Our Voice Matters
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 5:45pm
Children from Fun Face Drama tell us what matters to them, and why they won’t be silenced.
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.
Inkwell: Transforming with Poetry
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 6:00pm
Resist, heal, engage, transcend; words from the heart making a difference in people’s lives.
Yaffle
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 7:00pm
New local poetry publisher Yaffle showcase both new and familiar voices reading from their forthcoming pamphlets and collections.
Studio 12
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 8:15pm
A selection of spoken word performances from the Manifesto in Verse project, exploring how borders affect our personal, public and political lives.
Windrush
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 9:00pm
Malika Booker, Khadijah Ibrahiim, and Vahni Capildeo talk about Colonizinin Reverse, their poetic response to Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land
Angles of Light (Part2)
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 9:45pm
Juleus Ghunta introduces a panoply of poets from The Caribbean in this bumper follow-up to Part 1 which aired on Love The Words.
Hearing the Voice (part 3)
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 10:00am
The final instalment in our series from Hearing The Voice, the research project at Durham University.
Poetry of Art
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 11:30am
Poets give voices to their favourite works of art in Leeds Art Gallery, introduced by Sandra Burnett.
Origins of a Writer: Kevin Phillips
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 11:30am
In the latest in his series, Jaimes Lewis Moran talks to writer Kevin Phillips about his experiences.
Haiku Half Hour
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 12:15pm
Poet Joe Williams challenges a selection of local writers to create micro-poetry using the 5-7-5 haiku form.
Learning to be Heard
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 1:15pm
Gill Lambert brings her students from Swarthmore to read their poems and stories.
The Importance of Being Indie
Sat 23rd Mar '19, 2:00pm
A panel discusses independent publishers and marginalised voices in contemporary literature, with Kevin Duffy (BlueMoose), Jeremy Poynting (PeePal Tree) and author SJ Bradley.
Double Story 2
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 1:00pm
Short fiction from Monica Dickson. What would a bag of sweets sound like if they spoke to you?
Speak up!
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 1:15pm
The Deli team deliver their inimitable smorgasbord of poetry, comedy, discussion and music.
In the Dark
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 2:30pm
A man wakes up with a hangover. Pitch dark, unknown room. Where is he? What happened? Dark drama by James Fernie.
1977
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 2:45pm
A girl’s life explodes in puberty. Forty years later the hormones disappear overnight after a hysterectomy. Bitter transition comedy in diaries and song by Ali Bullivent
Speechless
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 3:45pm
What’s it like not to be able to speak? How do we hear the speechless? Jimmy Andrex interviews poet Jane Kite.
Strangers in a Strange Land
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 4:30pm
What does home mean? Poems by adults discovering their creativity in English, with Pascha Taylor.
Half Moon Spoken
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 5:15pm
Eleven Half Moon poets read and talk about each other’s poems.
Poetry DNA
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 6:15pm
Poets Tom Weir and Nick Allen reveal to James Fountain how their key influences have shaped their poetic DNA.
Jo Berry
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 7:15pm
Jo’s father was killed in the Brighton bombing of 1984. She has spent the last 18 years in dialogue with the ex-IRA combatant who planted the bomb. She talks to Mike Winter.
Hearing the Voice (part 2)
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 10:00am
HtV is the interdisciplinary study of voice-hearing at Durham University which inspired WOA19’s festival theme.
Stupidity is not the problem
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 8:30pm
Poetry with music hosted by Jimmy Andrex to provoke debate about economic inequality, based on Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman.
Specially Selected
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 10:30am
A gathering of poetic spoken word and nostalgic music from Jaimes Lewis Moran’s first poetry collection.
The Voice of Reason (1)
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 10:45am
Aladdin Green is amazed that rubbing an old lamp produces a genie wearing overalls, a hard hat, and hiviz jacket. What to wish for? Story by Geoff Reiss.
A Proper Conversation
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 11:00am
Hearing voices is often associated with ‘madness’. A short drama by John Martin that challenges the stigma.
The Voice of Reason (2)
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 11:15am
Sleeping Beauty’s 100-year sleep is nearing its end. Her carer dusts her off every day. Will a prince arrive in time? Story by Geoff Reiss.
An Otley Run
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 11:45am
Jimmy Andrex talks to Joe Williams about his recent verse novella narrated in the multiple voices of drinkers on the famous Otley Run.
Double Story 1
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 12:15pm
After everyone you love melts away, there’s no one left to lose; short fiction from Amaylia Dewis. Plus Chapel FM resident storyteller, Vickie Orton.
When Caring Ends
Thu 21st Mar '19, 4:20pm
Your life’s been about looking after a loved one. Now they’re gone, what next? Helen Thompson shares her thoughts.