ELFM’s Summer Broadcast 2018
Our annual summer broadcast festival returns with a smorgasbord of locally produced shows championing local musicians and exploring local issues
Shows: Poetry
Have a look through all of our shows. You can filter the results to find the kind of shows you are particularly interested in.
Leeds/Dortmund 50 Festival Radio Broadcast Archive
The Leeds/Dortmund 50 Festival featured more than two dozen events celebrating 50 years of the two cities being twinned.
Love the Words
Peter Spafford presents his love of all things wordy in his weekly shows chatting to novelists, poets and play-wrights.
The Deli
Each month The Deli team choose a theme and pick it apart, showcasing lots of words, writing and wonderful original work
Ways to Pass the Time…
Stuck at home during lockdown? Looking to pick up a new hobby? Need some ideas on how to spend your time? Tune in to 'Ways to Pass the Time' broadcasting weekly as part of ELFM's 'Keeping a Distance, Staying Close' programme.
Wordybirds
A collection of stories, poems, essays and other literary treats presented on East Leeds FM broadcast as part of our "Keeping a Distance, Staying Close" broadcasts. Curated by Peter Spafford.
Writing On Air
Writing On Air is our yearly spring writing and spoken word festival that is headed up by our Director Of Words, Peter Spafford. This page contains all the broadcast output for the entirety of the Writing On Air Festival.
Writing on Air 2016
Chapel FM hosted a raft of great writing from across Yorkshire for four days during spring 2016. This was the first ever Writing on Air festival. All these broadcast are from our old website.
Writing on Air 2017
Chapel FM hosted a raft of great writing from across Yorkshire for four days during spring 2017. This was the second annual Writing on Air festival, with the theme being "Walls" . All these broadcast are from our old website.
Writing On Air 2018
Writing On Air 2018 was our biggest broadcast literature festival yet with 50 original programmes made by Yorkshire-based writers. This year’s festival took the theme ‘Borderlands’ which resonates throughout the schedule in different ways. You can listen again to any of them...
Writing on Air 2019
WOA ’19 is a broadcast festival of writing. It will happen over four days, 21st-24th March at Chapel FM Arts Centre, our beautiful state-of-the-art studio and performance complex in East Leeds set in a restored Methodist chapel. East Leeds FM, which started in 2003, broadcasts to an annual local and global listenership of over 35,000 people.
Writing on Air 2021 Part 1
A two and a half day festival with over 30 programmes of literature on the radio, all made by writers and readers in Yorkshire. This year's theme is Vision.
WRITING ON AIR 2022
Writing On Air is back! Writing On Air is a literature festival on the radio. Now in its 8th year, all programmes are conceived and created by upwards of 200 writers, readers, and performers from across Leeds and West Yorkshire, supported by the Chapel FM team.
WRITING ON AIR 2023
Writing On Air is back again for 2023! This years theme is MISSING.
Come listen in and join us live for our largest Writing On Air festival yet.
Spanning over 7 days and including over 80 programmes, live events and workshops.