The Birmingham Literature Festival Podcast - Welcome to the very first Birmingham Literature Festival podcast, bringing writers and readers together to discuss some of 2020’s best books. Each Thursday we’ll be releasing new episodes of the podcast, including wonderful discussions about writing, poetry, big ideas and social issues. Join us each week for exciting and inspiring conversations with new, and familiar, writers from the Midlands and beyond.
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episode 4: Writing from a Warzone
This week’s episode is our specially-curated Writing from a Warzone event. The Birmingham
Literature Festival team brought together novelist Priscilla Morris, whose family fled Sarajevo during
the 1992 siege, with poet Parwana Fayyaz, who is an Afghan refugee. The event also included an
interview with Ukrainian novelist Lyubko Deresh, who is still in Ukraine. They were speaking to Dr
Amanda Beattie, from the Centre for Migration and Forced Displacement at Aston University.
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Credits
Curator: Shantel Edwards (Festival director)
Production: 11C/ Birmingham Podcast Studios for Writing West Midlands