alternative stories and fake realities

In this edition we talk to audio drama creators about their shows, their production processes and tips for other creators.  We speak to Christina Castaneda, creator of Venice Magic Shop, David Johnson and Jodie Jasmine Hicks of Death in Podville, Emily Inkpen of The Dex Legacy, Jackie Jorgenson of Tales from the Aether and Lucy Gibb-Smith of Darkstead.

 Thank you to the creators who joined us for this special edition.  We are hugely grateful to all of them for taking the time to chat with us in this special edition.  We have links to their shows, websites and social media below so please follow, subscribe, link and download to support their work
Please note, this episode contains some swearing in the episode clips and trailers. 

 Christina Castaneda's podcast is called "The Savvy Creative" and you can listen to Venice Magic Shop and her other dramas here
https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/
Follow Christina and her work on twitter https://twitter.com/savvycreativecc
And instagram https://www.instagram.com/savvycreativepodcast

David Johnson and Jodie Jasmine Hicks of the Fenland Films Initiative's website is here https://www.fenlandfilmsinitiative.com/
You can follow them on twitter https://twitter.com/fenlandfilms
And instagram https://www.instagram.com/thefenlandfilmsinitiative

You can listen to Emily Inkpen's drama The Dex Legacy (which is produced by Alternative Stories) here https://www.buzzsprout.com/1868546
And follow Emily in twitter here https://twitter.com/emilyinkpen
And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen
In addition you can read Emily's scripts and find out more about The Dex Legacy at the show's website here https://www.thedexlegacy.com/

 You can listen to Jackie Jorgenson's podcast Tales from the Aether here https://anchor.fm/talesfromtheaether
And follow Jackie on Twitter here https://twitter.com/jackiejorgenson
And instagram here https://www.instagram.com/jackie.jorgenson

 Lucy Gibb-Smith's drama Darkstead can be found here https://www.darkstead.com/
And you can follow the show on twitter here https://twitter.com/DarksteadPod
And instagram here https://www.instagram.com/darksteadpodcast

Ghostlore is an anthology of writing inspired by the folklore of ghosts and the supernatural. Edited by writer and audio dramatists Lyndsey Croal our second episode Hauntings, features the work of 11 writers and explores folklore from around the world. 

The readers are Sally Walker Taylor, Marie-Claire Wood, Lindz McLeod, Lyndsey Croal, Hadiya Morris, Chris Gregory, Amy Boucher and Christina Castaneda

Our pieces and writes are

The Witch by Amy Boucher
Amy Boucher is a passionate advocate of her native Shropshire’s folklore, ghostlore and local History. You can find her blog her https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/ and on twitter @g0blinegg

We Cower in a Ruined Castle and Hope Not to Hear a Ghost by Elou Carroll
Elou Carroll likes to tell ghost stories. You can find her work on www.eloucarroll.com

Ghost Feet by Ellen Forkin
Ellen Forkin is a writer and artist living in the magical Orkney Islands. Find her on Instagram @ellen_forkin and Twitter https://twitter.com/ellen_forkin 

Unrest by Vanessa Jae
Vanessa Jae writes horrifically beautiful anarchies, reads stories for Apex Magazine and translates for Progressive International https://twitter.com/thevanessajae

Huntress, Enchantress, Murderess by Lyndsey Croal
Lyndsey is a writer, audio dramatist and editor from Edinburgh. Find out more about her and her work here https://lyndseycroal.co.uk/

Welcome Home by Ai Jiang
Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, an immigrant from Fujian, and an active member of HWA. Find her on Twitter @AiJiang_  and online http://aijiang.ca

Naart Stuyck by Signe Maene
Signe Maene is a writer, folklorist and audio dramatist from Belgian.  Her work has been featured frequently in this podcast and a new audio play is in preparation.   signemaene.com/links/

 Ye Tak The Ghost Road by Callum McSorley
Callum McSorley is an author based in Glasgow. His short stories have been published by New Writing Scotland, Gutter Magazine, Shoreline of Infinity, and Monstrous Regiment among others. https://twitter.com/CallumMcSorley

The Accordionist by Anna Orridge
Anna Orridge is a writer from Croydon, whose short story 'Backdrop' was adapted for a an acclaimed Alternative Stories audio drama. You can find out more about her activism and writing on Twitter https://twitter.com/orridge_anna

