The Dale Hurst Writing Show – Season 5
The fifth series of The Dale Hurst Writing Show launched on 31 July 2025, bringing with it a new partnership, in the form of The Bournemouth Journal, a literary journal produced by the MA Creative Writing and Publishing course at Bournemouth University. From this point, in addition to its availability on Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube Music, the podcast episodes are now accessible from the journal’s own website.
Season 5 kicked off with a discussion with author, academic and retired US Navy Chief Matt Hardman about World War II stories, in honour of the 80th anniversary of the end of that conflict. On the subject of milestones, this season also includes the 50th episode of The Dale Hurst Writing Show (more information about this coming soon).
2025 marks 80 years since the end of World War II, that notoriously bloody and multifaceted conflict spanning 1939–45, encompassing infamous battles, political machinations and, of course, the Holocaust. So, how do we tackle this period from a writing and storytelling perspective?
Author and lecturer Matt Hardman uses World War II as the backdrop for his recent novel Other Than Honourable. We discuss what informed his storytelling decisions, his research process, and we also find out how significant The Count of Monte Cristo is to him.
Find out more about Matt and his work via his website or on Instagram.
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