Interviews

Here is a selection of interviews about my work, from various publications and websites. For podcast, radio and other broadcast appearances, please see the Audio/Visual section.

I Travestiti di Lisetta Carmi e i diritti transgender [Italian]
On Lisetta Carmi’s photographs on trans women in Genoa in the 1960s (8 December 2022).

Journalist Juliet Jacques on how UK media is trying to ‘crush’ trans people: ‘We’re not in control’
Discussing Front Lines and British journalist with Patrick Kelleher for Pink News (8 September 2022).

Meet the journalist navigating Britain’s anti-trans press
Discussing Front Lines and my experiences with UK journalism with Hollie Wong of Gay Times (31 August 2022).

On Hope and Transformation
In conversation about my work, politics, and the idea of hope with María Inés Plaza Lazo for The New Institute (25 March 2022).

Themes and Variations
A discussion about my short story collection with Enrico Monacelli for The Quietus (25 September 2021).

LGBTQ+ Podcasting: Creating the Content We Want to See
In conversation with Huw Lemmey about Suite (212) and his podcast Bad Gays, in the online anthology New Brave World, edited by Alice Sachrajda and Marzena Zukowska (March 2021).

Better to be Bold
A conversation with Mia Angelique about my writing, and positioning myself as a trans woman in journalism, for Worms magazine (print-only) (summer 2020).

Inside the Great British TERF War
Talking to Hannah Ewens of Vice about transphobia in the British media, with Shon Faye, Paris Lees, Sophie Lewis and others (16 June 2020).

The Exploding Appendix Questionnaire
An interview about my work, its intellectual influences, and its political context and aims (28 May 2020).

Juliet Jacques on Suite (212)
In conversation with TANK magazine about my radio programme/podcast, ideas about cultural democracy and ‘elitism’, Corbyn’s Labour and the relationship between art and politics (29 April 2020).

The I in Trans-Genre
Discussing life writing and Trans: A Memoir with Chiara Pellegrini for Transgender Studies Quarterly vol. 7 issue 1 (1 February 2020).

Surrey Transgender Author Shares Her Story
In conversation with RH Uncovered (28 January 2020).

‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers’
With Manca Bajec and Isobel Wohl for MAP magazine about the theme of the Venice Biennale of 2019 (July 2019).

“People are intelligent, and we shouldn’t assume otherwise”
With Jack Frayne-Reid for the New Socialist about my Resonance 104.4fm programme Suite (212), the concept of cultural democracy and the state of UK arts coverage (18 March 2018).

The Momus Questionnaire
Answering questions set by musician Momus (Nick Currie) for Minor Literatures (24 February 2017).

The Best Books on Autofiction
Discussing the boundaries between autobiography and fiction with Beatrice Wilford for Five Books (December 2016).

‘All women’s bodies are politicised’
With Rachel Parris for the Hackney Citizen (8 December 2016).

Granta en Español issue 5 (November 2016) [Spanish]
In conversation with Veronica Esposito about gender, technology and digital culture (print-only) (November 2016).

Transgender author from Horley ‘very proud’ to be shortlisted for prestigious book award
With Connie Rusk of Get Surrey, about Trans: A Memoir being shortlisted for the Polari First LGBT Book Award (8 September 2016).

‘Being transsexual has politicised my creative work’
Interview with Sophie Hemery of East End Review before my appearance at the philosophy festival HowTheLightGetsIn in Hay-on-Wye (28 May 2016).

When a private trans archive becomes public art
Discussing the Art Gallery of Ontario’s use of photographs from the Casa Susanna archive in their collection with Leah Sandals for Canadian Art (5 May 2016).

A Conversation with Juliet Jacques on Digital Trans Identites
With Ellen Turner for Sang Bleu (16 December 2015).

“Transition makes things easier, but it doesn’t fix everything”
Interview with Frankie Mullin about Trans: A Memoir for Salon (11 October 2015).

Juliet Jacques Carves Out Her Own Space in ‘Trans: A Memoir
In conversation with Tasbeeh Herwees for Vice (3 October 2015).

“Men get more freedom”: Women and memoir writing
With Dawn Foster for Open Democracy, discussing Trans: A Memoir and life writing (28 September 2015).

Juliet Jacques by Rebekah Weikel
In conversation with Rebekah Weikel of Penny-Ante Press about Trans: A Memoir for BOMB magazine (23 September 2015).

Trans Historical Narratives
Talking about trans life writing, history and politics with Hannah Gregory for The New Inquiry (22 September 2015).

Beyond the Trans Memoir
Discussing Trans: A Memoir with Veronica Esposito (LitHub) (14 September 2015).

Night Drive by The Chromatics
Talking about the Chromatics’ 2007 LP with Martin Fitzgerald for RAM Album Club (June 2015).

Navadila sem se, da sem izobčenka [Slovenian]
Interview with Neža Prah for Slovenian newspaper Delo (4 March 2014).

The Heroines of My Life
Conversation with Monika Kowalska about trans writing and representation (25 January 2014).

Queer cinema, trans politics and the films of Jack Smith and Rosa von Praunheim
In conversation with Bradley Tuck for One+One magazine (7 April 2013).