This episode is in three parts: Part One/Intro - David Turner talks to Editors of the new Belfast-based literature magazine, The Tangerine. https://thetangerinemagazine.com/ Part Two (06:29) -David Turner talks to poet Matthew Rice about his writing practice and the importance he places on recognising those that have influenced his writing practice. Part Three (27:10) - Lizzy Turner talks to Anne McMaster about the Northern Ireland-based Women Aloud NI. The pair discuss the work that the organis...
Jul 01, 2017•52 min
This episode is in two parts: Part One - Recorded in February 2017, David Turner talks to Kim Moore about the links between her poetry and teaching brass instruments to school children. Kim reads from her collection The Art of Falling (Seren) and the pair also discuss the subject of her phD. https://kimmoorepoet.wordpress.com/ Part Two (25:20) - David Turner is at the Royal Festival Hall in London talking to Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck. The pair discuss Zeina's writing, Punch the poetry even...
Jun 17, 2017•53 min
In celebration of our 100th episode we gave over our microphones to the wonderful Octavia Collective, a collective for women writers of colour based at the Southbank Centre in London. Collective director Rachel Long invited members Sunayana Bhargava and Tania Nwachukwu to respond to the works of both June Jordan and Safia Elhillo. As well as reading their response poems the trio discuss the impact and influence of June and Safia along with whether there needs to be established a separate canon f...
Jun 04, 2017•1 hr 2 min
This episode is in two parts. A transcript of this conversation is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-99-come-rhyme-with-me-anthony-anaxagorou-lpp-transcript.pdf Part One: David Turner talks to Dean Atta and Deanna Rodger about their regular poetry night, Come Rhyme With Me which takes place at Ovalhouse Theatre in south London. https://www.facebook.com/ComeRhymeWithUs/ https://twitter.com/comerhymewithus https://sites.google.com/site/deanatta/...
May 15, 2017•58 min
This episode is in two parts. A full transcript is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-98-theatre-making-in-west-yorkshire-lpp-transcript.pdf Part One: David Turner is in Leeds talking to poet and playwright Zodwa Nyoni about incorporating spoken word poetry into her plays, their development process and the pros and cons of casting actors as poets. https://www.zodwanyoni.com/ Part Two (30:24): David Turner is still in Leeds, this time, talking t...
May 01, 2017•58 min
This episode is in two parts. Full transcript available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-97-rachel-long-raymond-antrobus-lpp-transcript.pdf Part One: David Turner talks to Rachel Long about her work as a poetry educator and facilitator for Barbican Young Poets, leading Octavia - the collective for Women of Colour and the effect this has on her own writing practice. https://writesrachell.com/ https://www.barbican.org.uk/education/young-people/young-poet...
Apr 17, 2017•59 min
Melissa Lee-Houghton (Sunshine)talks to Joe Dunthorne (Submarine) and Max Porter (Grief is the Thing with Feathers) about writing as a compulsion, the differences between poetry and prose in practice and how as readers we still aren’t able to divorce the writer from their work. Transcript: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-96-poets-and-prose-writing-lpp-transcript.pdf For more info about the host and guests: https://melissaleehoughton.wordpress.com/ http://joedunthorne.c...
Apr 03, 2017•54 min
This episode is in two parts. A full transcript is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-95-khairani-barokka-wayne-holloway-smith-lpp-transcript.pdf Part one: David Turner chats to Khairani Barokka about co-editing the first major UK anthology of poetry and essays by Disabled and D/deaf poets, Stairs and Whispers. The pair also talk about Khairani's upcoming debut collection, Rope. http://www.khairanibarokka.com/ http://docs.tenderjournal.co.uk/te...
Mar 19, 2017•54 min
This episode is in three sections and opens with an introduction which includes a quick chat with Verve Poetry Festival organiser, Stuart Bartholomew. A full transcript of this episode is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-94-birmingham-lpp-transcript.pdf Part One (3:35) - David Turner is talking to Brummie poet and youth worker Amerah Saleh about the work she does in and around Birmingham with the youth engagement organisation, Beatfreeks as w...
Mar 05, 2017•58 min
This episode is in three parts. Transcript available here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-93-ross-monaghan-stuart-mckenzie-poetry-on-the-picket-line-lpp-transcript.pdf Part One - The Repeat Beat Poet chats to spoken word artist Ross Monaghan at the monthly event Poetry at the PAD in Dagenham. The pair chat about activism, youth work and street art. https://www.facebook.com/RustPoetry/ https://twitter.com/RustPoetry https://www.facebook.com/thepadtv/ Part Two (19:53)- ...
Feb 20, 2017•57 min
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/2017/0...
Feb 05, 2017•1 hr
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 Grape...
Jan 15, 2017•56 min
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.faceb...
Dec 18, 2016•1 hr 28 min
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 - ...
Dec 04, 2016•59 min
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...
Nov 21, 2016•1 hr 26 min
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.twitte...
Nov 07, 2016•1 hr 13 min
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 sit...
Oct 24, 2016•1 hr 29 min
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 ...
Oct 17, 2016•1 hr 48 min
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. Ima...
Oct 10, 2016•1 hr 40 min
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 rea...
Oct 05, 2016•27 min
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-trans...
Oct 02, 2016•1 hr 18 min
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...
Sep 25, 2016•33 min
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.f...
Sep 18, 2016•1 hr 24 min
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...
Sep 11, 2016•56 min
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:...
Sep 05, 2016•44 min
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.c...
Sep 04, 2016•53 min
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/questmu...
Jul 31, 2016•36 min
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. Jon...
Jul 31, 2016•44 min
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 c...
Jul 31, 2016•41 min
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...
Jul 31, 2016•30 min
