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Peter Spafford, from East Leeds FM, presents his love of all things wordy in his weekly show Love The Words, featuring new creative writing from Leeds and beyond.... more
FAQs about Love the Words:How many episodes does Love the Words have?The podcast currently has 234 episodes available.
July 22, 2025Love The Words 311: Charlotte CarrickWriter Charlotte Carrick talks to young writers Seren Delahaye and Kiera Gibson about her writing journey, from The Writing Squad through Chapel FM to Emmerdale. If earning a living as a writer is challenging, where do you start, who advises and supports you along the way?...more43minPlay
July 08, 2025Love The Words 308: Maia Elsner, Tallulah Howarth, Seren DelahayePoets Maia Elsner, Tallulah Howarth and Seren Delahaye discuss poetry and read their work. What does a young poet need? Is 'finding your mind' more important than finding your voice?...more50minPlay
July 08, 2025Love The Words 307: Todd MurphyTodd Murphy is a writer living in East Leeds. He writes prose and poetry that twist the everyday into work that is tough, tender and often uncanny. ...more36minPlay
June 22, 2025Love The Words 306: Leeds CornershopsCreated with the British Library, a radio documentary of oral history stories about growing up working in cornershops in Leeds, with music from Tower of Song....more37minPlay
June 22, 2025Love The Words 304: Carol AthertonCarol Atherton, author of Reading Lessons, Chapel FM's Readathon 2025 book, talks about the power of literature to change lives. Plus Leeds Lit Fest preview with Fiona Gell....more48minPlay
June 22, 2025Love The Words 305: Rob CowenRob Cowen talks about his critically acclaimed new book, The North Road: Walking London to Edinburgh through Nation, Time & Place', written over 10 years following Common Ground. ...more1h 8minPlay
June 17, 2025Love The Words 303: Catherine Warr/Diliana StojanovaYorkshire historian Catherine Warr has written a musical! She talks about it. And Diliana Stojanova is a Bulgarian poet living in Czechia and visiting Leeds. Diliana has a new poetry collection out in Japanese, Fiinnish and English....more44minPlay
May 30, 2025Love The Words 302: Natalie A. Davies/Creative VoicesNatalie Anastasia Davies talks about being Writer in Residence for Brimham Rocks, plus her moving poem about the experience. Plus Madeleine Wuidart on her late autism diagnosis, and moving spoken word from older members of the LGBTQ plus community in Creative Voices....more48minPlay
May 29, 2025Love The Words 301: Writing for Pleasure/Other TongueCarolyn, Judy & Carol from the University of the Third Age Writing For Pleasure Group read their work and talk about why writing, & listening to others read, makes them happy. Plus Other Tongue Mother Tongue, a multi-lingual publication from The Other Side of Hope, presented by Mike Baynham....more1h 4minPlay
May 23, 2025Love The Words 300: A celebrationLTW is 300 episodes old! Peter Spafford and Agnes Leonovicz look back - and ahead, after a short mash of highlights, including poetry from Andrew McMillan, Helen Burke and Leeds East Academy....more46minPlay
FAQs about Love the Words:How many episodes does Love the Words have?The podcast currently has 234 episodes available.