A Fate Worse by Marisca Pichette
Marisca Pichette writes speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She is on Twitter as https://twitter.com/MariscaPichette  and Instagram as @marisca_write. Her website is: www.mariscapichette.com

The Island of Dolls by Sam W Pisciotta
Sam W Pisciotta is a writer and visual artist who believes, with his whole heart, that the glass is half-full.  Follow him on Instagram @silo34 and Twitter  https://twitter.com/silo34

 Music and production are by Chris Gregory
 More bio notes on our participants https://tinyurl.com/ncxpzm95
Sound effects are from freesound.org

Ghostlore is an anthology of writing inspired by the folklore of ghosts, spirits and the supernatural. Edited by writer and audio dramatists Lyndsey Croal this first edition, Wilderness, features the work of 11 writers and explores folklore from around the world. 

 Ghostlore Part One, Wilderness is presented and edited by Lyndsey Croal.  The readers are Sally Walker Taylor, Marie-Claire Wood, Maria S Picone, Lyndsey Croal and Chris Gregory.

 The featured pieces and writers are 

The Goatherd by Cormack Baldwin
Cormack Baldwin is a speculative fiction writer and editor who emerged from the Alaskan bush one day and mosied down to Oregon.
https://cmbaldwin.carrd.co/

A Ghost of Bones and Bark by Alexandra Beaumont
Alexandra’s debut fantasy novel based on Tudor astrology and star-magic, Testament of the Stars, was published in April 2021.
abeaumont@live.co.uk

Sing Sorrow To The Sea And the Waves Will Answer by Lyndsey Croal
Lyndsey is a science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction writer from Edinburgh
www.lyndseycroal.co.uk

The Smiling Folk by E L Crocker
E L Crocker is a writer from Manchester. He cut his teeth in horror stories, but in recent years has turned to writing fantasy novels
https://twitter.com/ELCrocker3

Excerpt from “Mischief Acts” by Zoe Gilbert
Zoe is a prize winning short story writer, novelist and teacher based in Folkestone.  Her latest novel, Mischief Acts is published by Bloomsbury
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mischief-acts-9781526628817/

God is Neither Man Nor Ghost by Gessica Sakamoto Martini
Gessica Sakamoto Martini is a writer from Italy. Her writing has been published in Corvid Queen and featured in Alternative Stories podcast. She holds a PhD in Anthropology and tweets about folklore at https://twitter.com/GJMartini

Birth Story by Maria S Picone
Maria S. Picone/수영 (www.mariaspicone.com @mspicone on Twitter) is a Korean American adoptee and multigenre writer

Your Name Repeated by Tamara Rogers
Tamara writes mainly dark, surreal tales with a touch of science fiction. You can find her at www.thedustlounge.com and https://twitter.com/tamrogers

There is an Instinct by Melinda Salisbury
Melinda Salisbury is the three-time Carnegie nominated and bestselling author of multiple young adult novels, including the Sin Eater's Daughter series, the State of Sorrow duology, Hold Back the Tide, and Her Dark Wings.
www.melindasalisbury.com

The Hobby Lanterns by Cat Voleur
Cat Voleur is a writer, gamer, and podcaster. You can find her and more of her work through Twitter @Cat_Voleur and on her website http://www.catvoleur.com/

Spring Hollow Secret God Sleeping by Lorraine Wilson
Lorraine’s debut novel, the wilderness dystopian This Is Our Undoing, was released last year, and her second, The Way The Light Bends, a dark folkloric novel, is coming out in August this year. She tweets https://twitter.com/raine_clouds

 Music and production are by Chris Gregory

More bio notes on our participants https://tinyurl.com/ncxpzm95
Sound effects are from freesound.org

In this special edition we look at the folklore and folk tales associated with the stone circles and standing stones of the British Isles.   Our guests are Anna Chorlton, Kevan Manwaring, Amy Boucher, Chloe Germaine and Catherine Munro and we visit stone circles from Cornwall up to Orkney and Shetland taking in Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire and Cumbrian circles along the way. 

