This week Repeat Beat Poet is in conversation with poet, author, broadcaster, activist, and longstanding rabble-rousing doyenne of UK poetry, Salena Goddena. The pair reflect on Salena's career in poetry and literature, the inspirations behind her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death, and have a good chat about the complications and joys of writing to and through an embodiment of Death; like how facing loss and grief can teach us how to live, love, survive, and fight for a better world. There's also chat about being a flaneuse, and writing while walking around mystical East London.
We hear two readings from Salena -
Pessimism Is For Lightweights - -0:35:19 (ISH)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW0CnTXUjfc&t=58s
[excerpt from Mrs. Death Misses Death. The First Mourning of the First Morning - 0:11:25]
Download a full transcript here: (COMING SOON)
For more from Salena:
http://www.salenagodden.co.uk/
For more from RBP: linktr.ee/repeatbeatpoet
https://twitter.com/repeatbeatpoet
https://www.instagram.com/repeatbeatpoet/
For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts
www.twitter.com/LunarPoetryPod
Buy the 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com
Our production team is Mystery Planet Productions. https://mysteryplanet.net/
Also mentioned on the podcast -
BBC Extra's Podcast Radio Hour (Poetry Podcast Special, 1/10/21)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00100hj

Ep. 132 - Salena Godden

Cece's Speakeasy (30th June-3rd July 2021) - https://applesandsnakes.org/project/ceces-speakeasy/
This week The Repeat Beat Poet speaks to writer, performer, creative director, and tarot-reading multi-faceted artist and activist Zena Edwards. The pair talk about navigating corporate spaces while maintaining integrity, the importance of orality and sound within self-expression, and how indigenous African peoples and systems of knowledge have guided Zena's work. The two poets also give some shine to Apples & Snakes, the UK's longstanding leading poetry organisation, discuss their involvement in the immersive climate cabaret show, Cece's Speakeasy, and highlight the artistic innovations that come from cross-artform collaborations.
We hear two performances from Zena -
Brother's Keeper - - 0:19:00
https://zenaedwards.bandcamp.com/track/brothers-keeper
Wood and Strings - 0:45:30
https://jazzrefreshed.bandcamp.com/track/wood-and-strings
Download a full transcript here: (COMING SOON)
For more from Zena:
verseindialog.com
instagram.com/zena_e_poetics
For more from PJ: linktr.ee/repeatbeatpoet
https://twitter.com/repeatbeatpoet
https://www.instagram.com/repeatbeatpoet/
For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts
www.twitter.com/LunarPoetryPod
Buy the 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com
Our production team is Mystery Planet Productions. https://mysteryplanet.net/

Ep. 131 - Zena Edwards

The terms hard-working and “jack of all trades” get thrown around a lot, but Sarah Callaghan really embodies the two. She’s been a comedian for over ten years with shows across the world from Australia to Austria, and she made the move into poetry when she used it as a tool to work through a difficult period of her life. Poetry was a space that allowed for what comedy didn’t; a space where messages didn’t necessarily have to be funny to be let out and to be seriously received by an audience. It gave her a space to speak more openly about mental health. We also discuss the importance of creative collaboration, share some performance stories, and the difficulties of navigating the trappings of social media. 
“You’re never gonna achieve greatness in your comfort zone.” - 10:20-11:26

Sarah reads two poems - 
23:35 - Beginning
33:21 - It's Not That Deep

Download a full transcript here: (COMING SOON)
For more from Sarah: http://www.sarahcallaghan.com/ 
https://linktr.ee/sarahcallaghan
https://twitter.com/sarahecallaghan 
http://instagram.com/scallaghan1

For more from PJ: linktr.ee/repeatbeatpoet
https://twitter.com/repeatbeatpoet
https://www.instagram.com/repeatbeatpoet/
For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts
www.twitter.com/LunarPoetryPod
Buy the 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com
Our production team is Mystery Planet Productions. https://mysteryplanet.net/

