Lunar Poetry Podcasts

Emily Harrison leads a discussion about how creative writing can be used in therapy both within a medical setting and 'in the community'. Emily is joined by Wendy French and Marie Larkin who talk about how their approaches differ and cross-over as well as giving tips to any writers that may be interested in facilitating creative writing workshops for those with mental health problems. A full transcript of this episode can be downloaded here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-92-creative-writing-as-therapy-lpp-transcript.pdf For more info go to: https://guccipig.wordpress.com/ - Emily Harrison www.wendyfrench.co.uk www.marielarkin.uk

This episode is in two parts. A full transcript of this episode can be downloaded here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-91-matt-abbott-cat-madden-lpp-transcript.pdf Part one - David Turner talks to Matt Abbott about politics and poetry and his spoken word record label Nymphs & Thugs. http://www.mattabbottpoet.com/ http://www.nymphsandthugs.net/ https://twitter.com/MattAbbottPoet http://www.thestateofthearts.co.uk/ Part two (30:37) - David Turner speaks to The Grapevine Zine co-editor, Catherine Madden about the different identities that writers show in their writing and the motivations behind starting an online zine. https://twitter.com/CatherineEMIMad http://thegrapevinezine.com/ https://twitter.com/thgrapevinezine

This episode is three parts: Part one - David Turner talks to American poet Savon Bartley about how he got started with spoken word, teaching in the States and his impressions of the UK poetry scene. www.savonbartley.com https://www.facebook.com/savonbartley/?fref=ts https://twitter.com/SavonBartley Part two (31:43) - David Turner chats with Belinda Zhawi about the role of Associate Poet at the ICA in London and writing as part of a collective. http://mamoyobornfree.tumblr.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Belinda-Zhawi-162606697272034/?fref=ts https://twitter.com/MamoyoBornFree Part three (59:38) - David Turner talks to Travis Alabanza about their role as Artist in Residence at Tate Britain and moving back toward acting after a few years as a solo performer. https://www.facebook.com/travisalabanzaartist/?fref=ts https://twitter.com/travisalabanza Download a transcript of this episode here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/ep90-savon-bartley-belinda-zhawi-travis-alabanza-transcript.p

Harry Giles is in conversation with poets Abi Palmer and Andra Simons about what accessibility in the arts means to them, how it informs their practice and the obligations on arts organisers when using the term. A full transcript of the conversation is available to download as a PDF here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-89-accessibility-in-the-arts-lpp-transcript.pdf For more info see: Harry Giles - https://harrygiles.org/ https://twitter.com/HarryGiles Andra Simons - https://andrasimons.wordpress.com/ Abi Palmer - http://meetmytongue.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/abipalmer_bot https://www.facebook.com/meetmytongue/?fref=ts

This episode is in three parts: Part One - David Turner is in Haggerston, London to talk to Hannah Silva about her solo show Schlock! which runs until 26/11/2016. The pair discuss the writing of Kathy Acker, the novel Fifty Shades of Grey and accessibility in theatres. www.hannahsilva.co.uk www.twitter.com/HannahSilvaUK www.rosemarybranchtheatre.co.uk Part Two (27:14) - David Turner is in Lambeth, south London chatting to poet Nick Makoha about professionalism, Nick's own development as a writer and poetry's place in society. www.nickmakoha.com www.twitter.com/NickMakoha www.fathersuperhero.com www.twitter.com/FatherSuperhero www.peepaltreepress.com www.twitter.com/peepaltreepress Part Three (56:16)- David Turner talks to comedian, musician and poet, John Hegley. Songs, poems, biscuits and coffee..... www.johnhegley.co.uk www.twitter.com/JohnHegley Download a transcript of this episode here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/ep88-hannah-silva-nick-makoha-john-hegley-transcript.pdf

