip Adams on Late Night Live, ABC, about the UK’s long history of female sleuths. Listen here. Continue reading
The story of Irishwoman Kate Meyrick – London nightclub queen of the 1920s – is told in a new documentary by Zoe Comyns. I contributed to the section on Kate’s time in Holloway Prison, and the terrifying surroundings of the Victorian era jail. Listen here. Continue reading
I chatted about female sleuths with Miranda Melcher on the New Books Network – who were the first women to work as private eyes, is there such a thing as feminine intuition, and how has the job changed over the past century? Listen here Continue reading
I chatted to Salma El-Wardany about 3 London locations which are important in the history of female sleuths, in the Breakfast Show’s weekly historian guest spot. We covered 37-38 the Strand (home to Detective Expert Antonia Moser in 1905), 231 Baker Street (where Annette Kerner opened the Mayfair Detective Agency in 1946), and 119 Fleet… Continue reading
Zena Scott-Archer features in this Spanish podcast. Listen here Continue reading
I chatted to Sean Styles on BBC Radio Merseyside about the first women to work as private detectives and Liverpool’s own Zena Scott-Archer. Listen here Continue reading
I chatted with Robert Elms on BBC Radio London about how I tracked down Victorian female sleuths, what crimes they solved, and the struggle to separate fiction from fact. Listen here. Continue reading
I chatted with Alexis Conran about the story behind Private Inquiries, the first British woman to open her own agency, how women were squeezed out of the profession, and why the job appeals to so many women today. Listen here (around 2 hours in). Continue reading
I chatted about Private Inquiries on TRE in the Afternoon with Hannah Murray Lopez. October 16th, 4pm, more here. Continue reading
I chatted to Mickey Noonan from Standard Issue about my training as a PI, the Victorian women who first became sleuths, and the modern women who do the job today. Listen here (39 minutes in) Continue reading
Vox is a series of bite-sized audio recordings in which Royal Literary Fund Fellows explore topics around writing. Listen here. Continue reading
I chatted with Salma El-Wardany on BBC Radio London about the Queens of the Underworld, while Elizabeth Crawford discussed the suffragettes at Holloway Prison and Katie Fraser, Northern Services Manager at Women in Prison, explained the current situation of women in prison, as well as the future of the Holloway site. Listen here. ‘I… Continue reading
Lights, Camera, Author! is an American podcast which features interviews with authors and actors who write books about movies, TV and entertainment. I chatted about Queens of the Underworld, and how it’s about time professional female crooks made it to the big screen. Listen here Watch here Continue reading
What happens when you get awkward questions at book festivals? Vox is a series of bite-size audio recordings in which Royal Literary Fund Fellows explore topics around writing. Listen here. Continue reading
‘Caitlin is the cat’s fancy tracksuit when it comes to writing about women, crime and punishment’ – a Standard Issue podcast with Mickey Noonan, chatting about Queens of the Underworld. Listen here. Continue reading
I chatted to Georgina Godwin about Queens of the Underworld on Monocle 24. Listen here. Continue reading
I chatted to Robert Elms about Queens of the Underworld, listen here (1 hour, 39 minutes into the show). ‘Gangsters and robbers and blaggers and dippers…..these are extraordinary stories. A fantastic book,’ Robert Elms. Continue reading
I chatted to Paul Ross about Queens of the Underworld on Overnights, talkRadio. ‘An amazing book and a brilliant read….a great slice of social history,’ Paul Ross Listen here Continue reading
I chatted with Selina MacKenzie on her Lifestyles show, TRE Talk Radio Europe, about the women who inspired Queens of the Underworld. Listen here, begins 22 minutes into the show. Continue reading
How do writers deal with rejection? Vox is a series of bite-size audio recordings in which Royal Literary Fund Fellows explore topics around writing. In this episode, we were asked to discuss rejection. Listen here. Continue reading
Vox is a series of bite-size audio recordings in which Royal Literary Fund Fellows explore topics around writing. In this episode, we were asked to discuss the best writing advice we have ever received. Listen here. Continue reading
London Live have covered The View magazine’s upcoming photo exhibition ‘Someone’s Daughter’ which opens at Photo London, Somerset House, in September. It features my portrait – and Bailey’s – taken by Carol Allen Storey. Update: My involvement in the project was to have my picture taken, and to contribute excerpts from Bad Girls. I am… Continue reading
The Royal Literary Fund’s ‘In Focus’ presents short films featuring RLF writers. In the latest film, we respond to the question ‘What’s Your Desert Island Book?’ I chose Rebecca. Watch the film here. Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 has aired a programme on Chris Tchaikovsky, leader of The Happy Firm fraud gang in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Her experiences inside Holloway led to the formation of Women in Prison, and she became one of the UK’s leading penal reform campaigners for women. Her story is told by some… Continue reading