Also mentioned on the podcast -
Imaginary Millions - Spending Our Fortune Vol.1 https://imaginarymillions.bandcamp.com/album/spending-our-fortune-volume-one 
Watch Sarah Callaghan's comedy special, The Ballad Of Sarah Callaghan, on NextUp - https://nextupcomedy.com/sarahcallaghan/?fp_ref=ballad

Ep. 130 - Sarah Callaghan

This week Peter deGraft-Johnson (The Repeat Beat Poet) speaks to poet , educator, and writer Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan. The pair start by speaking about overcoming the fears of speaking your truth publicly, learning to trust readers and publishers outside of immediate live audiences, and Suhaiymah's journey discovering poetry. Next, we jump into the thick fogs of British colonialism, spend some time naming and shaming it and discussing the legacy of inequality it leaves in how histories are held and taught in our libraries, archives, and museums. Across an hour that felt like a minute, Suhaiymah also squeezes in some self-care tips, and gives another beautiful answer to the perennial ultimate question - why poetry?

Suhaiymah reads three poems - 
06:19 - Where Is My History?
35:03 - A Virtue Of Disobedience 
42:17 - Bacon, Bank Notes, Benjamins

Download a full transcript here: (COMING SOON)
For more from Suhaiymah: https://www.suhaiymah.com/ 
https://twitter.com/thebrownhijabi
https://www.instagram.com/thebrownhijabi
Buy Suhaiymah's debut collection Postcolonial Banter here, published by Verve Poetry Press - https://vervepoetrypress.com/product/suhaiymah-manzoor-khan-postcolonial-banter-pre-order-free-uk-pp-out-12-09-19/?v=79cba1185463 

For more from PJ: linktr.ee/repeatbeatpoet
https://twitter.com/repeatbeatpoet
https://www.instagram.com/repeatbeatpoet/
https://ko-fi.com/repeatbeatpoet

For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts
www.twitter.com/LunarPoetryPod
Buy the 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com 

Our production team is Mystery Planet Productions. https://mysteryplanet.net/ 

Also mentioned on the podcast - 
Dan Hicks - The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution http://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341767/the-brutish-museums/
Ian Cobain - The History Thieves Secrets, Lies and the Shaping of a Modern Nation https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-History-Thieves-by-Ian-Cobain-author/9781846275838

Ep. 129 - Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

“A lot of the ethos that I learned from the punk scene – D.I.Y politics, inclusivity, that kind of thing – I brought with me into Burning Eye Books” - Bridget Hart
This week Peter deGraft-Johnson (The Repeat Beat Poet) speaks to poet, editor, producer, publisher with Burning Eye Books, and Grease super-fan Bridget Hart. The pair start by discussing the ethos and success of Burning Eye as a leading independent poetry press in the UK, publishing spoken word artists, and Bridget shares a quick what-to-do (read the guidelines) and what-not-to-do (make transphobic jokes) when submitting. Bridget tells PJ about life as a poet in the DIY punk scene, touring in vans and playing house shows (ps - punks love Carly Rae Jepsen), and the value of emotional caretaking in the midst of the intensity of judging UniSlam - the UK's national university poetry slam & summit. Bridget also speaks about rediscovering a sense of freedom and joy in writing while working on their latest collection celebrating the campness, queerness, and playfulness we all know was the real star of the iconic teen classic Grease. (We don't speak about Grease 2 - who would?).
Bridget reads one poem -
41:12 - 1000 Bits Of Gum
Download a full transcript here: (COMING SOON)
Bridget's Links - 
http://bridgethart.wordpress.com
http://forbooksake.net
http://burningeye.co.uk/submit
PJ's Links - https://linktr.ee/repeatbeatpoet
https://twitter.com/repeatbeatpoet
https://www.instagram.com/repeatbeatpoet/
Read PJ's poem 'What Does Black Power Mean?' in the Black Anthology, Language, available to read via 1010 Press or your local independent bookshop or library:
www.sofiaamina.com/1010pressbookshop 
For more from Lunar: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts
www.twitter.com/LunarPoetryPod
Buy the 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com
Our production team is Mystery Planet Productions. https://mysteryplanet.net/
Also mentioned on the podcast - 
Neon, by Bethany Rose. Published by Burning Eye Books. https://burningeye.bigcartel.com/product/neon-by-bethany-rose
Chips & Beans Podcast w/ Bridget & Cassie Agbenhu - https://www.instagram.com/chipsandbeanspodcast/ 
UniSlam - https://www.uni-slam.com/