 Our guests in this podcast are Anna Chorlton, Kevan Manwaring, Amy Boucher, Chloe Germaine and Catherine Munro

 The presenter of this podcast is Kate Edney
The readers are Sally Walker Taylor and Ilaria Passeri
Music, sound design, editing and mixing were by Chris Gregory
Sound effects were from Freesound.org 

 As this is a long edition of the podcast we’re providing some timing notes for the various sections.  If your podcast player supports it you should be able to use clickable chapter markers to jump straight to these sections. If not the timings below should help you.
1.40 Cornwall with Anna Chorlton  https://twitter.com/anna_chorlton

14.00 Wiltshire and Oxfordshire with Kevan Manwaring https://twitter.com/bardicacademic

39.18  Shropshire with Amy Boucher https://twitter.com/g0blinegg

46.50 Cumbria with Chloe Germaine https://twitter.com/gothlit_chloe

1.13.45 Orkney and Shetland with Catherine Munro https://twitter.com/CatherineMMunro

 
Find out more about our contributors by following them on twitter or visiting their websites 

 Anna Chorlton   http://annachorlton.com/
You can find links to buy Anna’s book Cornish Folk Tales of Place which is mentioned in the podcast on her website.

Kevan Manwaring  https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/

Amy Boucher. https://linktr.ee/NearlyKnowledgeable 
Here you’ll find links to a number of Amy’s sites including her brilliant Nearly Knowledgeable History Blog

Chloe Germaine https://www.chloegermainebuckley.com/

Catherine Munro   https://catherinemmunro.wordpress.com/

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And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/

You can contact the podcast via our email address here office@alternativestories.com

 Chris Beckett is one of the UK’s leading science fiction writers.  His novel Dark Eden won the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award for the best UK published science fiction novel of the year in 2012 and his latest novel Two Tribes was published to considerable critical acclaim in 2020.  In this podcast we have an interview with Chris and extracts from his novels.  Listeners are advised that there is some explicit language in this podcast.

Thank you to Chris Beckett for taking the time to record this interview with us.  The excerpts you heard were from the following novels

The presenter of this podcast is Tiffany Clare
The interviewer is Chris Gregory
Sound design and production were also by Chris Gregory

 America City (published in 2017) The reader was Marie-Claire Wood 

Beneath the World, A Sea (published in 2019) – excerpts were read by Harri Rees Jones 

Tomorrow (due to be published in July 2021) – excerpts were read by Charlie Richards and Tiffany Clare

You also heard excerpts from our audio drama adaptation of Two Tribes with the voices of Verity Blyth, Rosa Samuels, Sadie Pepperrell and Charlie Richards

 Chris’s novels and short story collections are published in the UK by Corvus Books which is an imprint of Atlantic Books.  We’d like to thank Kate Straker from Corvus / Atlantic for her help in the making of this podcast and for allowing us to use these excerpts.   

 You can purchase Chris Beckett’s novels via Hive here   https://tinyurl.com/3kk8f6w4

And via Amazon here   https://tinyurl.com/4ebs6whj

Visit Chris’ website here http://www.chris-beckett.com/

You can visit Corvus’ Website here  https://atlantic-books.co.uk/corvus/

 Follow Chris on twitter here https://twitter.com/chriszbeckett

And Corvus here https://twitter.com/CorvusBooks

Chris’s reading recommendations in the podcast were 

 Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again by M John Harrison
https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/m-john-harrison/the-sunken-land-begins-to-rise-again/9780575096370/

 Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
https://tinyurl.com/yzyhrwhw

 Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
https://tinyurl.com/b6wjehs

 Next week on the podcast, in the second part of our short series in which we talk to science fiction authors we’ll feature Emily Inkpen.  Listeners may recall Emily’s audio drama The Bomb which we published last summer.  Coming soon we’ll have Emily’s latest drama The Hunt and in the interview Emily talks about the process of writing drama, how The Hunt fits into her wider literary universe and how the process of writing her novel series The Dex Legacy is going.  

 Follow us on twitter for more details and follow Emily Inkpen on twitter to find out more about her writing.

 Alternative Stories on twitter https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt
Emily Inkpen https://twitter.com/emilyinkpen

 If you are interested in writing audio drama you can join our forthcoming introductory workshop in which we’ll work with extracts from Alt Stories dramas via the link below

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/148761496641

As a historian in the bleak, climate-ravaged twenty-third century, it's Zoe's job to record and archive the past, not to recreate it. But when she comes across the diaries of Harry and Michelle, who lived two hundred years ago, she becomes fascinated by the minutiae of their lives and decides to write a novel about them, filling in the gaps with her own imaginings.  Listeners are warned that this episode contains explicit language. 

