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 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...
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.
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.
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.
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 is a festival of words on the radio broadcast on East Leeds FM. The theme this year is Vision and features a host of programmes including radio dramas, readings, live music, all created by local writers and also mostly live from the Chapel FM Arts Centre Studios.
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 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.
WRITING ON AIR is an annual festival of words and ideas broadcast in its entirety on East Leeds Community Radio (ELCR), the vibrant radio station housed in Chapel FM Arts Centre, Seacroft, Leeds.