Ep. 128 - Bridget Hart

This week Peter deGraft-Johnson (The Repeat Beat Poet) speaks to Hip Hop artist and former Sheffield Poet Laureate, Otis Mensah. They discuss how the concept of introspective documentarianism underpins Otis' work of building a personal identity and creative voice around artistic truth and vulnerability, through rap and poetry. There's also talk of surviving and decrying racial capitalism, and a breakdown of Otis' tenure as laureate.  
Otis reads three poems - 
17:12 - Contrary To The Intangible Grapevine
35:25 - The Thinks
1:00:00 - No Record Store Day

Download a full transcript here: (COMING SOON)
For more from Otis: www.otismensah.com

https://twitter.com/otismensah
https://www.instagram.com/otismensah/
For more from PJ: linktr.ee/repeatbeatpoet
Repeat Beat Broadcast - https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/playlists/the-repeat-beat-broadcast/
https://twitter.com/repeatbeatpoet
https://www.instagram.com/repeatbeatpoet/

For more from us:
lunarpoetrypodcasts.com
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/
www.twitter.com/LunarPoetryPod
Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com 
Our production team is Mystery Planet Productions. https://mysteryplanet.net/ 

Also mentioned on the podcast - 
Rhyme & Reason (series of filmed conversations as part of Otis' Artist Residency with Sheffield University, ft. Awate, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, and Open Mike Eagle) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKKXT6kV3PhsxOlnBZLxAg4mTWAN4IHy4 
Pen-Ting Poetry - www.instagram.com/pentingpoetry
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon (2009)
Warda Yassin, current Sheffield Poet Laureate.  
Vanessa Kisuule's poem Hollow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3DKfaK50AU 

Ep. 127 - Otis Mensah

In his first full interview as host of the series, Peter deGraft-Johnson (The Repeat Beat Poet) speaks to poet, producer, and academic Katie Ailes. They speak about Katie's recent PhD study on performance and authenticity in UK Spoken Word poetry, the critical discourse around poetry, and firmly refute the idea that the talented craftspeople emerging from the spoken word scene are 'Noble Amateurs'. 

Katie reads three poems -  
Outwith - 07:37
Soft Animal - 27:18
Spangled - 1:03:33
Download a full transcript here: (COMING SOON) 
For more from Katie: www.katieailes.com 
https://www.scottishdesignexchange.com/product-page/katie-ailes-homing 
@KatieAiles - Twitter 
I Am Loud Productions (@IamLoudPro)
For more from PJ: linktr.ee/repeatbeatpoet
@RepeatBeatPoet - Twitter, Instagram. 
For more from us: 
lunarpoetrypodcasts.com
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/
www.twitter.com/LunarPoetryPod 
Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ 
Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/snazzyrat 

Referenced in the episode -  Stage Invasion - Peter Bearder Spoken Word in the UK - ed. Lucy English + Jack McGowan

Ep. 126: Katie Ailes

In his final episode as host of the series, David Turner talks to Stephen Lightbown about his debut poetry collection Only Air (Burning Eye Books), writing as a wheelchair user and his experience of attending online events during the UK Covid-19 lockdown. Stephen reads three poems.

Download a full transcript of this conversation here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/ep125-stephen-lightbown.pdf

For more from Stephen:
https://www.stephenlightbown.com/
https://www.instagram.com/spokeandpencil/
https://twitter.com/spokeandpencil
https://www.facebook.com/spokeandpencil/

For more from David Turner:
https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue
https://www.instagram.com/david_turner_books/

For more from Lunar:
https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
https://www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts
https://twitter.com/lunarpoetrypod

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

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Ep.125: Stephen Lightbown (transcript available)

David Turner is in Walthamstow talking to Caleb Klaces and publisher Jess Chandler to talk about Caleb’s latest book, Fatherhood. This conversation was recorded before Covid-19 hit Britain so is refreshingly free from any virus chat.

