ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Always Take Notes is a fortnightly podcast from London for and about writers and writing. Hosts Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd speak to a diverse range of people in the industry on a variety of topics, from the mysteries of slush piles and per-word rates, to how data are changing the ways newspapers do business and how to pitch a book. patreon.com/alwaystakenotes
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Average audio length:
60 minutes
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English
United States
250 episodes
since April 2, 2017
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~62.54% of listeners are from Ireland.
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IE
62.54%
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US
13.61%
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KE
11.71%
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GB
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AU
1.40%
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CA
1.07%
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SE
0.74%
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NO
0.57%
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GR
0.49%
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CH
0.33%
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DE
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DK
0.24%
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IT
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FR
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PK
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VN
0.16%
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IS
0.16%
Others
1.06%
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Simon and Rachel speak to Franz Wild, who has been the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's CEO and editor-in-chief since July 2025. Previously, Franz led the Bureau's investigations into how the UK facilitates kleptocracy and global corruption, landing front-page splashes in the New York Time…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
In this episode Rachel and Simon speak to Charlotte Mursell, publisher at Orion Fiction. Charlotte started her career at the romance publisher Mills & Boon and worked for several years within HarperCollins, including at HQ, its commercial-focused imprint. In 2020 Charlotte joined Orion Fiction;…
Simon and Rachel speak to David Walsh, chief sports writer at the Sunday Times. David began his career reporting for the Leitrim Observer in Ireland and at the age of 25 he became the editor. His next job was at the Dublin-based newspaper the Irish Press, and while working there he d…
Rachel and Simon speak to the literary agent Madeleine Milburn. She started her career in publishing as a foreign rights assistant at A P Watt, the world's first modern literary agency (now part of United Agents). She then moved to Darley Anderson as head of rights, where she represented …
Simon and Rachel speak to the novelist and non-fiction writer Matt Haig. Matt's work includes the novels "The Humans", "How to Stop Time" and "The Midnight Library", the last of which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and spent 52 weeks on the New York Times&nb…
Rachel and Simon speak to the literary agent Amanda Harris. Amanda started her publishing career in publicity, first at Pan Macmillan, then at Simon and Schuster. She switched to editorial and worked with authors including David Baldacci and Jackie Collins before moving to Orion…
Simon and Rachel speak with the journalist Jeff Maysh. Jeff's work, specialising in narrative non-fiction with cinematic structure, and focusing on untold true stories, has appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek and the Fin…
Rachel and Simon speak with the literary agent Vicki Willden-Lebrecht. Vicki set up The Bright Agency in 2003; today the company represents authors and artists from across the world. Its clients include Benji Davies (the creator of the "Storm Whale" series and the illu…
Simon and Rachel speak with the novelist and screenwriter Tom Rob Smith. Tom wrote his first novel, "Child 44", about a serial killer in Soviet Russia, at the age of 26. After publication in 2008, the novel went on to sell over two million copies, with translations in 35 languages. It won the Inter…
Rachel and Simon speak with the novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt. Born in Minnesota in 1955 to a Norwegian mother and American father, Siri grew up bilingual. On a family trip one summer, she read voraciously and decided she wanted to become a writer. In 1981 Siri published her first poem in the…
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