The Village Voice
Sun 18th Mar '18, 5:30pm
On 31st December 2017, strangers were spotted in an English village on the east coast. A live reading of the villagers’ conversation on social media, before the post was deleted
Programmes
Have a look through our past programmes to listen or watch again. You can even filter the results to find the kind of programmes you're particularly interested in.
From the Edge
Sun 18th Mar '18, 10:30am
Hosted by Horror writer Janine-Langley Wood, emerging writers read their individual takes on being trapped between two worlds
The Play What I Wrote
Sun 18th Mar '18, 12:15pm
Playwrights Charley Miles, Chris O’Connor and Charlotte Carrick discuss their varied experiences of theatre writing
Thin Line: Writers and Mental Health
Sun 18th Mar '18, 1:15pm
What links creativity and depression? Helen Shay in discussion with Char March and Laurence O’Reilly
Leeds Savage Club
Sun 18th Mar '18, 2:15pm
A peek into the workings of the oldest-established writing group in Leeds as they gnash over the Borderlands theme
War on Our Doorstep
Sun 18th Mar '18, 4:30pm
What do the housewife, theatre buff, and rookie soldier have in common? They all lived in Leeds in 1939. Text and music from Trio Literati
Touchline
Sat 17th Mar '18, 11:15am
On one side, dreams are shattered; on the other, they are fulfilled. Mike Thompson’s tale of triumph over disappointment
Town
Sat 17th Mar '18, 11:45am
Love is a beautiful thing but often dresses badly. Words and music from Wakefield’s finest: Jimmy Andrex and Jane Steele
Reading Out
Sat 17th Mar '18, 12:30pm
Does hearing your own poem read aloud by another poet yield insights? Five poets find out, with James Fernie
Between Water and Air
Sat 17th Mar '18, 1:30pm
Musical Arc present stories and music inspired by magical merdogs and shape-shifting kelpies
The Space Between
Sat 17th Mar '18, 2:45pm
Poets Sandra Burnett and Gill Lambert ponder the female perspective on physical and emotional borders
Live from The Leeds Library: Rob Cowen
Sat 17th Mar '18, 3:30pm
As part of the Wild Lines festival with Big Bookend, Rob Cowen talks about his landmark nature book, Common Ground
250!
Sat 17th Mar '18, 4:45pm
The Leeds Library is one of the city’s best-hidden gems. Staff take us on a tour as they celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding
Tom Tit
Sat 17th Mar '18, 5:30pm
Mark Connors and John Lake from Armley Press preview Mark’s forthcoming second novel, Tom Tit and the Maniacs
Six Minute Reads
Sat 17th Mar '18, 6:00pm
Short stories commissioned by Read Manchester from young writers in The Writing Squad, produced by Steve Dearden
Ian Duhig
Sat 17th Mar '18, 6:45pm
Ian Duhig reads and talks about his work on Refugee Tales 2 (Comma Press) and about his Irish heritage on this St. Patrick’s Day Night
WordSurf
Sat 17th Mar '18, 10:00pm
Contributors to the first 3 issues of Leeds-based magazine Strix read their work in an immersive music and words float-around
Tipping the Iceberg
Sat 17th Mar '18, 9:30am
What lies concealed beneath the words we say? Poet and word-juggler John Hepworth takes a peek
Origins of a Writer: Peter Spafford
Sat 17th Mar '18, 10:15am
In the latest in his series, Jaimes Lewis Moran talks to poet and playwright Peter Spafford about the writing life
Heartline
Sat 17th Mar '18, 11:00am
Change affects us in ways we struggle to understand. Helen Thompson’s uplifting story faces it out
Beyond the Borderline
Fri 16th Mar '18, 12:15pm
Storyteller Vickie Orton and her guests share stories about the representation of disability in fairy tales
Pocket Dante
Fri 16th Mar '18, 1:00pm
Actor and writer Roger Harington performs his own 15 minute introduction to Divinia Comedia
Bi’An
Fri 16th Mar '18, 1:30pm
Playwright Mary Cooper, with writers Adam Strickson and Jenna Ng, talk about Bi’An, the UK’s brand new Chinese Writers Network
Pocket Harington
Fri 16th Mar '18, 2:15pm
Roger Harington performs his own 15-minute introduction to the poetry of Roger Harington
Let’s Dance
Fri 16th Mar '18, 2:30pm
A love story in two moving vehicles. Intriguing new radio drama from James Fernie and Linda Casper
Once Upon a Time
Fri 16th Mar '18, 3:00pm
Sita Poran and Lucia Fella tell stories from the borderlands of life and the afterlife, with master storyteller Matthew Bellwood
Lavender Ink
Fri 16th Mar '18, 3:45pm
It’s Pat’s wedding day and at least her mum’s happy. Till she remembers those letters. 1960’s drama from Rosalind Fairclough and JY Saville
Portrait of a Pedestrian
Fri 16th Mar '18, 4:30pm
What’s the space we occupy as pedestrians? Joanna Sedgwick presents a series of her own poems and photographs
On the Edges
Fri 16th Mar '18, 5:15pm
Otley’s Courthouse Writers, with James Nash, invite you into the borderlands through poetry, flash fiction and microdrama
NeurodiVERSE
Fri 16th Mar '18, 6:30pm
Many people believe that being autistic and creative are mutually exclusive. NeurodiVERSE was created to challenge that