EY UP! THE MISSING NORTHERN VOICE
Fri 1st Dec '23, 6:00pm
Discussion between publisher Rebecca Kenny and four Northern writers on publishing in the North.
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.
HIBISCUS RISING: THE LEGACY OF DAVID OLUWALE
Fri 1st Dec '23, 7:00pm
An evening of discussion, performance and art reflecting on the life and tragic death of David Oluwale.
Write Across the Lines: Poets From Lille, France
Fri 1st Dec '23, 9:00am
Poetry and conversation with three poets from Lille, France: Martine Delannoy, Ndrix and Valérie Ketels (aka Féal) with translation from Nick Wanklyn.
Write Across the Lines: Jonathan Pryor Leeds Councillor Deputy Leader
Fri 1st Dec '23, 12:10am
As part of Chapel FM Arts Centre's collaboration with Leeds Department of International Relations' twinned cities poetry + radio project, we speak with Councillor Jonathan Pryor.
FIRST STORY SPECIAL
Fri 1st Dec '23, 10:30am
First Story places writers in schools throughout the UK. Young people from First Story residencies in West Yorkshire talk about their love of writing.
I MISS YOU, SPAGHETTI!
Fri 1st Dec '23, 12:00pm
Students from Leeds East Academy present work from Chapel FM writing workshops they took part in earlier this year.
PASS THE VERSE
Fri 1st Dec '23, 1:00pm
Two poets, Gareth Rhodes and Jaimes Moran, exchange associated ideas, random phrases, and hallucinatory fragments in this freshly experimental work.
POETRY AND POISONS, Part 2
Fri 1st Dec '23, 1:30pm
Are poetry and poisons related? Four programmes on past herbal remedies with a poet GP and a Professor of Prescribing Practice.
THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATION
Fri 1st Dec '23, 1:45pm
Two older people sit on a bench. What are they choosing not to say? Intriguing audio dialogue by Mally Harvey.
WHAT IF’S AND MAYBES
Fri 1st Dec '23, 2:00pm
Prison is a mystery to most, but what happens when you get out is the story no one tells. Drama from Writing On Air regulars, Standfast Productions.
ANITA AND AUNTY JI
Fri 1st Dec '23, 3:00pm
Though very different, Anita and her employer have a common link: their missing husbands who they do not miss. Audio drama from Jaspreet Mander.
WHO’S MISSING FROM THE CLASSICS?
Fri 1st Dec '23, 3:30pm
The British Library with students from Elliott Hudson College, Beeston, unearth absent characters and themes in classical literature.
WORDS LEFT UNSAID
Fri 1st Dec '23, 4:00pm
Leeds-based literary affinity group, Bone Down, host an intimate session of secret sharing. Part poetry showcase, part discussion, hosted by Caitlin McKenna
A DELICATE PROPOSAL TO MR. KHAMENEI
Thu 30th Nov '23, 2:30pm
An impassioned plea for humanity in the treatment of women in Iran, from Jaspreet Mander.
EXTRA OR ESSENTIAL?
Thu 30th Nov '23, 3:00pm
People of Seacroft at a Chapel FM Health Awareness Day reflect on what would provide added value to their health and happiness.
LINGUA
Thu 30th Nov '23, 3:30pm
To have another language is to possess a second soul’ (Charlemagne). Nicola Good makes the case for the importance of language-learning in our education culture.
WAITING
Thu 30th Nov '23, 4:00pm
Will the boyfriend ever arrive? Suspicion takes her on a very disturbing journey. Dark audio drama from Sophie McWhannell.
A FATHER’S VOICE
Thu 30th Nov '23, 4:30pm
Jaimes Lewis Moran presents poetry, prose, and live reflection on the subject of fathers, both missing and present.
CHANGE, NOW!
Thu 30th Nov '23, 5:00pm
David Price OBE, with Elizabeth Powell, Fran Cairns and Naomi Roxby Wardle, discuss what we urgently need in our education system.
We Are Seacroft Extra: Discussion about What Gets Missed in Seacroft
Thu 30th Nov '23, 11:00am
A panel of people from We Are Seacroft network of community organisations working to make Seacroft a stronger community have a lively discussion about what gets missed.
MISSING VOICES
Thu 30th Nov '23, 6:00pm
Whose voices are missing in our lives? Poets explore the experience of loss and grief in daily life and the necessity of calling it what it is.
INVISIBLE GIFTS: WE ARE SEACROFT
Thu 30th Nov '23, 11:00am
A panel of people from We Are Seacroft network of community organisations working to make Seacroft a stronger community have a lively discussion about what gets missed.
A PRESENT PAST
Thu 30th Nov '23, 12:00pm
In the fallout from the pandemic, some lives never went back to normal. Has living in the past become the new present? A prescient reflection by Rayyah McCaul.
LIT IN LEEDS
Thu 30th Nov '23, 1:00pm
Leeds City Council recently commissioned a review from New Writing North to develop a better understanding of the literature ecology in Leeds. What did it find?
FOUND
Thu 30th Nov '23, 2:00pm
Lyrical and other-worldly new short fiction from regular Writing On Air contributor, Melissa Wuidart Phillips.
Write Across the Lines: Poets From Kharkiv, Ukraine
Wed 29th Nov '23, 8:00am
Poetry and conversation with four poets from Kharkiv, Ukraine: Ivan Senin, Kateryna Khailo, Nataliia Marynchak and Svitalan Horbunova-Ruban.
Club Dance #43
Tue 28th Nov '23, 6:15pm
Adam returns after the summer with club dance and some old school vibes
From The Bandroom #56
Tue 28th Nov '23, 10:00pm
A former cow shed between Macclesfield and Congleton is the bandroom of Silk Brass, our band for this month.
Hot Flavours #83
Tue 28th Nov '23, 7:30pm
Tonight’s show is brimming with pace from Stochele Rosenberg & Mathias Levey - and continues with the Oscar Peterson Trio.
POETRY AND POISONS, Part 1
Sun 26th Nov '23, 11:00am
Are poetry and poisons related? Four programmes on past herbal remedies with a poet GP and a Professor of Prescribing Practice.