Fatherhood was published by Prototype Publishing in 2019 and was long listed for the Republic of Consciousness Prize and is Caleb’s debut novel. After reading Fatherhood I became a little bit obsessed with the book and its combination of fragmentary prose and sequences of verse. 

Download a full transcript here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/ep124-caleb-klaces-transcript.pdf

Buy Fatherhood here: https://prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/fatherhood/

Buy my book Contained, £10 for the book, £4 for the PDF, here: www.blurb.co.uk/b/9771405-contained

Listen to PJ on the series here -
Ep.93; https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/ross-monaghan-stuart-mckenzie-poetry-on-the-picket-line
Ep.84: https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/thomas-ghetto-geek-owoo-andra-simons-poetry-unplugged-20yrs
Ep.80: https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/suzie-gray-the-repeat-beat-poet-marthe-ramm-fortun

More on Sanatorium by Abi Palmer here: http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2020/03/sanatorium/

For more from us:
lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/
twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.124 - Caleb Klaces & Jess Chandler (transcript available)

David Turner is in Walthamstow, east London talking to Vanessa Onwuemezi. The pair discuss how Vanessa came to be pursuing a life in writing and how she judges the quality of her writing.

This episode includes a short tribute to friend and poet Mishi 'Dulwich Hamlet' Morath who sadly passed away before Christmas.

Download a full transcript of this conversation here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/ep123-vanessa-onwuemezi-transcript.pdf

For more about Vanessa:
https://twitter.com/onwuemezi
http://www.thewhitereview.org/fiction/at-the-heart-of-things/
http://mironline.org/swim-by-vanessa-onwuemezi/

Buy my book Contained, £10 for the book, £4 for the PDF, here: https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/9771405-contained

Info about Contained book launches:
London, 8th February - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/contained-london-launch-tickets-87610614707
Cardiff, 15th February - Flute and Tankard Pub, free entry.
Bristol, 14th March -https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/contained-bristol-launch-tickets-85104699447

More about Mishi Morath:
https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/mishi-morath
https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/national-poetry-day-2016
https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/christmas-2015
http://footballpoets.org/poets/dulwich-poet/

For more from us:
lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/
twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.123 - Vanessa Onwuemezi (transcript available)

David Turner is in central London talking to experimental poet and artist Steven J Fowler. The pair discuss Steven's approach to writing and editing (or lack of it), whether it helps to sometimes be ignored as a writer and his work as a curator of European and international literature events.

Download a full transcript here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/ep122-steven-j-fowler.pdf

Steven is organising the first Nordic Poetry Festival to be held in the UK and will take place 11-17 October 2019 at various venues. For more information go here: https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/nordic

Listen to Steven on the Scaffold Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/scaffoldpodcast/ep-12-steven-j-fowler

For more from Steven:
http://www.stevenjfowler.com/
https://twitter.com/stevenjfowler

For more from us:
lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/
twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.122 - Steven J Fowler (transcript available)

David Turner is in Walthamstow, east London talking to experimental poet and artist Astra Papachristodoulou about the importance of collaboration and the visual look of words on a page in her practice. Astra is pretty determined not to be restricted by conventional definitions of what it is to be a poet and happily exists on the boundary of different media, so it was interesting to hear why she’s so keen to introduce rules and constraints into her writing. 

