The Amplify Project

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Theresa Ikoko.   Theresa is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter.   Her awards include the Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play a...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by novelist, short story writer, editor and educator Leone Ross. She is the author of This One Sky Day (UK), Popisho (USA), All The Blood is...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage,  page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they  write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by writer and journalist, Patrice Lawrence. She is the author award-winning YA books, Orangeboy, Indigo Donut and Eight Pieces of Silver....

The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they  write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by three Titans of black british publishing. Margaret Busby CBE, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Verna Wilkins, Fellow o...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage,  page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they  write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by author, screenwriter, playwright, creative writing tutor and literary activist Courttia Newland. In this episode we learn how and why C...

The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by the award-winning poet, playwright & performer, graphic artist & designer, Inua Ellams. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_pr...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage,  page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they  write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Crime writer Dreda Say Mitchell MBE. Author of sixteen novels, with her debut scooping The CWA's John Creasey Dagger in 2005, the first...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage,  page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they  write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Ben Tagoe. In 2016, Ben's episode of CBBC's JAMIE JOHNSON was shortlisted for the Children's BAFTA awards, International Emmys and Roya...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage,  page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they  write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Dean Atta, a British author and member of Malika's Poetry Kitchen and a patron of LGBT+ History Month. His young-adult novel in verse,...

The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We've invited writers for the stage,  page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they  write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Roy Williams OBE FRSL, who began writing plays in 1990 and is now arguably one of the country's leading dramatists.  Instagram:  https://...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage,  page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they  write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by storyteller  Yomi Sode who tells us about starting out as a musician and why he gave up being in a  band so he could concentrate on his...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  A special podcast from hosts Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker at the Common Threads: Black and Asian British Women's Writing International Conference Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify_writers Website: www.theamplifyproje...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  Hosts  Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker wrap up series 1 sharing some of their memorable moments from the series and looking forward to series 2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify_writers Website: www.theamplifyproject.c...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by playwright and academic Oladipo Agboluaje who talks about creating comic books as a child, the inspirations for his plays and why he's an...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by children's writer and writer for theatre, TV, Radio and film, actress Trish Cooke, who tells us how winning a competition set her on the...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by poet, novelist, musician, creative writing lecturer Anthony Joseph, who tells us about being a surrealist poet and mixing genres, what ma...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by poet Rachel Long, who tells us about being inspired by Jean "Binta" Breeze, wanting to write poems that sound and feel real and why she s...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.   We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by debut novelist Hafsa Zayyan who tells us about winning the # Merky Books New Writer's Prize , how she researched her story about immigra...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by memoirist and biographer Colin Grant tells us about writing his memoir Bageye at the Wheel; how he was inspired to write about Jamaican g...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode, writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Juliet Gilkes Romero who speaks about her revolutionary parents, starting out as a journalist before switching to playwriting and how he...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by novelist Alex Wheatle who discusses how reading became his saviour, when he started writing novels before moving into developing a succes...

The Amplify Project.  Black writers in their own words.  We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by novelist Diana Evans who discusses how she started writing novels, juggling her twin careers as novelist and journalist, her writing proc...

We've invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by poet and playwright Nick Makoha to discuss his love of language, how he became a poet, the power of storytelling and his commitment to pursuing a career as a writer without a safety net. Instagr...