The Northern Gravy Podcast: Recent Episodes
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All aboard the Gravy Boat! Each episode, the editors of Northern Gravy will wax lyrically about writing. Covering Fiction, Poetry and YA, join Jonny Syer, Nick Jones and Ralph Dartford as they set sail with interviews, features, readings and special guests.Featuring music by Luke Starling - find more at LukeStarlingMusic.co.uk
On this episode, we're going back to our recent live event with Lisette Auton, to have a go at a writing exercise she uses to break through writer's block and supercharge her writing.
Lisette is a disabled author, writer, activist, poet, novelist, spoken-word artist, actor, film & theatre-maker and creative practitioner. Her debut middle grade novel THE SECRET OF HAVEN POINT and second novel THE STICKLEBACK CATCHERS from Puffin are available to buy or request in your library. She is represented by Molly Ker Hawn at the Bent Agency.
Read more about Lisette on her website: https://lisetteauton.co.uk/
T witter: @lisette_auton
On this frightful episode of the Northern Gravy podcast, our fiction editor Nick chats with Lauren O'Donoghue and Rebecca Summerling about writing horror, game design, spooky book recommendations and more!
You can find more of Lauren's work at https://laurenodonoghue.neocities.org/, and read more of Rebecca's work at rlsummerling.com
See our website for more details of our next live event, or for tickets click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-for-children-with-lisette-auton-tickets-618879213387#new_tab
This week, Ralph Dartford is in conversation with the wonderful Amanda Huggins. Join them for a lively discussion on everything from the poems they love to what their Bruce Springsteen songs are! You can find out more about Amanda here: https://www.valleypressuk.com/author/134/amanda_huggins
Reminder: Our next live event is coming up soon. Read more and book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-gravy-live-at-home-toria-garbutt-and-roy-tickets-514804513157
Welcome to a special episode of the Northern Gravy Podcast, where Nick the fiction editor shares a couple of highlights from the recent live event, Northern Gravy Live at Home. This episode features the incredible talents of JP Seabright and Louise Fazackerley, and does contain some strong language.
You can find details of the next live event, featuring Toria Garbutt and Roy, here: https://tinyurl.com/4ue93huc
In this episode, the three editors get together to discuss year one of Northern Gravy, celebrate the fact we've been funded for year two, and make several surprise announcements.
As always, be sure to follow us on twitter @NorthGravy for updates, news, views, and all that's exciting in the world of new writing.
Welcome to a brand new episode! On this voyage, Ralph and Jonny are joined in conversation by the wonderful Lisette Auton, a disabled writer, activist, and creative practitioner (and also NG blogger!)
Read more about Lisette at lisetteauton.co.uk. Her debut novel The Secret of Haven Point was published by Penguin. You can pre-order her new novel, The Stickleback Catchers NOW!
The Northern Gravy Podcast returns with a conversation between our Poetry Editor and raconteur extraordinaire Ralph Dartford, and novelist Stephen May, who kindly provided an article which accompanied the fifth edition of Northern Gravy.
Look for Stephen May's acclaimed new novel Sell Us The Rope in a bookshop near you. You can find out more about Stephen's work at SDMay.com, or by following him on twister @Stephen_May1
Ralph Dartford takes the wheel for an exciting interview with poet Oisín Breen, who kindly performs some of his exquisite poetry for us too.
You can find Oisín's collection Flowers, All Sorts, In Blossom, Figs, Berries And Fruits Forgotten at https://hybriddreich.co.uk/oisin-breen/
Featuring music by Luke Starling - find more at LukeStarlingMusic.co.uk
Join us as we reflect on curating the Second Edition of Northern Gravy, the lost art of making Mixtapes, Ralph Dartford's new collection of poetry Hidden Music (available now!) plus an exclusive reading and interview with Martha Lane.
Featuring music by Luke Starling - find more at LukeStarlingMusic.co.uk
Welcome Aboard! In this episode you'll learn about how Northern Gravy came to be, the realities of doing an MA in creative writing, the rigours of applying for Arts Council funding and hear an exclusive interview and reading from poet Oz Hardwick.
Featuring music by Luke Starling - find more at LukeStarlingMusic.co.uk