The Writers‘ Block Cornwall

Mar 05 2024 29 ep. 33 mins
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The Writers‘ Block podcasts feature chats with Cornish and Cornwall-connected writers, exploring themes of creative writing and creativity in a time of change. We also feature audio stories written as part of projects inspired by Cornwall and the people who live here. The Writers‘ Block is the Creative Writing Centre for Cornwall.

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S2, Ep1 , The Writers’ Block podcast 2024: Angeline Morrison

Mar 05 2024 40 mins  
Angeline Morrison is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter living in Cornwall. Having grown up among many styles of music, including soul, wyrd folk, traditional folk and more, her career has spanned multiple genres and projects. She has collaborated as part of folk duo We are Muffy and Rowan:Morrison , and her most recent album, The Sorrow Songs was produced by Eliza Cart

S1, Ep6 , The Writers’ Block podcast 2023:Misri Dey

Sep 12 2023 48 mins  
Misri Dey: Misri is an international theatre practitioner living in Constantine, Cornwall. She is senior lecturer for Falmouth University in Theatre and Acting. Her current project, Family Tree explores diasporic identities and what she describes as the ‘ridiculousness’ of borders and boundaries. In this conversation we discuss why she came to be a solo performer and whether

S1, Ep5 , The Writers’ Block podcast 2023: Pascale Petit

Sep 12 2023 63 mins  
Pascale is a French and Welsh poet now living in Cornwall. We chat about the therapeutic quality of writing, visiting her mixed heritage through landscape, and what it means to expose your stories through writing.

S1, Ep4 , The Writers’ Block podcast 2022: Natasha Carthew

Oct 12 2022 52 mins  
Natasha is a working class writer and poet and author of nine books, her latest being Undercurrent – A Cornish Memoir of Poverty, Nature and Resilience. She is the founder of the Nature Writing Prize for Working Class Writers, and Artistic Director of the Working Class Writers Festival. In this conversation she speaks passionately about the freedom and inspiration that nature bro

S1, Ep3 , The Writers’ Block podcast 2022: Brett Harvey

Jul 14 2022 60 mins  
The Writers' Block podcasts are conversations between writer Polly Roberts and other Cornwall based writers looking at why we write, the writing process, and the part Cornwall plays in our work. In this episode, writer and director Brett Harvey talks about the thrill and challenges of screenwriting, why none of his Cornwall-based films include imagery of the coast or sea, and how h

S1, Ep 2, The Writers’ Block podcast 2022: Patrick Gale

May 09 2022 48 mins  
The Writers' Block podcasts are conversations between writer Polly Roberts and other Cornwall based writers looking at why we write, the writing process, and the part Cornwall plays in our work. In this episode, novelist Patrick Gale talks about the intricacies of his writing process; research and use of notebooks, the composting element and his longhand first drafts. Patrick's ge

S1, Ep 1 The Writers’ Block podcast 2022: Rebecca Tantony

Mar 16 2022 49 mins  
The Writers' Block podcasts are conversations between writer Polly Roberts and other Cornwall based writers looking at why we write, the writing process, and the part Cornwall plays in our work. In this first episode of a new series, Polly talks to Rebecca Tantony. Rebecca's work ranges from poetry to spoken word and memoire. She is a creative writing mentor and facilitator, leadi

Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups - Things You Should Know About Grandad by Gareth Rees

Mar 03 2022 13 mins  
Four weekly audio stories in February & March from The Writers’ Block, Writers Room. Things You Should Know About Grandad by Gareth Rees. This is a dark tale with echoes of Roald Dahl... Gareth is a writer living in Cornwall. Currently on the MFA creative writing programme at Manchester Metropolitan University's Manchester Writing School, he is working on an historical novel set

Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups - The Pencarrow Suit by Kate Wilson.

Feb 24 2022 9 mins  
Four weekly audio stories in February & March from The Writers’ Block, Writers Room. Pencarrow Suit by Kate Wilson Kate Wilson writes short stories and flash fiction. Her favourite writers are 1) Kevin Barry 2) Lucia Berlin and 3) Deborah Eisenberg although this order changes regularly depending whose work she's reading. She also loves George Saunders. Kate completed an MA in Cre

Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups -The Fallen Anchor by Sonny Arifien

Feb 17 2022 7 mins  
Four weekly audio stories in February & March from The Writers’ Block, Writers Room. Fallen Anchor by Sonny Arifien. I'm an Australian freelance writer and arts journalist who now resides by the sea in Margate, Kent. I'm also the founder and creative director of Privilege of Legends: a film news site dedicated for cinephiles like myself with a passion for cinema classics, yet sha