In Two Tribes by Chris Beckett you heard

 Verity Blyth as Zoe 
Rosa Samuels as Cally
Charlie Richards as Harry
Sadie Pepperrell as Michelle
And Marie Claire Wood as Letty

The presenter is Tiffany Clare 
The main theme for Two Tribes is by Scott Ander 
 Sound design, soundscapes and direction are by Chris Gregory
Casting was by Chris Gregory and Chris Beckett
The script was adapted from Chris Beckett’s original novel by Chris Gregory and Chris Beckett
Sound effects are from freesound.org

This audio drama is an adaptation of part of the novel Two Tribes. If you would like to read the full novel it is out in paperback in the UK now and details on how to buy it are posted below

Chris Beckett has been involved throughout the process of making this drama and we would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his time and expertise and for allowing us to work with his brilliant story.
 
We would also like to thank  Kate Straker of Corvus / Atlantic Books for her help and cooperation in the making of this audio drama.  

You can find out more about Chris Beckett by visiting his website here
http://www.chris-beckett.com/
Follow Chris on twitter here https://twitter.com/chriszbeckett
And purchase Two Tribes here
On Hive  https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Chris-Author-Beckett/Two-Tribes/25602398
And on Amazon  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Tribes-Chris-Beckett/dp/1786499339/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1615034100&sr=8-1

 You can visit Corvus via their website here https://atlantic-books.co.uk/corvus/
Follow Corvus on twitter here https://twitter.com/CorvusBooks

The theme tune for this edition is is called “The Hunt” by Scott Ander, from his EP “The Holocene” which you can listen to here
https://soundcloud.com/user-498615231/sets/the-holocene
You can follow Scott on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/scottandermusic/

 Follow Alternative Stories on twitter for a chance to win one of 3 free copies of Two Tribes signed by Chris Beckett in our competition starting on Friday 2nd April
https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt

You can book to join one of our upcoming audio drama writing workshops via this link
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/148761496641 

Join us next week for a special edition featuring Two Tribes author Chris Beckett.  We'll have an interview with Chris, clips and excerpts from his recent and upcoming books and reflections on his writing practices.   As part of this short season on science fiction writers we'll also have an interview with Emily Inkpen.  We'll look forward to her new audio drama The Hunt, reflect on last year's drama The Bomb and learn more about her approach to writing and her upcoming series of

Brida is the daughter of the goddess Callie and  bound by a spell her mother has cast, she is held captive beneath Callie's mountain fortress.   Longing to escape so that she may travel freely around the world,  Brida has tried many ways in vain to break the spell but the  visit of a  prince from the world beyond the mountain may suggest ways in which her captivity can be ended.

In Daughter of Fire and Water by Lyndsey Croal you heard
Kelsey Griffin as Brida
Lewie Watson as Angus
Peter Forbes as Cernun
and Simone Low as Callie

Music was by Cameron Mackay
Sound design, direction and soundscapes were by Chris Gregory
Sound effects were from freesound.org
The presenter of this podcast is Marie-Claire Wood

We would like to thank Lyndsey Croal, Anthea Middleton, Sam Canning and Gillian Bowman for their invaluable help in casting for this drama

Daughter of Fire and Water began as a character origin tale for Lyndsey's in-progress young-adult fantasy novel, though it morphed into something quite different by the end. She'd like to thank Julie Bertagna for prompting her to explore this back story, and Scottish Book Trust for their support over the past year. Inspiration also came from Scottish folklorist Donald Alexander Mackenzie's interpretation of the Cailleach's story.

If you would like to find out more about Lyndsey Croal and her writing, please visit her website   https://lyndseycroal.wordpress.com/

 To find out more about Cameron Mackay and to listen to more of his music please go to https://www.cameronmackay.co.uk/

 You can follow Lyndsey Croal on twitter here https://twitter.com/writerlynds
And Cameron Mackay here   https://twitter.com/CameronJMackay

 "Daughter of Fire and Water” is an alternative stories 2021 production for the alternative stories and fake realities podcast.  

Our next production is called Stella's Constellation by TAK Erzinger and it will be out on Friday 5th March.
In the trailer for Stella's Constellation you heard the voices of Marie-Claire Wood, Simone Low,  Sadie Pepperrell and Rhys Anderson
  
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Invisible Borders is a collection of poetry and short fiction by women writers with a connection to the county of Cornwall.  It is published by the Hypatia Trust and this podcast celebrates the release of the audio book version of the collection which has been produced by Alternative Stories.

