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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 2 hours 10 minutes
episode 11: Wolverhampton Takeover Episode 6: "Train Cancellation" by Maeve Deegan
"Train Cancellation" by Maeve Deegan, read by Emma Boniwell. Everything changes. For everyone.
Birmingham Lit Fest Presents presents six separate stories, all set late on the same night at Wolverhampton train station. Written by Wolverhampton's Spark Young Writers, the tales are funny, serious, scary -- and every character is in for a surprise during the concluding story.
Produced by William Gallagher...
episode 10: Wolverhampton Takeover Episode 5: "Eight Minutes" by Doroti Polgar
"Eight Minutes" by Doroti Polgar, read by Lisa M Billingham. You can put the world right in eight minutes, but the world never listens to you.
Birmingham Lit Fest Presents presents six separate stories, all set late on the same night at Wolverhampton train station. Written by Wolverhampton's Spark Young Writers, the tales are funny, serious, scary -- and every character is in for a surprise during the concluding story.
Produced by William Gallagher...
episode 9: Wolverhampton Takeover Episode 4: "Apologies for Any Inconvenience" by William Gallagher
"Apologies for Any Inconvenience" written and read by William Gallagher. Anger can keep out the cold, but not forever.
Birmingham Lit Fest Presents presents six separate stories, all set late on the same night at Wolverhampton train station. Written by Wolverhampton's Spark Young Writers, the tales are funny, serious, scary -- and every character is in for a surprise during the concluding story.
Produced by William Gallagher...
episode 8: Wolverhampton Takeover Episode 3: "The 23:48 to Birmingham New Street" by Lisa M. Billingham
"The 23: 48 to Birmingham New Street" written and read by Lisa M. Billingham. We can hide from ourselves, but not from handsome strangers.
Birmingham Lit Fest Presents presents six separate stories, all set late on the same night at Wolverhampton train station. Written by Wolverhampton's Spark Young Writers, the tales are funny, serious, scary -- and every character is in for a surprise during the concluding story.
Produced by William Gallagher...
episode 7: Wolverhampton Takeover Episode 2: "Departures" by Erin Oakley
"Departures" by Erin Oakley, read by William Gallagher. Not everyone's intended destination is at the other end of this train ride.
Birmingham Lit Fest Presents presents six separate stories, all set late on the same night at Wolverhampton train station. Written by Wolverhampton's Spark Young Writers, the tales are funny, serious, scary -- and every character is in for a surprise during the concluding story.
Produced by William Gallagher...
episode 6: Wolverhampton Takeover Episode 1: "23:48" by Maeve Deegan
"23:48" by Maeve Deegan, read by Emma Boniwell. An eight-minute train delay is increasingly tense for one young woman -- but what has happened to her tonight?
Birmingham Lit Fest Presents presents six separate stories, all set late on the same night at Wolverhampton train station. Written by Wolverhampton's Spark Young Writers, the tales are funny, serious, scary -- and every character is in for a surprise during the concluding story.
Produced by William Gallagher...
episode 5: My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction from Afghan Women
This week, we’re joined by Lucy Hannah from UNTOLD Stories, and Afghan poet Parwana Fayyaz,
who talked to festival team member Olivia Chapman. Lucy and Parwana worked on My Pen is the
Wing of a Bird, a new collection of short stories written by Afghan women before and after the
brutal resurgence of the Taliban in August 2021...
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...
episode 3: The UK Justice System: Wendy Joseph KC and Dr Shahed Yousef
This week’s episode features two people with unique insights into the UK Justice System: Wendy
Joseph KC sat on cases in the Old Bailey for decades. In that time, she also mentored young people
and tried to demystify the way justice is served in this country. Dr Shahed Yousaf is a prison doctor,
who has worked for most of his career in Birmingham prisons with the most violent inmates. They
were joined on stage by Olwen Brown...
episode 2: Hashi Mohamed: The Housing Crisis
This week’s episode is housing lawyer Hashi Mohamed speaking to Guest Curator Otegha Uwagba.
Hashi’s family arrived in the UK as refugees from Somalia in the 1990s, and his book A Home of One’s
Own is the story of his family, as well as that of every family in the UK trying to carve out their own
space in a broken housing system...