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poems podcasts
Poem Show 17 – Alison Brackenbury’s Festival Choice
Alison Brackenbury chooses three outstanding poems by fellow Aldeburgh poets: Olivia McCannon’s tender and...
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Poems and behind-the-scenes chat from four exhilaratingly talented and distinctive new voices – Richie...
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After her triumphant performance at The Poetry Prom in Suffolkin August 2011, Alice Oswald – in conversation...
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Seamus Heaney Poetry Prom Reading
Seamus Heaney reads poems from his last collection Human Chain at Snape Maltings Concert Hall in 2010. Download podcast
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Seamus Heaney Poetry Prom Interview
Seamus Heaney and fellow-poet and Aldeburgh Poetry Festival co-founder Michael Laskey ‘in conversation’...
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Olivia McCannon In Conversation
Olivia McCannon – winner of the 2012 Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize – chats with Dean Parkin...
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Awesome Foursome In Conversation
Prior to their brilliant reading at the Bush Theatre Library in May, we sent The Poetry Trust’s Intern Leti...
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Leti Mortimer, poetry editor of online magazine Inky Needles, picks three stand-out poems from Aldeburgh’s...
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Aldeburgh: Young Poets Discussion
Andrew McMillan conducts a fluent and searching conversation with Rebecca Perry, Caleb Klaces, Warsan Shire about...
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Aldeburgh Conversation: Julia Copus
Shortlisted for both the Costa Award and TS Eliot Prize for her long-awaited third collection The World’s Two...
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Aldeburgh Conversation: Ingrid de Kok
Pre-eminent South African poet Ingrid de Kok gives illuminating answers to Robert Seatter’s questions about...
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Aldeburgh Backchat 2012: Andrea Porter
Andrea Porter talks to Nick Patrick between her events at the 24th Aldeburgh Poetry Festival 2012 about reading...
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Poem Show 15 - Andrew McMillan’s Festival Choice
Andrew McMillan, fresh from his own successful Young Poets reading at the Festival, curates a Poem Show Special by...
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In Suffolk for a characteristically mesmerising reading at The Poetry Prom in August 2012, Paul Durcan shared some...
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Prior to her oustanding performance at The Poetry Prom in August 2012, Marie Howe had a conversation with Michael...
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Poem Show 14: Prom Poets Preview 2012
‘Speech Balloon’, ‘The Star Market’ and ‘Centre of the Universe’. Three poems...
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Naomi Jaffa asks the questions as recent US Laureate Kay Ryan, making her first appearance in the UK at Aldeburgh in...
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Poem Show 13 - Human Relationships
Three inter-generational poems from Aldeburgh 2011 about human relationships. In ‘The Lovers’, 90-year...
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Poem Show 12 - Memory & Preservation
Three memorable poems from the 2011 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival demonstrating the preservative powers of poetry....
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