Dave Pescod Q&A

Dave Pescod answers questions about his book All Embracing and Other Stories Q. What was the inspiration for ‘All Embracing’? A few years back I’d ended a relationship and was waiting in Liverpool Street Station watching people meet and greet, hugging each other affectionately. It was Christmas and there were large groups gathering and embracing [...]

A Hug Anyone?

> A film of the title story in Dave Pescod’s book All Embracing and Other Stories. Dave Pescod on the filming: ‘It took a lot of takes and after an hour and nearly a hundred hugs or more everybody was a bit high and nobody wanted to go home. They just stood there grinning, wanting [...]

The Temptation of Pogo

. To mark National Short Story Day, here is a recording of The Temptation of Pogo by Guy Ware. A festive story, it’s a playful satire which follows the fortunes of Pogo, an imaginary friend who is manifested in the brain of his current client as a little fat boy in a sailor suit, an [...]