David Turner is at PAPER Arts in Bristol talking to local poet Rebecca Tantony, poet and lecturer at Bath Spa University Lucy English and founder of Burning Eye Books, Clive Birnie. The quartet discuss the spoken word scene in Bristol and Bath compared to the rest of the UK as well as reading a few poems. A transcript of this episode is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-87-bristol-bath-lpp-transcript.pdf For more info see: Rebecca - www.twitter.com/RebeccaTantony www.rebecca-tantony.com http://burningeye.bigcartel.com/product/talk-you-round-till-dusk-by-rebecca-tantony-with-illustrations-by-anna-higgie s://www.facebook.com/AllthejourneysInevertook/?fref=ts Lucy - www.twitter.com/Lucyenglish1 http://www.lucyenglish.com/ http://thebookofhours.org/ Clive - https://twitter.com/clivebirnie https://www.instagram.com/clivebirnie/ http://www.clivebirnie.com https://twitter.com/BurningEyeBooks https://www.instagram.com/BurningEyeBooks/ http://www.burningeye.co

Download a transcript of this episode here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/ep86-lpp-transcript.pdf This episode is in three parts: Part 1 - David Turner is in south London talking to poet and musician, Carlos (Emlyn) Maurizio Rojas. They talk about identity, queerness and the passing on of stories as the child of an immigrant. Carlos reads three poems. Part 2 (28:38) - Lizzy Palmer talks to Nadia Drews about her writing and how that practice finds a place in her life sitting beside politics and music. Nadia reads three poems. Part 3 (59:51) - David Turner meets up with Swedish/Scottish spoken word artist Agnes Torok to chat about the release of her new book Happiness is an Artform (Burning Eye Books), the differences between UK and Swedish spoken word and beginning to write again in Swedish. www.agnestorok.org www.facebook.com/AgnesTorokPoetry www.twitter.com/AgnesTorokPoet www.soundcloud.com/agnes-torok www.patreon.com/AgnesTorokPoet

This episode is in three parts: Part one - David Turner is at Oslo Literaturhuset speaking to local poet Maria Dorothea Schrattenholz. The pair discuss the influence that science fiction has had over her work. Image of Maria by Carsten Aniksdal. http://www.oktober.no/Forfattere/Norske/Schrattenholz-Maria-Dorothea https://soundcloud.com/soundafrica/7-special-african-space-the-live-documentary Part two (33:04) - David Turner talks to, recent, Forward Poetry Prize nominee Melissa Lee-Houghton. The pair discuss all manner of things and there is some rude language in this section. https://melissaleehoughton.wordpress.com/ http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/category/authors/melissa-lee-houghton/ https://twitter.com/mleehoughton Part three (01:15:05) - Two recordings taken from the “Rest & its Discontents” exhibition at Mile End Pavilion. First is a piece for three voices devised by James Wilkes called “and I remember a feeling of tightness on the skin…”. This work is based on transcripts of inte

This episode is in three parts: Part 1 - Thomas "Ghetto Geek" Owoo is at Poetry at the PAD in Dagenham. We hear three poems from his feature set before he is joined on stage by the evening's host, The Repeat Beat Poet, and they chat about his writing practice. www.twitter.com/imaghettogeek www.facebook.com/imaghettogeek www.twitter.com/ThePADtv www.facebook.com/thepadtv Part 2 (31:42)- David Turner is talking to poet and performer Andra Simons about identity and how this informs his writing. Image of Andra taken by Joao Trindade. www.andrasimons.wordpress.com Part 3 (1:06:34)- A recording taken from the 20th anniversary celebrations of the weekly open-mic night Poetry Unplugged. The night (and this part of the episode) was broken into three sections. Section 1 - (1:07:49) Paul Birtill (1:09:01) Dean Wilson (1:10:09) Tim Wells (1:11:20) Jason King (1:13:49) Tamsin Kendrick (1:15:59) Jon Citizen Section 2 - (1:17:15) Graham Buchan (1:18:40) Deryll Walsh (1:19:50) John Stiles (1:21:11) Jeremy Quinn

