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
Programmes
Have a look through the vast array of our past programmes to listen or watch again. You can filter the results to find the kind of programmes you are particularly interested in.
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
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ProgrammeHalf Moon over the Chapel
Sat 17th Mar '18, 9:00pm
Writers from Half Moon Books in Otley perform an array of work, hosted by Mark Connors
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
Off the Medieval Map
Fri 16th Mar '18, 11:15am
Poets Oz Hardwick and Hannah Stone follow medievalism as it morphs into contemporary art forms
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
Random Search
Fri 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
Fri 16th Mar '18, 7:45pm
Poetry in performance from Maria Stephenson and friends on the theme of Maria’s recent book
Never Worn
Fri 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
Fri 16th Mar '18, 9:15am
Helen Burke and Phil Pattinson kidnap happiness in poetry, music - and in their own inimitable way
Writers in Transit
Fri 16th Mar '18, 10:15am
Peter Spafford talks to Artemis, International Writers at Leeds, and poets from Germany, France and Spain
Sharkey and the Words
Thu 15th Mar '18, 2:30pm
A collaboration between Chapel FM’s Associate Writers and jazz phenomenon Chris Sharkey who is currently musician-in-residence at the Chapel