Download a full transcript of this episode here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/ep121-astra-papachristodoulou-transcript.pdf

For more from Astra:
https://www.astranaut.co.uk/books
https://twitter.com/HeyAstranaut

For more from us:
https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/
twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

Order 'ten cups of coffee' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ten-cups-coffee-David-Turner/dp/1094842893/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=david+Turner+ten+cups+of+coffee&qid=1560961593&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Listen to David chat to Naomi Woddis on her 'The Two Of Us' show here: https://www.mixcloud.com/The_Two_of_Us/the-two-of-us-featuring-david-turner/

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: 
snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.121 - Astra Papachristodoulou (transcript available)

David Turner is in Bristol chatting to Tom Sastry about his debut pamphlet, 'Complicity' (Smith|Doorstop) and the link between his writing and performing style. 

This is the final episode of this 'series'. Lunar Poetry Podcasts will return April 2019.

For  more from Tom:
http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/tom-sastry
https://andotherpoems.com/2018/11/16/three-poems-by-tom-sastry/
http://www.ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/a%252520man%27s%252520house%252520catches%252520fire.html

Download a full transcript here:
https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/lpp-ep120-tom-sastry-transcript.pdf

For more from us:
lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/
twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Download a full transcript of this conversation here:
lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/…t.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: 
snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.120 - Tom Sastry (transcript available)

David Turner chats to Shagufta K. Iqbal. David met up with Shagufta back in early October 2018 at her home in Bristol, to discuss her writing and the collaborative nature of providing platforms for other writers, focusing on the role she played in founding the YoniVerse collective, a platform and support network for South Asian women writers. 

For more from Shagufta:
http://www.shaguftakiqbal.com/
https://twitter.com/shaguftakiqbal
https://www.yoniversepoetrycollective.com/

For more from us:
https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
https://www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/
https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

Our episode about Developing Your Creative Practice: 
https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/ep114-special-developing-your-creative-practice-transcript-available

Our 100th episode featuring Octavia Collective:
https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/ep100-octavia-collective-a-takeover-transcript-available

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Download a full transcript of this conversation here:
https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/ep119-shagufta-k-iqbal-transcript.pdf

Ep.119 - Shagufta K. Iqbal (transcript available)

To celebrate the fourth anniversary of Lunar Poetry Podcasts (01/10/2018) host and founder of the series David Turner chats to Abi Palmer about how and why LPP began. 

The pair discuss how the podcast has evolved since October 2014 and the changes made because of growing audiences and funding from Arts Council England. Abi and David also talk about the brand new anthology of poems by 28 former podcast guests, 'Why Poetry?' (VERVE Poetry Press), out now in bookshops nationwide.

For more from us:
lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
twitter.com/Silent_Tongue
www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Download a full transcript of this conversation here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/ep118-4th-birthday-special-episode-trancript.pdf

For more from Abi: 
http://abipalmer.com/
https://twitter.com/abipalmer_bot

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: 
snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.118 - 4th BIRTHDAY SPECIAL EPISODE (transcript available)

I am in Manchester chatting to Andrew McMillan about his new and second full collection of poetry, Playtime (Cape Poetry). In 117 episodes, this is the first time I've met up with a poet to specifically discuss the transition from debut collection to second book. I found Andrew’s reflections on confidence in his writing, audience expectation and reaction and placing growing demands on readers just fascinating. As with his debut Physical, Playtime deals with what it is to be a man in general, what it is to be a queer man specifically and how as boys, they or we learn about other male bodies, only this time around, more so, as it were. 

For more from Andrew:
https://www.andrewmcmillanpoet.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/AndrewPoetry

For more from us:
https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue
https://www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts

Order our anthology, 'Why Poetry?':
https://vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Download a full transcript of the episode here:
https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/ep117-andrew-mcmillan-transcript.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: 
https://snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.117 - Andrew McMillan (transcript available)

This episode is in two parts:

Part one - David Turner is in Peterborough chatting to Ross Sutherland about his podcast 'Imaginary Advice' and how it now informs his writing. The pair discuss Ross' recent British Podcast Award in the 'Best Fiction' category, how sound engineering can help with character development and pushing literary ideas and devices to 'breaking-point'.

