Tea With Joy - Joy Wright - Author

Writing Our Experiences

Joy Wright 14 August 2026

I’ve been thinking about what we keep from the people, places and experiences which pass through our lives. Not necessarily the physical things, although those too. A ticket or a…

Review Of The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Joy Wright 26 July 2026

Some books seem destined to be part of your reading list one way or another. The Historian was one of those. I’d been aware of Elizabeth Kostova’s novel for years…

The Felt-Sense Of Writing

Joy Wright 19 July 2026

People sometimes ask where ideas come from. It’s an innocent enough question, but one I’ve never found particularly easy to answer. It would be lovely if I could point to…

The Accidental Architects

Joy Wright 12 July 2026

It’s only in retrospect that we can see what shaped our lives, though this is subjective to the moments we remember. We can’t always see them at the time, nor…

A Closely Guarded Secret

Joy Wright 5 July 2026

The Best Time To Shop For Books I have absolutely no interest in football. I realise this puts me in something of a minority whenever England are playing. I don’t…

The Archaeology of Ideas

Joy Wright 1 July 2026

I was trying to work out my process recently. I used to describe myself as a “pantser” on NaNoWriMo, before the scandals hit. A pantser is someone who flies by…

The Psychological Comfort Of Re-reading a Book

Joy Wright 24 June 2026

Many might agree there is something deeply pleasing about returning to a story you already know. A book you have read before, a film you can quote, a television series…

Theatre, Writing And The Shape Of A Scene

Joy Wright 17 June 2026

I don’t think I’ll ever stop staging things in my head, always when writing scripts and novels and often when recalling memories, I know where the light is coming from,…

The Sticky Note Method

Joy Wright 10 June 2026

There is a pile of sticky notes on my desk which, at this point, may have qualified as a new and unique administrative system, a fire hazard, or in this…

Easily Seduced By Words

Joy Wright 5 June 2026

I sometimes think I was born to be British. I enjoy the weather too much to live anywhere with less complex climate. I read about a woman from Africa who…

Where The Sea Gets In And The Ideas Spill Out

Joy Wright 3 June 2026

We all know we can be inspired by all sorts of things but places are perhaps the most outstanding. I wonder if it’s change in the air or a different…

Women, Words and the Difficult Business of Story Telling

Joy Wright 28 May 2026

I’ve spent a lot of my life choosing words carefully. Often because I like to be precise with my meaning. Sometimes because I’m trying not to upset anyone. There is…