Our first episode is about Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who overcame racist and sexist barriers to help put the first NASA astronauts into space. Each episode in the series has been written and performed by a different creative, and today’s episode is by Lucy Crawshaw.

To find out more about Wakefield Litfest, find us on twitter @wakeylitfest or on Instagram @wakefieldlitfest or search for us on Facebook.