Links relating to this section:
https://www.imaginaryadvice.com/
https://twitter.com/rossgsutherland

Part two (1:06:54) - David Turner is at Verve Poetry Festival in Birmingham talking to Consuelo Marshall about her Verve Poetry Competition winning poem 'Myself as a Playboy Bunny', in front of a live audience. The pair also chat about the influence of San Francisco and long distance running on Consuelo's writing.

Pre-order 'Why Poetry? - The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here - https://vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry-the-lunar-poetry-podcasts-anthology-pre-order-free-postage-in-the-uk/

For more info about the podcast -
https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue
https://www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/?ref=bookmarks

Download a full transcript here - 
https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/ep116-ross-sutherland-transcript.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here -
https://snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.116 - Ross Sutherland; C.I Marshall (transcript available)

This episode is in two parts:

Part one - David Turner is in London chatting to Jane Yeh about assuming personas and writing characters into her poetry, why fiction is such a common starting point for her poems and the influence that fine art, particularly 'old-master paintings' has on her creative practice.

Some links relating to this section:
https://www.janeyeh3.com/
https://twitter.com/JaneYeh3
https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?owner_id=838
https://tornn.me/

Part two (00:48:07) - David Turner is in Birmingham at this year's Verve Poetry Festival interviewing Roy McFarlane in front of a live audience. Roy explains how important it is for him to try and convey the sounds of his home city through his poetry and how, often, characters in his poems are a composite of many people.

Some links for this section:
http://www.roymcfarlane.com/
https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/the%20healing%20next%20time.html

Download a full transcript here:
https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/ep115-jane-yeh-roy-mcfarlane-transcript.pdf

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Ep.115 - Jane Yeh; Roy McFarlane (transcript available)

In this 'special' episode David Turner is at the London office of Arts Council England talking to Gemma Seltzer about the new funding scheme 'Developing Your Creative Practice'. The pair discuss how the funding will work, who will benefit from this scheme and how it differs from previous types of funding.

*PLEASE NOTE - this funding scheme is only open to artists living in England*

Download the funding guidance form here: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/Developing_Your_Creative_Practice_Guidance_for_applicants_210518.pdf

Download the application questions here: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/DYCP_questions_character_counts.pdf

You can read my accompanying blogpost here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/2018/06/12/ep-114-developing-your-creative-practice/

Download a full transcript of this conversation here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/episode-114-developing-your-creative-practice.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: 
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Ep.114 - SPECIAL - Developing Your Creative Practice (transcript available)

This episode is in two parts -

Part one: David Turner is in London talking to bilingual poet, Leo Boix. The pair chat about translating poetry from one language to another, the different processes at play when Leo writes in either English or Spanish, why Leo doesn’t translate his own writing and the positive influences various writing collectives have had on his own writing and Invisible Presence - a developmental platform for British Latino writers. Leo reads three poems:
(00:02:24) - The Somnambulist
(00:27:04) - Rìo Nuevo
(00:52:45) - Peregrination

Some links relating to this episode:
Leo on Twitter - https://twitter.com/leoboix
Invisible Presence - https://leonardoboix.wixsite.com/invisiblepresence
The Complete Works - https://thecompleteworkspoetry.com/
Ten: Poets of the new generation - http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/ten-poets-of-the-new-generation-1164
Episode 86 of LPP - https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/carlos-maurizio-rojas-nadia-drews-agnes-torok

Part two (00:53:40): Poet Chrissy Williams talks to Amaan Hyder about his debut collection At Hajj (Penned in the Margins). This interview is an extension of an ongoing project in which Chrissy has been inviting a number of poets to reflect on their debut collections, roughly a year after publication. Amaan reads two poem:
(00:55:12) - Coats
(01:12:21) - Mohammed's Mobile

Links relating to this episode:
Chrissy's blog -https://chrissywilliams.blogspot.co.uk/p/hullo.html
Chrissy on Twitter -https://twitter.com/chrissywilliams
Amaan' collection, At Hajj - http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2017/04/at-hajj/

Download a full transcript of this episode here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/ep113-leo-boix.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: 
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