The Re-Draft Podcast

Luke Wright is a a  poet, theatre-maker, and broadcaster . He makes a new show or play every year, and is currently performing at the Edinburgh festival. Luke sat down with Romina and Will to discuss creativity, touring like a comedian, small towns, being the GCSE unseen poetry text this year and much much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Re-Draft Podcast comes at you LIVE from The King's Arms! What a beautiful venue we find ourselves in for our inaugural live episode with comedian Adam Evans! We talk all things Verbose, Edinburgh Fringe, how to get into comedy, making strangers laugh and how Adam wrote a whole book back in primary school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LISA O'HARE is about to take her show, DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST RHYME? to the Edinburgh Festival - a dream they've had for decades. We were delighted to sit down with her and discuss her community work, hosting Verbose, and how she found poetry later in life before the show! It's an excellent discussion. Follow Lisa @thelisaohare Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Louis Glazzard self published his poetry book, Human Men, and is now in active development on a novel. He has experience with the Arts Council, has run poetry workshops for folks in Australia and worked as the Poet in Residence via Zoom, and sat down with us to talk all things language, editing and promotion. You can buy tickets for our upcoming live show here ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Adam Farrer is  a memoir writer, lecturer and editor/ His first book, Cold Fish Soup , a memoir in essays about the Yorkshire coast, won the NorthBound Book Award at the 2021 Northern Writers’ Awards . Adam joined us on the podcast to discuss all things memoir writing and the craft of creatively re-telling your own life's experiences. We also discuss: His own turbulent childhood His time writ...

This weeks episode is with one of Manchester's most talented poets - the ineffable Cherrelle Anne! She is one third of the Poetry Place, she runs Sensually Spoken Word and tomorrow (Wednesday 12th) is set to hit the stage at Manchester International Festival performing new songs and poems. We love Cherrelle, and were delighted to spend time with her. She talks about making poetry work for you, her...

In this episode we speak with poet, author of Pink Goo and co-founder of the Poetry to your Ears podcast, Eloise Armary about writing in different tongues, self-publishing, podcast hosting and much much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening! We're back with another episode of the Re-Draft Podcast and we're delighted to bring you a conversation with poetry legend Dom Berry! In this episode we talk: A short review of Outbreak festival and discussion of mixed events Chat about the legitimacy of celebrity poetry books, fresh off of the news of Drake's new poetry collection 'Titles Ruin Everyt...

A little sneak peak at what we have ahead and a very exciting announcement! We are bringing you The Re-Draft Podcast live with all new poetry from Will and Romina plus a live comedy set from Adam Evans followed by a Q+A podcast! Tickets are available here at £4 per entry https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/d/united-kingdom--bury--85683615/adam-evans/ We can't wait! Our full conversation with Dominic Berr...

Hello! Welcome to Re-Draft Podcast - the podcast by writers, for writers - episode 10 with Valerie O'Riordan. Dr Valerie O'Riordan is a writer, critic and academic. She lectures in Creative Writing and English at the University of Bolton, focussing on fiction-writing, critical, cultural and literary theory, and student employability. Her fiction has appeared in numerous national and international...

We are joined by JOY FRANCE! After a 35 year teaching career, Joy came to creativity later in life via performance poetry. She is now involved in many art forms and has had several residencies, including currently being Creative-in-Residence at Affleck’s Palace in Manchester for the past seven years. She's had multiple documentaries about her story, travelled overseas to perform battle rap, and cr...

Awards season is upon us! The Sabotage Awards have been called the poetry Oscars - but are they all they're cracked up to be? We're joined by 4x nominated guest Ilaria Passeri, a professional story-teller and good friend of the podcast. In the episode, we discuss: Dirty Dancing the musical! Whether peer led awards like the Sabs matter as much as other industry events If any of us feel ready for aw...

Ab Parcell is a Butch neurodivergent poet and academic from South Wales. Nowadays she resides in Manchester and is due to complete a PhD in Hybrid Autofiction at The University of Salford. She is the Writer in residency at the Portico Library in Manchester and is working to “challenge” the collection through the queering of the collection. She is just about to release her debut collection, 'H...

Cathy Crabb is an award-winning playwright and poet who has written extensively for the stage. Her plays include Beautiful House, Moving Pictures, Something Right, Beyond the 4th Wall and The Bubbler, and her collaboration with Punam Ramchurn, Rumba Bar, premiered in 2018. She has also co-written two musicals with Lindsay Williams and Carol Donaldson, Dreamers and Meat Pie, Sausage Roll. Cathy's p...

It's Bonus Episode time again! Will and Romina take questions from you, the lovely listener. In this episode we discuss: Our favourite food Our dream guests Why Will's music recommendations put Ro to sleep What is going on with the Manchester poetry scene? How young people can get their writing out there A genius PR strategy What's up next for our writing careers Why indie presses rule Why Will mi...

Sunny Drake is a fiction podcast creator, an award winning stage playwright and a whole heap more. Join Will and Romina as we chat about all things creative process with Sunny! In this episode we discuss: The success of the first Door's Open Bolton workshop Will's next gig, as a squat festival The next editions of Switchblade and Natter How to turn one idea into a whole 'constellation' of work How...

Will sat down with filmmaker and journalist Naz Kawakami after watching his film ‘Every Day In Kaimuki’ at Manchester Film Festival. In the interview, they chat skate culture, punk and indie music, Hot Fuzz, Taika Waititi and how Naz helped make his Sundance premiering film for just $700. It’s an inspiring chat! Some slight technical issues mean that Naz doesn’t have the greatest mic quality in th...

On this episode: Romina reviews Kae Tempest live at HOME Manchester We discuss the upcoming CIC workshop, The Door's Open to Making Zines - get your tickets here We welcome Ben Wilkinson to the pod! We discuss: Versioning vs translation Inspiration Football Vinyl and CDs How to make a career from creativity Will's open mic night, Switchblade, is back at The Peer Hat on Sunday 21st of May. Get your...

This week on the Re-Draft Podcast: Will and Ro went to Bolton University's New Writing Showcase Will discusses the new film A Thousand And One Ro reflects on another fantastic Natter We are getting ready for our first workshop over at The Door's Open - come and get involved. Back in early April we went to go see Henry Normal at The Bury Met. Henry Normal is a poet, producer and comedian, who has w...

 Antony Szmierek  is a songwriter, poet and writer. In 2022, his song 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Fallacy' received airplay from Lauren Laverne, Craig Charles and more, starting the path that lead to his latest EP, 'Poems To Dance To.' Ant is a longtime friend of the podcast, having headlined Will's open mic night, Switchblade Society, back in 2020, and joins us to discuss his new-found f...

Broccan Tyzack Carlin is a comedian, broadcaster and poet. His show, Turtle, received rave reviews and is now available to stream for free on YouTube - if you do one thing after listening to this podcast, go and spend an hour watching it now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlS28wKRxv0 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=89765049 Follow Broccan: @broccantyzack Follow Will: @willwhowrites Fol...

Welcome to the Re-Draft podcast, the podcast by writers, for writers. In this special episode 0, our co-hosts interview each other: in this episode, Will picks Romina's brains about writing, immigration and re-drafting. Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=89765049 Instagram: @theredraftpodcast @rominawrites @willwhowrites Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Re-Draft podcast, the podcast by writers, for writers. In this special episode 0, one co-host, Romina, interviews the other, Will! Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=89765049 Instagram: @theredraftpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Re-Draft Podcast, co-hosted by Bolton-based poets Romina Ramos and Will Stevenson. Will and Romina introduce the guests we've got coming up, the format of the show, and our voices! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.