Hi everyone, thought I’d let you know about a new monthly radio show that I’m producing for Brighton community radio station RadioReverb 97.2FM.
Most people get really excited when I tell them I’m doing a radio show, thinking I’m going to play some incredibly cool music, but sadly, it’s not that kinda thing. Although I do play music. And it’s usually pretty good music.
My show is called Writers’ Hub and it’s all about getting writing out of the ghetto – on it, I interview local novelists and playwrights, event organisers and writer wannabes, plus I feature real writing from real local people and extracts from books written by people who might live round the corner from you – Brighton’s that small, most places practically are.
For the first show, I interviewed Sue Eckstein, the author of The Cloths of Heaven, who’s first novel was published through Myriad Editions and focuses on the story of new High Commission recruit Daniel Maddison, who, in his first days stationed in West Africa, finds himself enchanted by a mysterious woman selling cloth in a warehouse – someone who reminds him of someone from the past.
Sue, who worked for the VSO in Africa for a number of years, cited Tracey Chapman and an African choir as inspirations for her novel, which she started and finished as a graduate writing student at the University of Sussex.
Tara Hanks, author of The Mmm Girl
I featured an extract from Sue’s novel (read by James McVeigh).
I also featured an extract from Brighton novelist Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl (read by Shannon Magness).
The Mmm Girl tells the story of Marilyn Monroe from her point of view, charting her dusty origins as an adopted teen to the mega screen starlet she became.
The book got rave reviews from Marilyn experts and fans.
The show also features interviews with:
- Sarah Cross, MA student at Sussex University
- Max Crisfield from city-wide book reading project City Reads who were promoting this year’s big read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I’ve got original writing based on the theme of festivals from Ed Siegle (”Too Old For this Shit”) and a poem from Tara Hanks (”Music Reminds Us”).
The show’s a bit rough n ready, but hey – it’s my first one. The next one’s marginally better, but expect great things on the horizon.
May 2009 Writers’ Hub (RadioReverb show) (right click to download)
The next show airs on Sunday 14 July from 1-2pm on 97.2FM or www.radioreverb.com. I will be posting the July show here. Check out the June show on Brighton Fusion, which features Sarah Lee, Tim Lee, Bridget Whelan and a little bit of MJ.
on Jul 15th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Check out Brighton Zinefest :)
on Jul 18th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Hey Cro, thanks for the link! The site looks nice & leads to interesting looking events, spaces, etc. Have dabbled in zines in my lifetime – might come down to the meet up.