The Words of Colour Podcast: Recent Episodes
Words of Colour Productions
Words of Colour Productions is a creative communications agency that promotes, facilitates and develops writers of colour - of all genres, collaborates with arts and creative industries to increase cultural inclusion, and creates multi-platform and multi-media projects to reshape the single narrative misrepresenting culturally diverse communities.
On this channel, we'll be bringing you monthly episodes of In Conversation and Black Love Bytes, two podcasts borne out of our most popular events/initiatives.
In Conversation is a platform where listeners can find creatives of colour and hear them discuss their work, practice and much more. Discover new artists, get advice for your own craft, and learn how these creatives are navigating the industry. #WofCpod
Black Love Bytes is a candid, reflective and off the cuff conversation between The Black Love Project co-founders Joy Francis and Patsy Isles, exploring Black Britons' relationship to love, dating, intimacy and sex - warts and all. #BlackLoveBytes
Enjoy!
Words of Colour executive director and The Black Love Project co-founder Joy Francis joins award-winning fiction and romance author Ola Awonubi to discuss how they are challenging cultural and societal norms by being single, unmarried and non-parents in their 50s.
Black Love Project co-founder Patsy Isles, hosts an intergenerational discussion on motherhood, maternal health and being mothered with author and lifelong educator Dr Beverley Bryan and doula and perinatal mental health coach Tracey Louis-Fernand.
Mental health campaigner and chair of the Fathers’ Forum Lee Townsend talks to ‘Dad Coach’ Thomas Scannell about the critical role fathers play in shaping their children’s lives and the emotional challenges they face when estranged from their families.
Take Flight Hub presents the Book Adaptation Podcast Series, where writers of colour share their experiences of having their book adapted for theatre, TV and film, and adapting a book themselves.
In the final episode, Alex Wheatle MBE offers a detailed insight into having his YA book Crongton Knights adapted by Emteaz Hussain for Pilot Theatre, the value of collaborative working, and the importance of having a shared vision.
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Black Love Bytes is a candid, reflective and off the cuff conversation between The Black Love Project co-founders Joy Francis and Patsy Isles, exploring Black Britons' relationship to love, dating, intimacy and sex - warts and all.
In this week's episode, Joy and Patsy interview Adeolu Fola-Alade, Co-Founder of Baking Intelligence - the online knowledge market place for bakers. Discussing food, baking, family business and learning in the midst of Covid-19.