In this podcast we celebrate the launch of the audio book version of Invisible Borders a collection of poetry and short fiction by women writers with a connection to the county of Cornwall.   Invisible Borders is now available in three formats: as a book, an e-book and now an audio book produced by Alternative Stories.  The audio book will be out on 11th December and will be available from the Hypatia Trust Bookshop
  https://hypatia-trust.org.uk/bookshop

This podcast is presented by Hollye Sangster.  

The readers are Marie-Claire Wood,  Katrina Naomi, Ella Frears and Mary J Oliver.

The poems you can hear in this podcast are 

• Hieroglyph Moth by Pascale Petit
• Warm Rain by Mary J Oliver 
• I knew Which Direction by Ella Frears
• Perfume Map by Penelope Shuttle
• Elsewhere by Katrina Naomi
• I am Becoming by Faye Wilson

You can hear interviews featuring 

• Miki Ashton from the Hypatia Trust
• Linda Cleary from Hypatia Publications
• Marie-Claire Wood, the actress who reads much of the work featured in the audio book
• Chris Gregory from the Alternative Stories Podcast 

Music, sound design and production are by Chris Gregory.  Sound recordings were by Marie-Claire Wood, Ella Frears and Linda Cleary.

We’d like to thank all our contributors to this podcast :  Miki Ashton, Linda Cleary, Marie-Claire Wood, Chris Gregory and poets Pascale Petite, Mary J Oliver, Ella Frears, Penelope Shuttle, Katrina Naomi and Faye Wilson.  We would especially like to thank the Hypatia trust for entrusting us with creating the audio book version of Invisible Borders.  Special thanks are due to Cultivator Cornwall and Sam Jackman for their valued support in the making of Invisible Borders.  

We would also like to thank Bloodaxe Books, Seren Books and Offord Road Books for granting permission to reproduce work by their writers in Invisible Borders and in this podcast.  

You can find out more about the Hypatia Trust by visiting their website
https://hypatia-trust.org.uk/

 Or follow the trust on twitter at  https://twitter.com/hypatia_trust

 You can follow Marie-Claire Wood on twitter at https://twitter.com/MarieClaireWood

 Find out more about Linda Cleary here  https://twitter.com/_freewriters

 And follow Alternative Stories on Twitter here https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt

Please subscribe to have all of our audio drama, poetry and fiction content delivered to your podcast feed the moment new episodes are released.

In Black Box, based on the novel by Kevan Manwaring, mankind is looking to the stars to find solutions to the failing climate on planet Earth.  We follow Captain Lake and Commander Boone on their missions.  Content warning; Swearing, drug references, peril, sexual references.

Black Box Part One : Ithaka, was written by Dr Kevan Manwaring, adapated from his original novel. 

In this episode you can hear:
Danyelle Ellett as Sentience
Lewie Watson as Captain Lake
Charlie Richards as Butler
Maisie Armah as Lake's wife
Chris Gregory as Salovar ("The Suit")
Kelli Winkler as Ultima Thule crew member
Other voices were by members of the cast

The presenter is Kelli Winkler
The original theme and incidental music are  by Chris Gregory
Sound effects are from freesound.org
Direction, sound design and editing are by Chris Gregory

Thank you to Kevan Manwaring for beta listening this edition and to our actors for going above and beyond in the recording of their parts for this production.

You can follow Kevan Manwaring on twitter here
https://twitter.com/bardicacademic

 And read his regular blog posts here 
https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/

 You can hear Kevan speaking about his writing, about Black Box in particular and on the topic of climate fiction in our recent edition called “Climate Fiction”  Alternative Stories Series 3 Episode 13

We have made 3 pilot episodes of Black Box, the drama,  based roughly on the first 3 chapters of the novel.  We’ll be assessing the possibilities of dramatizing the whole story at a later date.  In the meantime we’d love to hear your thoughts on Black Box and particularly on whether you’d like to hear more.  You can drop us a note via office@alternativestories.com or tweet us with your thoughts 

 If you’re an audio drama producer and have ideas about how we could take Black Box into full production we’d be very grateful for your views.