In celebration of National Poetry Day 2016 (UK) we invited ten poets to read a favourite poem to go out as a special episode. The readings are as follows: 00:00 - David Turner reads "Hairdresser" by Emma Hammond. 04:16 - Sarah Fletcher reads "Incubus" by Frances Leviston. 09:08 - Rachel Long reads "The News" by Arda Collins. 10:39 - The Repeat Beat Poet reads "Down to a Tea" by Spike Zepahania Stephenson. 13:10 - Nadia Drews reads "The Centre Ground" by Niall O'Sullivan. 15:27 - Mishi Morath reads "Slough" by Atilla The Stockbroker. 17:25 - Lizzy Palmer reads "Give Me No Love" by The Bros. Grim. 20:41 - Anna Kahn reads "Poem After Frida Kahlo's Painting - The Broken Column" by Eduardo C. Corral. 24:27 - Travis Alabanza reads "Frank Ocean and all Black things that disappear" by Jonathan Jacob Moore. 25:37 - Melissa Lee-Houghton reads "Enter Cain" by Luke Kennard.

Artist, Paula Varjack is joined by writer & activist Liv Wynter and poet Dan Simpson to discuss the realities of getting paid as an artist. They talk about their own experiences of talking to other artists about financial matters and whether there is a need for greater transparency when it comes to fees and financial support. A full transcript of this conversation is available to download as a PDF here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-82-show-me-the-money-lpp-transcript.pdf More info: Paula Varjack: www.showmethemon3y.tumblr.com www.facebook.com/paulavarjackartist www.twitter.com/paulavarjack www.paulavarjack.com Liv Wynter: www.facebook.com/thuglyfznicewife www.twitter.com/livwynter Dan Simpson: www.facebook.com/dansimpsonpoet www.twitter.com/dansimpsonpoet www.dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com www.dansimpsonpoet.co.uk Rebecca Atkinson-Lord: www.twitter.com/BexAtkinsonlord Spread The Word: www.facebook.com/spreadthewordwriters www.twitter.com/STWevents www.spreadtheword.org.uk S

David Turner is at the Blue Walnut Cafe in Torquay talking to host of Poetry Island, Ian Beech ahead of his feature set at the monthly open-mic event. The pair have a brief chat before we hear from each of the open-mic performers and close with three poems from Ian himself. See below for the times of the individual performers. For more info go to: www.twitter.com/poetryislanduk www.facebook.com/poetryislanduk www.ianbeechpoetry.com www.twitter.com/BlueWalnutcafe www.bluewalnuttorquay.co.uk 08:50 - Robert Garnham 11:39 - Paul Mortimer 12:47 - Ellie Davis 14:10 - Rich Green 15:45 - Rosie Stewart 17:02 - Ken Beavers 19:25 - Chrissy Banks 20:56 - Nick Kitto 22:35 - Rose Cook 23:23 - Graham Burchell 24:45 - Ian Beech

In this episode we talk to three young poets. In the first interview you'll hear Lizzy Palmer chatting with spoken word artist and playwright Suzie Gray. The second section (17:00) has David Turner talking to Peter DeGraft-Johnson, a.k.a The Repeat Beat Poet, in south London. The final conversation (52:37) takes place in Oslo between David Turner and Norwegian poet and performance artist Marthe Ramm Fortun. A transcript of this episode is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/interview-with-suzie-gray-repeat-beat-poet-lpp-transcript-ep81.pdf For more info about our guests follow these links: Suzie - www.suziegeeforce.co.uk www.twitter.com/Suzie_Gee Peter - www.howlingonthebeat.tumblr.com www.twitter.com/RepeatBeatPoet Marthe - www.martherammfortun.com

This episode is a live recording of a set I was asked to organise for poet, Tim Wells' annual summer "poetry-all-dayer" at the Betsey Trotwood pub on Farringdon Road in London. This was the first time I was using our new recording equipment so the sound quality isn't the best but we're ironing out these issues. Here are the readers and their start times: Paul McMenemy - 03:50 Michelle Madsen - 12:30 Kadeem Beresford-James - 23:39 Lizzy Palmer - 29:40 Donald Chegwin - 39:55 David Turner - 48:15

