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Love the Words

Peter Spafford / East Leeds Community Radio

Peter Spafford, from East Leeds FM, presents his love of all things wordy in his weekly show Love The Words, featuring new creative writing from Leeds and beyond.

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Love The Words 237

Love the Words ·

2023/12/13

Julie Walker works as a bibliotherapist using the written word – song lyrics, poetry, prose in creative ways to engage with people experiencing mental health issues. She tells us about Words for Wellbeing.

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35:31

Love The Words 236

Love the Words ·

2023/12/05

Sneaky preview of a ground-breaking report about the literature ecology of Leeds commissioned from New Writing North by Leeds City Council. What have we got already? What do we need more of?

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45:45

Love The Words 234

Love the Words ·

2023/11/23

Alex De Little is a sonic artist & researcher with bases in Leeds and London, UK. His practice encompasses installation, composition, performance and workshops. He talks about the extraordinary range of his work and about his recent artist residency in Bali.

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39:54

Love The Words 232

Love the Words ·

2023/11/23

Poet and novelist Mark Connors talks about his and Gill Connors' new Yaffle's Nest initiative, and about what's he writing himself when he's not making it happen for other writers!

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46:32

Love The Words 233

Love the Words ·

2023/11/23

Spike Marshall talks about Rope, Patrick Hamilton's dark play that he directs for Leeds Arts Centre, plus a compelling short audio drama by Seki Lynch.

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44:55

Love The Words 235

Love the Words ·

2023/11/23

Colin Speakman is a Yorkshire historian, poet, and passionate advocate for the North of England. Here he talks about the power of dialect and his plans for a big Yorkshire festival next year.

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50:57

Love The Words 231

Love the Words ·

2023/10/24

Vickie Orton tells a story, Jaimes Lewis Moran talks about his new poetry collection, Mechanism, & Oz Hardwick chats about Making A Difference, a selection of Neurodiverse Poets.

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52:07

Love The Words 230

Love the Words ·

2023/10/11

At last! The special radio version of Save Our Stories, Chapel FM's community play, staged earlier in 2023 as part of our Home From Home project. SEA.CORP have plans to develop and 'improve' Seacroft. Will they succeed?

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50:41

Love The Words 229

Love the Words ·

2023/09/28

Jamie Bloom's debut poetry collection, Change & Rage, is out now. He talks about managing iconic music venues like The Rainbow Theatre, meeting Marvin Gaye, and finding peace.

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36:12

Love The Words 228

Love the Words ·

2023/09/19

Writers from the WordPlay group led by Barney Bardsley return to LTW with poems & pieces on the theme of Missing, which is incidentally the theme of Writing On Air this year, Nov 24-Dec2.

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35:34

Love The Words 227

Love the Words ·

2023/09/15

In this first LTW of Season 5, poet Ian Duhig previews Contains Strong Language, the UK's premier poetry & performance festival which storms into Leeds later this month, and talks about the hidden histories of Leeds.

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57:30

Love The Words 226

Love the Words ·

2023/07/11

Poets Linn Schiffman, Thorsten Trelenberg, Calvin Kleeman from Leeds' sister city Dortmund join Leeds poet Dalton Harrison for poetry and discussion. Poetry breaks borders.

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40:38

Love The Words 225

Love the Words ·

2023/06/29

Historian and film maker Catherine Warr talks about her brand new book on Yorkshire history, plus a feature about the amazing bellringers at St.James' Church, Seacroft. They're looking for new members!

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39:48

Love The Words 224

Love the Words ·

2023/06/23

Bradford-based Fox and Windmill is the first UK independent publishing company for British South Asian Writers. Co-founder Habiba Desai tells their remarkable story.

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53:10

Love The Words 223

Love the Words ·

2023/06/14

Maddie Morris won BBC Radio 2's Young Folk Award and now 'leads the next generation of socially conscious songwriters' (Jim Moray). Maddie plays Live for LTW and talks about a fascinating new commission with Mind The Gap Theatre Company.

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46:00

Love The Words 222

Love the Words ·

2023/06/06

Two contrasting highlights from Writing On Air 2022: Grandma's Kitchen by Jaspreet Mander and No Place by Jimmy Andrex. Look out for Writing On Air 2023 in late November/early December.

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49:11

Love The Words 220

Love the Words ·

2023/05/14

Seacroft writer & lecturer Geraldine Beattie talks about how books can make a home, whoever you are & wherever you live. Geraldine's passion for literature of all kinds shines through her every sentence.

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56:51

Love The Words 221

Love the Words ·

2023/05/14

Acerbic and funny poetic monologue about the body, through motherhood, menopause and paralysis, by Pamela Crowe.

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53:15

Love The Words 219

Love the Words ·

2023/05/14

Young writers from Leeds East Academy make their debut on LTW reading & talking about their own work and the books they're reading, plus Irene Lofthouse remembering her characterful Irish Mum with with and affection.

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53:10

Love The Words 218

Love the Words ·

2023/05/10

Four poets from Issue 93 of Pennine Platform read and discuss their contributions to this long-lived & well-loved poetry title with poet and editor Julia Deakin.

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