 If you would like to check out more Science Fiction on Alternative Stories please look for our dramas A Memory of Robin by David Green,  The Ark by Madeleine F White, The Bomb by Emily Inkpen and Backdrop by Anna Orridge.  You’ll be able to find them by searching our content on any podcast platform

Content warning:  The character of Captain Lake is depicted as a drug user in Black Box.  In one scene within this episode Lake is heard taking drugs or "shooting up". If listeners are likely to be offended by this please do not listen to this episode. 

 Next week on Alternative Stories and Fake Realities we’ll continue Black Box and introduce you to the character of Commander Boone.

Through the trees is an anthology about trees and woodlands, their folklore and mythology.  Dealing with the subjects of transformation and change into and from trees our writers use poetry and monologue to tell their stories inspired by folk and fairy stories, classical mythology and lived experience.

The pieces in part 1 are
Laurus Nobilis written and performed by Charis McRoberts
Changing by Sarah Corbett performed by Amy Forrest
I'll Be Gone Soon written and performed by Tanya O'Sullivan

Music, sound design and production are by Chris Gregory with sound effects from Freesound.org.  Original music is published by Scared Crow Music.

This edition is presented by Kelli Winkler

In the next part of Through The Trees we'll have writing by Sarra Culleno, TAK Erzinger, Sarah Corbett and Signe Maene and performances by Kelsey Griffin, Tiffany Clare and Amy Forrest

You can find more about Charis McRoberts by following her on twitter here https://twitter.com/CharisMcRoberts
Sarah Corbett here https://twitter.com/sarahcorbett70
And to hire Tanya O'Sullivan for voice acting or writing assignments click here https://www.fiverr.com/tanyaosullivan

You can hear more by Charis McRoberts in our podcast called Raven (Season2 episode 27) and Sarah Corbett in the episode called The Witch Bag (Series 2 episode 15)

Allison and Jenny have been together for 6 months but Jenny is falling out of love with New York City.  Can their relationship survive if she moves away from the city?

Out of Towners is a comedy drama written by Jackie Jorgenson and Mary McDonald and based on the characters, Allison and Jenny which originally appeared in our audio drama The Out of Towners Club which appeared at Christmas 2019 (series 1 Episode 22)

Allison  : Mary McDonald
Jenny : Jackie Jorgenson
Kylie : Caroline Mincks
Dan: Miguel Antonio

The presenter is Kelli Winkler
Additional material was written by Chris Gregory
Music, sound design and production were by Chris Gregory
Sound effects are from Freesound.org
Music is published by Scared Crow Music

Out of Towners is an Alternative Stories 2020 production for the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast

You can follow Jackie Jorgenson and find out more about her work by following her on twitter https://twitter.com/jackiejorgenson
Follow her podcast Tales From The Aether here https://anchor.fm/talesfromtheaether

Follow Mary McDonald here https://twitter.com/MaryMcDonald_

You can follow Alternative Stories on twitter here https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt
And on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/

In part 4 of our short series on women poets from Cornwall we feature three poems from performance poet Lesley Hale. 

Lesley is originally from the north of England but moved to Cornwall 20 years ago.  Her poetry in this podcast explores themes of music, travel and relationships.

Fugue : Libretto and Score is read by Tiffany Clare
Dust is read by Tanya O'Sullivan
Guitar Lesson is performed by Chris Gregory

All poems are by Lesley Hale and used with her full permission. They may not be reproduced without her permission
Music, soundscapes, sound editing and production are by Chris Gregory
The presenter in this edition is Hollye Sangster

You can find out more about Lesley Hale and her poetry by following her on twitter where she posts as https://twitter.com/_LesleyHale_ 

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A Memory of Robin is an audio drama from writer David Green.  It tells the story of Gem, the daughter of a woman called Robin whose last few days of life we follow through extracts from her voice diary as she seeks to escape the confines of an increasingly oppressive and totalitarian government.

In A Memory of Robin by David Green characters were played as follows:

Robin - Jackie Jorgenson
Gem, her daughter - Abby Hilden
The Voice of the Nation - Kelli Winkler

A Memory of Robin was based on the short story of the same name by David Green.  Additional material and adaptation were by Chris Gregory.

