Writing on Air 2018

Chapel FM's own broadcast literature festival. Fifty original word-based radio programmes broadcast between 15-18th March 2018.

When & where

  • FromThu 15th Mar '18, 10:30am
  • UntilSun 18th Mar '18, 4:30pm
  • WhereChapel FM Arts Centre Map

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Writing On Air is an on-air literature festival in which writers, readers, and wordos of all varieties get to create and air their own programmes to a local and global audience.

For four days this spring, Chapel FM Arts Centre hosts a raft of great writing from across Yorkshire, all broadcast through Chapel FM’s very own community radio station, East Leeds FM. You can find more information, listen live or listen again through this website.

With over fifty programmes, Writing On Air 2018 is the biggest yet. But it’s the scope of the material and the commitment of the contributors that really counts. This year’s festival takes the theme ‘Borderlands’ which resonates throughout the schedule in different ways.

Have a look at the full schedule for the whole four days…

And you can come along to any of the live events happening on each of the four days—full listing here

Thoughts from writers involved in last year's festival...

Last year's Writing on Air festival involved around 200 local, regional, and international writers, readers, and performers. Apart from its being broadcast on the radio, what makes WOA distinctive as a literature festival is that all the programmes are conceived and created by writers and readers themselves.

  • The Chapel FM team allowed us the creative freedom to create the show we envisioned. As a writer, I felt in very good company.

    Marcos Avlonitis

    10/05/2017

  • There was a real buzz of creativity. A memorable and enriching few days.

    Amina Alyal

    20/04/2017

  • Writing on Air has been a fantastic opportunity to learn more about creating and delivering a radio show—I got to talk with poets I really admire and share my interests with a larger audience.

    Jo Brandon

    24/04/2017

Have a listen to some of our regular words-based shows...