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Paperboats

Ian Grosz and Station House Media Unit

A podcast about Nature and Nature Writing In each episode writer and researcher Ian Grosz talks with a different writer from the Paperboats collective - a group of writers working across Scotland and beyond to highlight the impacts of climate change, the ecological collapse we are witness to, and the things we can do to bring about positive change. If you"re concerned about climate change, want to delve further into the issues surrounding it, and like great writing, follow and subscribe to the

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00:32:00

The Two Headed Whale, with Sandy Winterbottom

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2025/07/03

Ian Grosz talks with author Sandy Winterbottom Sandy reads from her travel memoir The Two Headed Whale and talks about the journey of discovery and understanding the writing of the book took her on, drawing parallels between whaling and a self-perpetuating fossil fuel industry. She talks about hope, about action, and the importance of a just transition. The episode closes with a reading from recent work Sandy published in the Scotsman. Sandy Winterbottom spent most of her career as an academic,

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00:32:19

Hope is…with Matt Sowerby

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2025/06/05

Ian Grosz talks with writer, performer and activist Matt Sowerby about the Nature Chronicles Prize, the lessons we can learn from our relationship with the whale, and what hope might mean in the climate emergency. Matt reads an extract from his essay ‘Hope is the Thing with Flippers’, which won the Nature Chronicles Prize in 2024. He discusses the story of the whale and whaling, the inspiration and thinking behind the writing of the essay, which focuses on the whale skeleton hanging at the entrance

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00:29:30

The Same Sunlight, with Christina Riley

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2025/05/01

Ian Grosz talks with artist and writer Christina Riley about her creative practice, the importance of books and the formation of The Nature Library. Christina reads an extract from her series of prose fragments, ‘The Same Sunlight’, published by Gutter Magazine, Issue 30. She discusses her residency at the Mission Blue Argyll ‘Hope Spot’, and the remarkable biodiversity that can be found along the Argyll coast. Christina also gives a fascinating insight into her writing, her artistic practice, and

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00:32:51

Into the Cairngorms, with Merryn Glover

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2025/04/03

Ian Grosz talks with author, playwright and Guardian Country Diary columnist, Merryn Glover, about her upbringing in the foothills of the Himalaya, the Cairngorms National Park where she lives now, and her book The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd. Merryn describes her early life in Nepal and India, and how that has shaped her as a writer. She talks about the beginnings of her writing career and the deep connection she has found with the Cairngorms through her writing, her

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00:30:07

Scotland’s Wild Deer Dilemma, with Leonie Charlton

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2025/03/07

Ian Grosz talks with author and poet Leonie Charlton about spiritual ecology, writing the more-than-human, and Scotland’s wild deer dilemma. Leonie reads an extract from her diary essay ‘Fragments’, which first featured in Issue 1 of the Paperboats Zine and is included in the travel writing anthology There She Goes, edited by Esa Aldegheri and published by Saraband in March 2025. She discusses the spiritual connections we have lost with nature, and the way she approaches writing about the

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00:30:17

Otherworlds, with Chris Powici

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2025/02/07

Ian Grosz talks with Poet Chris Powici, who gives insight into his writing practice, what he sees as the role of the writer, and the importance of affirming the world around us.Chris talks about the part he played in the formation of the Paperboats collective, his approach to writing poetry and his thoughts on the role of the writer in the climate and ecological crisis. We hear Chris read his poems ‘Night Fishing’ and ‘Deer’ from his first collection, This Weight of Light (Red Squirrel Press,

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00:30:40

The Rights of Nature, with Karen Lloyd

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2025/01/03

Ian Grosz talks with author and poet Karen Lloyd about microplastics and pollution in the UK’s Lake District National Park, about the Rights of Nature and how we might protect it. Karen outlines her connection to Paperboats Writers, her views on the role of the writer in a climate and ecological crisis, and reads from her essay ‘Inside the Rockpool Shrimp there is a Dying Star’, first published on Dark Mountain in 2022 and featuring in the Anthology of Speculative Nature edited by Jos Smith and

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00:31:42

A Solan Goose Summer, with Polly Pullar

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2024/12/05

Ian talks with Naturalist, Photographer and Nature Writer Polly Pullar about Polly’s life-long relationship with Nature and the plight of the gannet. Polly talks about the beginnings of her deep connection with Nature and wildlife growing up in Ardnamurchan on the west coast of Scotland, how that brought her solace through a difficult period and continues to inspire her passionately today. She discusses the plight of Scottish wildlife under the pressures of climate change and habitat loss, and

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00:30:38

The Flow Country, with Linda Cracknell

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2024/11/01

Host Ian Grosz talks with author Linda Cracknell about Scotland’s Flow Country, her book Doubling Back, and how important walking is to her writing practice.Linda reads an extract from the new edition of Doubling Back, published by Saraband in May 2024, highlighting how important the peatbogs of Caithness are in alleviating the impacts of climate change, and how vulnerable they have been to commercial forestry practices and land misuse. She describes her time spent in the Flow Country in writing

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00:39:39

We Will Rise, with Sandy Winterbottom and Elaine...

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2024/10/02

Writer and Researcher Ian Grosz talks with Paperboats co-founders Sandy Winterbottom and Elaine Morrison. We hear Kathleen Jamie’s inspirational poem, ‘What the Clyde said after Cop 26’, holding politicians to account and inspiring the Paperboats movement. Sandy and Elaine discuss the formation of Paperboats and how writers might connect with people on the issues surrounding climate change. The pair also talk about the importance of a just transition, the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and

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