Poetry worth hearing

This episode had the theme, 'other spaces'. It features an introduction to the work of Sergio Raimondo, a renowned Argentinian poet, translated and read by Mark Leech and Ben Bollig. Other poets include Dinah...

This episode has the theme "Writing Nature/Writing Eco'. It opens with a clip from an interview with Nancy Campbell where she talks about eco poetry and continues with a recording of the launch of the Whaleback City...

This episode had the theme 'hiding and/or seeking'. It includes an interview and reading from Nancy Campbell. Other poets are Guy Jones, Zelda Cahill-Patten, Lesley Saunders, Pat Winslow, Richard Lister, Dinah...

The theme for this episode was 'games people play' and we open with a wonderfully playful recording from Rachel Goodman and Elvire Roberts presenting their collaborative poetry collection, 'Knee to Knee'. Other poets...

This episode includes and interview and reading from Dane Holt as well as poems from Michaela Brady, Stephen Paul Wren, Guy Jones, Margaret Poynor-Clark, John Vickers, Richard Lister, Stephen Claughton, Selena Wisnom...

This episode includes an interview from Theophilus Qwek, where he discusses his life in poetry, both in Singapore and Oxford and reads from his new Carcanet collection, 'Commonwealth'. The prompt for submissions was...

The theme for this episode was garden. You can find poems from David Constantine, Jane Burn, Paul Surman, Lizzie Ballagher, Simon Maddrell, Trish Broomfield, Dinah Livingstone and Inge Milfull. More information about...

In this episode, you can hear Tony Curtis, the distinguished Welsh poet and Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing at South Wales University, talking about his life in poetry and his new book, Leaving the Hills. The...

This episode had the prompt 'rule making and/or rule breaking'. It includes an interview with pot and playwright,Jack Nicholls, who also gives a short reading from his work. Claire Cox explains the process behind her...

This episode explores the relationship between poetry and music. Malcolm Atkins talks about setting text to music and includes performances of Blake, Hopkins and contemporary poets. He finishes with Lament for Gaza, put...

This episode had as its theme 'losing and / or finding'.It includes a poem from David Constantine about losing and finding, as well as apiece from Caroline Maldonado talking about her book, Mirror and Stone , in which...

This episode has the theme 'canonical' and features an interview with the founder of Live Canon and poems by John Greening, Laura Varnam, Matt Bryden, Beck Reynolds, Margot Myers, Nick Grundy, Rosie Jackson and Inge...

This episode features the Northern Ireland poet, Matthew Rice, who talks about his poetic journey and reads from his work. The theme for this episode was 'inside / outside' and it includes poems by Alison Jones, John...

This episode is an election special, and has for its theme, 'political', however our poets have wished to interpret that. There are poems on war, displacement of people, oppression, violence against women, inequality...

The theme for this episode was 'other'. It features the poet and artist, Jane Burn, who identifies as working class, pansexual,autistic and living off grid, talking about her life, writers who have influenced her and...