Kurious City

This week Letty's chatting to contemporary writer & creative writing teacher/mentor Susan Elliot Wright, who's just published her FOURTH novel The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood - which explores maternal mental health & postpartum psychosis. They talk about the rollercoaster that is writing, and what compels us to keep creating against all the odds. Oh and Susan gives us some hot tips on editing the first draft. 

This week's episode features Genevieve Carver - poet, spoken word artist, theatre-maker & leader of 'Genevieve Carver & The Unsung', who gives us an insight into what it's like to be one of the busiest creatives in Sheffield. We get the lowdown on her creative process, future collaborations & debut poetry collection (which she's dedicated to Sheffield), plus a sneak preview of music from her current UK Tour. 

To download their track featured in the podcast go to:

https://genevievecarvertheunsung.bandcamp.com/track/little-green

All proceeds will go to Refuge (https://www.refuge.org.uk)

This week's episode features Sian Williams & Allie Carr who are both artists, performers, socialists & seriously smart. Tune in to hear them discussing politics in art, neoliberalism, resilience & raison d'etres. Warning - this podcast will make you think. 

In this week's episode we meet Rob Nevitt (@spectralfilms), Festival Founder/Creator and Co-Director of Celluloid Screams (@sheffhorrorfest); Sheffield's Horror Film Festival. We chat to him about his freelance videographer/editor work, how he got into horror and what the Festival and its community mean to him.

Want to know more about Celluloid Screams, check out their website here: www.celluloidscreams.co.uk

This weeks episode features multi-award winning author, senior lecturer, mentor & Mum Helen Mort. We cover everything from writing competitions to career-defining moments, her creative process and passion for The Peaks. Not to mention her wonderful Granny & The Boot Room Incident. 

Learn more about her work here: https://www.helenmort.com/

Meet writer & facilitator & self-confessed 'gregarious loner' Russ Thomas, who's about to launch his debut novel Firewatching; the first in a new police procedural series set in Sheffield, featuring DS Adam Tyler on his hunt to track down a serial arsonist. 

Learn more about his work here: https://russthomasauthor.com/index.html

In this week's episode we chat to illustrator and animator Chloe Longden @ChloesAnimation about her love of plants, animals and activism as well as her work with Girl Gang, Children's Media Conference and Northern Ballet and what it means to be a freelance artist.

This week we're meeting Digital Artist Ben Carlin @BenjCarlin - co founder of MegaVerse @WeAreMegaverse; an immersive content studio, specialising in interactive experiences & installations for VR, AR, XR & physical applications. Ben tells us all about his ground-breaking collaborations with the likes of NYT & Sheffield Children's Hospital, and gives us an insight into what the future might look like. 

In the first episode of Kurious City, our host Letty chats to renowned debut author Molly Aitken.

Molly Aitken has just signed a two book deal with Canongate; the first of which (The Island Child) is launching on the 30th January at Waterstones in Sheffield.

Let's find out what makes her tick!

Learn more about Molly here: http://www.janklowandnesbit.co.uk/molly-aitken @MollyAitken1

Learn more about the producers here: www.kurious.art @ArtsKurious