Raised by Writers: The Stories That Made Us Who We Are

This week, Waffle celebrates its first birthday by catching up with its very first guest, poet Rosa Wright. She tells us how she has spent the last 12 months and how the COVID restrictions have impacted on her own but celebrates the launch of her new collection, For All My Mothers

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 23.08.20

Enhance your podcast experience with Rosa's 3 music choices.

The Beatles - From Me To You

The Spice Girls - Mama

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

This week Paul chats to young poet Tahira Rehman. She talks about the difficulties of first time self-publishing, her own podcast and we hear excerpts from her poetry collection, Mirages to Reality.

First broadcast on Rossendale Rdio 16.08.20

Enhance you listening experience with Tahira's music choices:

Coldplay - Yellow

Coldplay - The Scientist

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

This week Paul chats to Yorkshire based poet Geneviève Walsh about their two open mic nights, Spoken Weird and Spoken Queered, how music suffuses into their poetry and we hear about their upcoming collection.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 09.08.20

Enhance this week's podcast with Geneviève's music choices.

• The Manic Street Preachers - Faster
• Joy Division - Dead Souls
• Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing

 

This week Paul talks to actor Graeme Hawley about his many roles including his villainous role in Coronation Street and they talk learning lines and the future of British Theatre. 

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 104.7 FM

Listen to Graeme's music choices here:

Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Nicola Benedetti (Vaughn Williams) - A Lark Ascending

Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around the Block

This week, Paul chats to teacher and author Haili Hughes about her fascinating new book, Preserving Positity: Choosing to stay in the classroom and banishing a negative mindset. They talk about what it is to be a teacher in modern times and her long history as a journalist.

First broadcast in Rossendale Radio 26.07.20

 

Haili's song choices are here for you to enhance your experience.

Prince - Let's Go Crazy

Kate Bush - This Woman's Work

Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye