Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share In Our Own Words
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
In Our Own Words
By Alice AshcroftArts
In Our Own Words episodes
- Phoebe Green - Writing emotional and open lyrics.
Songwriters Alice Ashcroft and Phoebe Green talk all about their experiences in writing brutal lyrics, and how much they miss playing live. They talk all about Phoebe's lyrics in her latest EP, 'I Can't Cry For You' and what exciting plans she has in store...
Follow Alice here: instagram.com/themusicofalice
Follow Phoebe here: instagram.com/ph0ebegreen
Listen to Phoebe Green: https://phoebe-green.ffm.to/icantcryforyou
22 min - Nydia Hetherington - Writing a fantastical magic free book and weaving stories together.
Author, Nydia Hetherington, and songwriter, Alice Ashcroft, talk all about her debut novel 'A Girl Made of Air', what drives a narrative and how to write a fantasy book that doesn't actually have any magic.
Follow Alice here: instagram.com/themusicofalice
Follow Nydia here: instagram.com/nydiamadeofair
Buy 'A Girl Made of Air' here (affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/1732/9781529408874
25 min - Laura Kay - Writing the queer rom-com, 'The Split' and representation in the media.
Songwriter, Alice Ashcroft, and author, Laura Kay, talk all about her debut queer rom-com novel, The Split. They talk all about their experiences of growing up queer, the books and tv programmes they consumed, and how this led Laura to write this amazing book.
Follow Alice here: instagram.com/themusicofalice
Follow Laura here: instagram.com/lauraekay
Buy 'The Split' here (affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/1732/9781529409819
26 min - Caleb Azumah Nelson - Writing 'Open Water' and poetic language.
Songwriter, Alice Ashcroft, and debut author, Caleb Azumah Nelson, talk all about his brand new novel Open Water. It's a beautiful love story filled with poetic language, heartbreaking truths and an array of relatable characters. Alice and Caleb talk about how he went about writing the book, the language he chose to use and creating a beautiful trailer to launch the book during the Covis-19 pandemic.
Follow Alice here: instagram.com/themusicofalice
Follow Caleb here: instagram.com/caleb_anelson
Buy 'Open Water' here (affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/1732/9780241448779
16 min - dungarees - Collaborative episode with Amelia Mandeville and a discussion on the similarities in writing music and books.
Songwriter, Alice Ashcroft and author, Amelia Mandeville discuss Alice's new single 'dungarees', as well as the differences and mainly similarities in writing for books and writing songs.
Listen to the indie-pop song, 'dungarees': aliceashcroft.com/music
Follow Alice on Instagram: instagram.com/themusicofalice
Follow Amelia on Instagram: instagram.com/ameliamandev
Buy Amelia's first book: Every Colour of You (aff link)
Buy Amelia's second book: The Missing Pieces of Me (aff link)
44 min - Amelia Mandeville - Writing 'The Missing Pieces of Me' and working out two storylines.
Author, Amelia Mandeville, and songwriter, Alice Ashcroft discuss her second novel 'The Missing Pieces of Me'.
32 min - Deborah Olatunji - Innovation, writing and changing the world.Writer Deborah Olatunji, and songwriter Alice Ashcroft, talking about innovation, writing and how Deborah has achieved so much so young.31 min
- Abbie (@BritishBookReader) - Starting a bookstagram account and using this to launch a small art business.Alice and Abbie discuss the world of bookstagram and its ups and downs.28 min
- Beth O'Leary - How to write a bestselling book like 'The Switch'.Beth O'Leary and Alice Ashcroft discuss Beth's latest book, The Switch, and the amazing last year she's had.28 min
- Lara Zuehlke - The journey from journalist to author and podcaster.Lara is a writer who has worked as an editor and writer, and many other jobs using words. She talks to songwriter Alice Ashcroft, about her journey from reporter to writer and podcaster.26 min
About In Our Own Words
From the publisher's feed
Alice Ashcroft discusses songwriting and writing techniques used by a range of musicians and authors.