[Interview] Harry Whitehead
by Nick Edgeworth, The Grassroutes Project * Harry Whitehead is a novelist, a short story writer and a creative writing lecturer at the University of Leicester. Before that, he worked in the film and TV production industry. His novel, The Cannibal Spirit (Hamish Hamilton, 2012) is set among the First Peoples of Canada at the turn of the twentieth century, and has been described as "“Unflinching and rigorously unsentimental ... a thought-provoking and impressive read.” His short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies that include London Lies (Arachne Press, 2012), The Storyteller Magazine and Whimperbang . In this interview, Harry Whitehead talks about the concerns that inform his work as a novelist and a creative writing lecturer: To start off, thanks very much for agreeing to be interviewed. Pleasure. My first question is: where did the creative writing process begin for you? When and why did you start? Well, I used to win the prizes at primary sch