Jacob Sam-La Rose is joined by Miriam Nash and Keith Jarrett to discuss poetry education in schools. They talk about the practicalities of getting projects into schools as well as lessons they've learned along the way. This episode is in two parts. A full transcript of this conversation is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-78-poetry-in-schools-part-two-lpp-transcript.pdf www.tumblr.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts www.twitter.com/Silent_Tongue Jacob: www.twitter.com/jsamlarose www.jsamlarose.com Miriam: www.twitter.com/miriamnash www.miriamnash.com Keith: www.twitter.com/keithjlondon www.facebook.com/keithjarrettpoet

Jacob Sam-La Rose is joined by Miriam Nash and Keith Jarrett to discuss poetry education in schools. They talk about the practicalities of getting projects into schools as well as lessons they've learned along the way. This episode is in two parts. Accompanying image of Jacob by Sam Burnett. A full transcript is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-77-poetry-in-schools-part-one-lpp-transcript.pdf www.twitter.com/Silent_Tongue Jacob: www.twitter.com/jsamlarose www.jsamlarose.com Miriam: www.twitter.com/miriamnash www.miriamnash.com Keith: www.twitter.com/keithjlondon www.facebook.com/keithjarrettpoet

July 2016. A transcript of this conversation is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-76-olmo-lazarus-lpp-transcript.pdf David Turner talks to poet and teacher Ölmo Lazarus. The pair discuss trying to engage with drinkers by taking poetry into pubs in Essex and taking poetry slams into primary schools in Basildon. Ölmo reads three poems. www.twitter.com/Silent_Tongue www.facebook.com/olmolazarus www.twitter.com/olmolazarus www.facebook.com/questmusicservices www.thamesdeltamusic.com

Download a transcript of this conversation here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/ep75-english-pen-transcript.pdf June 2016. Paul McMenemy talks to Cat Lucas and Robert Sharp from English PEN about writers at risk. Includes readings of translations of poetry by Ashraf Fayadh and Liu Xia, as well as Andrew McMillan’s poem in response to Ashraf’s work, recorded at the Modern Literature Festival. (00:00:58) - Cat Lucas reads, 'A space in the void' by Ashraf Fayadh (trans. Jonathon Wright) (00:20:54) - Andrew McMillan reads, 'Week of living blasphemously' (00:42:53) - Paul McMenemy reads, 'June 2nd 1989' by Liu Xia (trans. Ming Di and Jennifer Stern) www.englishpen.org Writers in translation: http://worldbookshelf.englishpen.org/ PEN at the Ledbury Festival: https://www.englishpen.org/campaigns/english-pen-at-the-ledbury-poetry-festival-2016/ Modern Literature Festival videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/fowlerpoetry Poetry by Ashraf Fayadh in English: https://arablit.org/?s=Ashraf+Fayad

June 2016. A transcript of this conversation is available here; https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-74-garry-johnson-lpp-transcript.pdf David Turner is in Pitsea, Essex talking to 'The Original Punk Poet' Garry Johnson. The pair talk poetry, Oi! and all manner of things anti-establishment (and inevitably the EU referendum). Garry reads five poems from his new collection, The Cockney Bard (New Haven Publishing): (00:00:22) - 'Young Conservatives' (00:13:25) - 'We want our country back' (00:20:30) - 'National Service' (00:33:18) - 'United' (00:39:04) - 'The dead end yobs' www.twitter.com/Silent_Tongue http://thepunkpoetgj.blogspot.co.uk www.twitter.com/familycourts (Garry Johnson) www.newhavenpublishingltd.com https://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/coll... United Against Austerity - Single by Garry Johnson & Insane Society https://itun.es/gb/yJBB8

June 2016. A full transcript of this conversation is available here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-73-jo-hauge-lpp-transcript.pdf David Turner is in Peckham, south-east London talking to performance artist, writer and (some time) activist Jo Hauge. The pair discuss Jo's involvement with the recent protest action at Tate Modern 'Where is Ana Mendieta?', the implications of being read as female by audiences and using humour to talk about traumatic experiences. Jo reads four poems. Image of Jo by Manuel Vason. (00:00:37) - 'Ana' (00:01:35) - 'Chicken' (00:14:23) - 'Untitled' (00:16:02) - 'Killjoy' www.twitter.com/Silent_Tongue www.twitter.com/johannehauge www.johannehauge.com www.twitter.com/anamendietauk