Original music was composed and performed by Chris Gregory and published by Scared Crow Music
Sound design ,editing and soundscapes were by Chris Gregory
Sound effects were from Freesound.org

The presenter was Kelli Winkler

Find out more about David Green by following him on twitter https://twitter.com/DavidpGreen83
And visit his website www.davidgreenwritercom.wordpress.com
And facebook https://www.facebook.com/davidgreenwriter/

Be Warned: Episode contains swearing and references to suicide

In the first of a series of short podcasts featuring female poets from the county of Cornwall in the extreme south west of England we feature Sarah Cave and her poem cycle The Eidolon Triptych. Poems are read by Jade Matthew with music and soundscapes by Chris Gregory

The Eidolon Triptych is written by Sarah Cave and performed here with her full permission and cooperation.
 
The soundscapes used in this edition are published by Scared Crow Music and sound effects are from Freesound.Org.

The presenter in this edition is Kelli Winkler

If you would like to find out more about Sarah Cave please follow her on twitter where she posts as https://twitter.com/campanilecave

You can find more of Sarah's work at https://www.knivesforksandspoonspress.co.uk/ and, as mentioned in the podcast,  at https://www.guillemotpress.co.uk/

We'll be featuring more women poets from Cornwall on the podcast soon.  These will include, Mary J Oliver, Ella Frears, Lesley Hale and Angela Stoner.  Please subscribe to hear these editions and our other content. 

Very Short Stories : A Microfiction Special With Charlotte O'Farrell

Very short stories and microfiction are terms for tiny pieces of writing that can tell an entire tale in a small number of words.  On twitter the hashtag #VSS365 is used to signify these stories told in a single tweet.  A skilled proponent of VSS is British writer Charlotte O'Farrell who joins us on the podcast today.  We have worked with Charlotte to turn some of her stories in Alt Stories episodes for the Listen Rinse Repeat podcast which is promoting handwashing during the Covid 19 crisis by putting out tiny episodes timed to ensure a good handwash (20 - 40 seconds) and to keep listeners entertained while they clean.   Charlotte talks about the VSS phenomenon and why she loves it and provides some tips for writers wishing to have a go.  We also feature writing from Victoria J Price, Lena Stone, Mark Anthony Smith and Natalie Reilly Johnson

In this edition you can hear the voices of
Saya Zahawi
Maddy Searle
Daffyd Morse
Joy Hayward
Simone Lowe
Annabelle Broad

Our presenter is Kelli Winkler and our special guest is Charlotte O'Farrell

If you'd like to find out more about our writers please follow them on social media Charlotte O'Farrell. https://twitter.com/ChaOFarrell
Victoria J Price https://twitter.com/victoria_jprice
Natalie Reilly Johnson https://twitter.com/nreillyjohnson
Mark Anthony Smith https://twitter.com/MarkAnthonySm16

if you'd like to know more about the Listen Rinse Repeat podcast follow it on social media here  https://twitter.com/Podcast_LRR
And Listen/ subscribe here http://listenrinserepeat.libsyn.com/website

We would like to thank all our contributors and especially Charlotte O'Farrell for their time in helping to make this podcast.  

In this special edition we look at the techniques, processes and practicalities of creating audio drama with the creators of some of the best and most exciting drama podcasts out there.  We discuss writing, casting, working with actors, directing and recording as well as the touchy subject of monetising your show.

Our guests are
David S. Dear of A Ninth World Journal
Karin Heimdahl of the Y2k Audio Drama
Jackie Jorgenson of Tales From the Aether
and Oscar and Jade Wenman-Hyde of Conversations: An Original Audio Drama

Our presenters are Kelly Winkler and Amy Forrest
Music and sound design are by Chris Gregory

Find out more about our guests and their podcasts by checking these links

A Ninth World Journal ninthworldjournal.com
https://twitter.com/9thWorldJournal
Y2k Y2Kpod.com 
https://twitter.com/Y2Kpod
Tales From The Aether https://anchor.fm/talesfromtheaether
https://twitter.com/SharedManifest
Conversations https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/conversations-an-original-audio-drama/id1502764717
https://twitter.com/ojscriptwriters

And find Listen, Rinse, Repeat here https://listenrinserepeatpodcast.com/
https://twitter.com/Podcast_LRR

Listen out for our future edition on the art, skills, techniques and technicalities of voice acting which features today's presenter Amy Forrest

The Witch Bag is a poetry collection by Sarah Corbett.  Originally published in 2002, 18 years on we review and reimagine the collection assessing its impact as art and on the life and career of Sarah as a poet.

