Poet and GP Emma Storr interviews Dr.Gavin Francis about his best-selling book, Recovery. Do we give ourselves enough time to get over things? Whatever happened to 'convalescence'?

Fiona Goh is the Director of the SI Leeds Literary Prize, a biennial award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women based in the UK. She talks about the prize which in 2024 celebrates its 10th year.

Faye Marshall is a poet and nurse. She talks about the privilege of working in palliative care, its impact on her life and writing, and the flourishing poetry scene in South Leeds.

Vic is a writer and therapist working throughout Yorkshire with groups and individuals. She talks about her love for the work she does, how it has evolved and about the influence on her work of her pioneering father.

A soundpoem from Writing On Air 2023 by Gareth Rhodes about seasonal and climate change in a Leeds garden.

Poet Alex Callaghan talks about the experience of editing and compiling Ey Up 3 and working with Written Off Publishing, as well as the fabulous Bone Down.

As a forerunner for International Men's Day 2024, Jaimes Lewis Moran presents poetry, prose, and reflection on the subject of fathers, first broadcast in Writing On Air 2023.

In anticipation of Writing On Air 2024, another chance to hear about the ground-breaking national organisation Prison Radio and why their work is a lifeline for its listeners.

The People's History of Leeds: Tom Bailey talks about this exciting new project gathering stories about Leeds and its people.

Eleanor May Blackburn is a 27 year old neurodivergent, disabled, queer actor/writer/theatre-maker/poet from Sheffield. The tour of her show Does My Fanny Look Big In This? tours next year and includes a date at The Crucible in her home town. In this LTW episode, Eleanor discusses, with elegance & humour, sex education, sex slang, and the nature of consent.