Origins of a Writer: Peter Spafford
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
Programmes
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Heartline
17th Mar '18, 11:00am
Change affects us in ways we struggle to understand. Helen Thompson’s uplifting story faces it out
Touchline
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
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
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
17th Mar '18, 1:30pm
Musical Arc present stories and music inspired by magical merdogs and shape-shifting kelpies
The Space Between
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
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
Lavender Ink
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
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
16th Mar '18, 5:15pm
Otley’s Courthouse Writers, with James Nash, invite you into the borderlands through poetry, flash fiction and microdrama
NeurodiVERSE
16th Mar '18, 6:30pm
Many people believe that being autistic and creative are mutually exclusive. NeurodiVERSE was created to challenge that
Random Search
16th Mar '18, 7:15pm
Jaimes Lewis Moran and Dave Binns give us their highly original merging of poem and song
Poetry for the Newly Single 40 Something
16th Mar '18, 7:45pm
Poetry in performance from Maria Stephenson and friends on the theme of Maria’s recent book
Never Worn
16th Mar '18, 9:15pm
Songwriter Ric Neale and poet Rob Reed perform their moving meditation in music and words on Hemingway’s shortest story
Walking Back to Happiness
16th Mar '18, 9:15am
Helen Burke and Phil Pattinson kidnap happiness in poetry, music - and in their own inimitable way
Writers in Transit
16th Mar '18, 10:15am
Peter Spafford talks to Artemis, International Writers at Leeds, and poets from Germany, France and Spain
Off the Medieval Map
16th Mar '18, 11:15am
Poets Oz Hardwick and Hannah Stone follow medievalism as it morphs into contemporary art forms
Beyond the Borderline
16th Mar '18, 12:15pm
Storyteller Vickie Orton and her guests share stories about the representation of disability in fairy tales
Pocket Dante
16th Mar '18, 1:00pm
Actor and writer Roger Harington performs his own 15 minute introduction to Divinia Comedia
Bi’An
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
16th Mar '18, 2:15pm
Roger Harington performs his own 15-minute introduction to the poetry of Roger Harington
Let’s Dance
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
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
Linda Says
15th Mar '18, 4:15pm
Burning to write and publish? Writer Linda Sage tells us how to break down the barriers and get it done
First Story
15th Mar '18, 10:30am
Young writers from schools in West Yorkshire present work they have created with First Story writers
Hull Young Playwrights
15th Mar '18, 5:15pm
Six short plays from The Writing Squad and Hull Truck Theatre. The Squad is a free programme for writers aged 16-21
The Drama of Words
15th Mar '18, 6:15pm
Members of East Leeds Youth Theatre, now based at Chapel FM, give us a sharp take on the idea of ‘closed/open’
Navigating Borderlands
15th Mar '18, 6:30pm
Students on the English and Creative Writing courses at Leeds Beckett University explore the implications of ‘the border’
Narayana and Bhataryan
15th Mar '18, 7:30pm
David Robertson and Players perform the only play ever written by world-famous Yorkshire sculptor Henry Moore