The narration is by Sarah Corbett herself and readings are by Jade Matthew, Tiffany Clare and Amy Forrest

The Witch Bag read by Jade Matthew
Green Rose read by Tiffany Clare
Black Crow Woman read by Jade Matthew
To the Spider read by Tiffany Clare
Spook read by Tiffany Clare
First Light read by Amy Forrest
Eclipse read by Amy Forrest
Cornwall 1974 read by Amy Forrest
Starfish read by Amy Forrest
Sculpture: Girl Standing read by Tiffany Clare

Music, soundscapes and sound design by Chris Gregory

The presenters in this edition are Kelli Winkler and Annabelle Broad

The Witch Bag is published by Seren Books and we thank them for their assistance in the making of this podcast.

You can purchase a copy of The Witch Bag from https://www.serenbooks.com/
and from Amazon.

Follow Sarah Corbett on social media at https://twitter.com/sarahcorbett70 for details about her other poetry collections and her upcoming novel.

Follow Seren on social media  https://twitter.com/SerenBooks and  https://www.instagram.com/serenbooks/

Rachel Lightfoot is a comedian, poet and blogger from Sheffield, South Yorkshire and in this short episode she shares her thoughts, fears, observations and ideas about isolation alongside a couple of her poems. 

Script written and performed by Rachel Lightfoot
Poems "Too Much Girl" and "The Fanatic" by Rachel Lightfoot with soundscapes by Chris Gregory

Sound design by Chris Gregory
Sound effects from freesound.org
Original sound recordings by Rachel Lightfoot

Find and follow Rachel on social media
https://twitter.com/Rachel_L_Poet
https://www.instagram.com/lightfoot_rachel/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmRmb6terR-VW9EQKdk1gQ

This episode contains some strong language and mild sexual references 

"The End of The Beginning ", Part 4 of the Angel's Calling by Victoria J.Price, a fantasy audio drama miniseries from the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast.

Earth's parallel world, Ohinyan is home to angels, witches and magical creatures but an impending disaster in the world means that some of these beings are visiting Earth to seek help. 

Narrator :  Tiffany Clare
Fia Aldridge  : Annabelle Broad 
Sophie: Kirsty Woolven
Hazel: Maddy Searle 
Alexander : Charlie Richards 
The Lady Noor : Saya Zahawi
Teenage Girl : Joy Hayward
The Waiter : Chris Gregory

Other parts were played by members of the cast 

Music and soundscapes were by Chris Gregory and published by Scared Crow Music

Sound effects were from Freesound.org 

The presenter is Kelli Winkler 

The Angel’s Calling is adapted from her original novella by Victoria J Price and published with the author’s full permission and cooperation.

Find out more about Victoria J Price by following her on social media
https://twitter.com/victoria_jprice
https://www.instagram.com/victoriajprice/
and on her website   https://victoriajprice.com/


In this edition we ran trailers for two new shows.  Find out more about them and listen here

Tales From the Aether "The Witch of Rockwood Cove"
Twitter  https://twitter.com/SharedManifest
Listen here :  https://anchor.fm/talesfromtheaether

Conversations : An Audio Drama
Twitter : https://twitter.com/ojscriptwriters
Listen here : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Y6wWMtWcl5ouxXqvNQLD7?si=T3ncPETFRcWiCBFStpWTSg

In this short extra edition of the podcast we bring you two poems from British poet Sarra Culleno.

The pomes featured are Green Man and Clearing up After Children

Our presenter and reader in this edition is Annabelle Broad
Poems are by Sarra Culleno
Sound design, editing and original music by Chris Gregory
Sound effects (birdsong) is from Freesound.org

London born and Manchester based, Sarra Culleno is a poet, mother of two and English teacher who is widely published and performs at poetry events across the UK. She writes about children’s rights, motherhood, identity, gender, age, technology, the environment, politics, modern monogamy and education. She features in numerous podcasts, radio shows, and literary festivals as Featured Poet. She was longlisted for the Cinnamon Press Pamphlet Prize.

Find Sarra online here
https://twitter.com/sarra1978
https://www.instagram.com/sarracullenopoetry/
https://www.facebook.com/sarracullenopoetry
ttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOXQq5kcpq5hhOZBvA0T_Ag
Sarra1978@hotmail.com

All poems are copyright Sarra Culleno and are performed here with the express permission of Sarra.