Six Minute Reads
Sat 17th Mar '18, 6:00pm
Short stories commissioned by Read Manchester from young writers in The Writing Squad, produced by Steve Dearden
Programmes
Have a look through our past programmes to listen or watch again. You can even filter the results to find the kind of programmes you're particularly interested in.
Ian Duhig
Sat 17th Mar '18, 6:45pm
Ian Duhig reads and talks about his work on Refugee Tales 2 (Comma Press) and about his Irish heritage on this St. Patrick’s Day Night
WordSurf
Sat 17th Mar '18, 10:00pm
Contributors to the first 3 issues of Leeds-based magazine Strix read their work in an immersive music and words float-around
Origins of a Writer: Peter Spafford
Sat 17th Mar '18, 10:15am
In the latest in his series, Jaimes Lewis Moran talks to poet and playwright Peter Spafford about the writing life
Walking Back to Happiness
Fri 16th Mar '18, 9:15am
Helen Burke and Phil Pattinson kidnap happiness in poetry, music - and in their own inimitable way
Writers in Transit
Fri 16th Mar '18, 10:15am
Peter Spafford talks to Artemis, International Writers at Leeds, and poets from Germany, France and Spain
Off the Medieval Map
Fri 16th Mar '18, 11:15am
Poets Oz Hardwick and Hannah Stone follow medievalism as it morphs into contemporary art forms
Beyond the Borderline
Fri 16th Mar '18, 12:15pm
Storyteller Vickie Orton and her guests share stories about the representation of disability in fairy tales
Pocket Dante
Fri 16th Mar '18, 1:00pm
Actor and writer Roger Harington performs his own 15 minute introduction to Divinia Comedia
Bi’An
Fri 16th Mar '18, 1:30pm
Playwright Mary Cooper, with writers Adam Strickson and Jenna Ng, talk about Bi’An, the UK’s brand new Chinese Writers Network
Pocket Harington
Fri 16th Mar '18, 2:15pm
Roger Harington performs his own 15-minute introduction to the poetry of Roger Harington
Let’s Dance
Fri 16th Mar '18, 2:30pm
A love story in two moving vehicles. Intriguing new radio drama from James Fernie and Linda Casper
Once Upon a Time
Fri 16th Mar '18, 3:00pm
Sita Poran and Lucia Fella tell stories from the borderlands of life and the afterlife, with master storyteller Matthew Bellwood
Lavender Ink
Fri 16th Mar '18, 3:45pm
It’s Pat’s wedding day and at least her mum’s happy. Till she remembers those letters. 1960’s drama from Rosalind Fairclough and JY Saville
Portrait of a Pedestrian
Fri 16th Mar '18, 4:30pm
What’s the space we occupy as pedestrians? Joanna Sedgwick presents a series of her own poems and photographs
On the Edges
Fri 16th Mar '18, 5:15pm
Otley’s Courthouse Writers, with James Nash, invite you into the borderlands through poetry, flash fiction and microdrama
NeurodiVERSE
Fri 16th Mar '18, 6:30pm
Many people believe that being autistic and creative are mutually exclusive. NeurodiVERSE was created to challenge that
Random Search
Fri 16th Mar '18, 7:15pm
Jaimes Lewis Moran and Dave Binns give us their highly original merging of poem and song
Poetry for the Newly Single 40 Something
Fri 16th Mar '18, 7:45pm
Poetry in performance from Maria Stephenson and friends on the theme of Maria’s recent book
Never Worn
Fri 16th Mar '18, 9:15pm
Songwriter Ric Neale and poet Rob Reed perform their moving meditation in music and words on Hemingway’s shortest story
First Story
Thu 15th Mar '18, 10:30am
Young writers from schools in West Yorkshire present work they have created with First Story writers
Sharkey and the Words
Thu 15th Mar '18, 2:30pm
A collaboration between Chapel FM’s Associate Writers and jazz phenomenon Chris Sharkey who is currently musician-in-residence at the Chapel
Poetry Soundscapes
Thu 15th Mar '18, 3:00pm
Original poems and found sounds from Seacroft poet and musician Jaimes Lewis Moran
The Sleeping
Thu 15th Mar '18, 3:30pm
Sounds from the edge of sleep, a sonic collage by Alex Rushfirth and Rosalie Counelis
Linda Says
Thu 15th Mar '18, 4:15pm
Burning to write and publish? Writer Linda Sage tells us how to break down the barriers and get it done
Hull Young Playwrights
Thu 15th Mar '18, 5:15pm
Six short plays from The Writing Squad and Hull Truck Theatre. The Squad is a free programme for writers aged 16-21
The Drama of Words
Thu 15th Mar '18, 6:15pm
Members of East Leeds Youth Theatre, now based at Chapel FM, give us a sharp take on the idea of ‘closed/open’
Navigating Borderlands
Thu 15th Mar '18, 6:30pm
Students on the English and Creative Writing courses at Leeds Beckett University explore the implications of ‘the border’
Narayana and Bhataryan
Thu 15th Mar '18, 7:30pm
David Robertson and Players perform the only play ever written by world-famous Yorkshire sculptor Henry Moore
Talkin’ ’bout my generation
Thu 15th Mar '18, 8:00pm
What does it mean to be over 60 in the UK? Cineage Live, older performers from Leeds Beckett, tell it how it is