David Turner is in central London talking to experimental poet and artist Steven J Fowler. The pair discuss Steven's approach to writing and editing (or lack of it), whether it helps to sometimes be ignored as a writer and his work as a curator of European and international literature events.

Download a full transcript here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/ep122-steven-j-fowler.pdf

Steven is organising the first Nordic Poetry Festival to be held in the UK and will take place 11-17 October 2019 at various venues. For more information go here: https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/nordic

Listen to Steven on the Scaffold Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/scaffoldpodcast/ep-12-steven-j-fowler

For more from Steven:

http://www.stevenjfowler.com/

https://twitter.com/stevenjfowler

For more from us:

lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/

www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/

twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:

snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/

www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

David Turner is in Walthamstow, east London talking to experimental poet and artist Astra Papachristodoulou about the importance of collaboration and the visual look of words on a page in her practice. Astra is pretty determined not to be restricted by conventional definitions of what it is to be a poet and happily exists on the boundary of different media, so it was interesting to hear why she’s so keen to introduce rules and constraints into her writing.

Download a full transcript of this episode here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/ep121-astra-papachristodoulou-transcript.pdf

For more from Astra:

https://www.astranaut.co.uk/books

https://twitter.com/HeyAstranaut

For more from us:

https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/

www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/

twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

Order 'ten cups of coffee' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ten-cups-coffee-David-Turner/dp/1094842893/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=david+Turner+ten+cups+of+coffee&qid=1560961593&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Listen to David chat to Naomi Woddis on her 'The Two Of Us' show here: https://www.mixcloud.com/The_Two_of_Us/the-two-of-us-featuring-david-turner/

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:

snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/

www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

David Turner is in Bristol chatting to Tom Sastry about his debut pamphlet, 'Complicity' (Smith|Doorstop) and the link between his writing and performing style.

This is the final episode of this 'series'. Lunar Poetry Podcasts will return April 2019.

For more from Tom:

http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/tom-sastry

https://andotherpoems.com/2018/11/16/three-poems-by-tom-sastry/

http://www.ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/a%252520man%27s%252520house%252520catches%252520fire.html

Download a full transcript here:

https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/lpp-ep120-tom-sastry-transcript.pdf

For more from us:

lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/

www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/

twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Download a full transcript of this conversation here:

lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/…t.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:

snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/

www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

David Turner chats to Shagufta K. Iqbal. David met up with Shagufta back in early October 2018 at her home in Bristol, to discuss her writing and the collaborative nature of providing platforms for other writers, focusing on the role she played in founding the YoniVerse collective, a platform and support network for South Asian women writers.

For more from Shagufta:

http://www.shaguftakiqbal.com/

https://twitter.com/shaguftakiqbal

https://www.yoniversepoetrycollective.com/

For more from us:

https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/

https://www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/

https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

Our episode about Developing Your Creative Practice:

https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/ep114-special-developing-your-creative-practice-transcript-available

Our 100th episode featuring Octavia Collective:

https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/ep100-octavia-collective-a-takeover-transcript-available

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Download a full transcript of this conversation here:

https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/ep119-shagufta-k-iqbal-transcript.pdf

To celebrate the fourth anniversary of Lunar Poetry Podcasts (01/10/2018) host and founder of the series David Turner chats to Abi Palmer about how and why LPP began.

The pair discuss how the podcast has evolved since October 2014 and the changes made because of growing audiences and funding from Arts Council England. Abi and David also talk about the brand new anthology of poems by 28 former podcast guests, 'Why Poetry?' (VERVE Poetry Press), out now in bookshops nationwide.

For more from us:

lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/

twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts

Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Download a full transcript of this conversation here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/ep118-4th-birthday-special-episode-trancript.pdf

For more from Abi:

http://abipalmer.com/

https://twitter.com/abipalmer_bot

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:

snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/

www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

I am in Manchester chatting to Andrew McMillan about his new and second full collection of poetry, Playtime (Cape Poetry). In 117 episodes, this is the first time I've met up with a poet to specifically discuss the transition from debut collection to second book. I found Andrew’s reflections on confidence in his writing, audience expectation and reaction and placing growing demands on readers just fascinating. As with his debut Physical, Playtime deals with what it is to be a man in general, what it is to be a queer man specifically and how as boys, they or we learn about other male bodies, only this time around, more so, as it were.

For more from Andrew:

https://www.andrewmcmillanpoet.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/AndrewPoetry

For more from us:

https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/

https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

https://www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts

Order our anthology, 'Why Poetry?':

https://vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/

Download a full transcript of the episode here:

https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/ep117-andrew-mcmillan-transcript.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:

https://snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

This episode is in two parts:

Part one - David Turner is in Peterborough chatting to Ross Sutherland about his podcast 'Imaginary Advice' and how it now informs his writing. The pair discuss Ross' recent British Podcast Award in the 'Best Fiction' category, how sound engineering can help with character development and pushing literary ideas and devices to 'breaking-point'.

Links relating to this section:

https://www.imaginaryadvice.com/

https://twitter.com/rossgsutherland

Part two (1:06:54) - David Turner is at Verve Poetry Festival in Birmingham talking to Consuelo Marshall about her Verve Poetry Competition winning poem 'Myself as a Playboy Bunny', in front of a live audience. The pair also chat about the influence of San Francisco and long distance running on Consuelo's writing.

Pre-order 'Why Poetry? - The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here - https://vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry-the-lunar-poetry-podcasts-anthology-pre-order-free-postage-in-the-uk/

For more info about the podcast -

https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/

https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue

https://www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts/?ref=bookmarks

Download a full transcript here -

https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/ep116-ross-sutherland-transcript.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here -

https://snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

This episode is in two parts:

Part one - David Turner is in London chatting to Jane Yeh about assuming personas and writing characters into her poetry, why fiction is such a common starting point for her poems and the influence that fine art, particularly 'old-master paintings' has on her creative practice.

Some links relating to this section:

https://www.janeyeh3.com/

https://twitter.com/JaneYeh3

https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?owner_id=838

https://tornn.me/

Part two (00:48:07) - David Turner is in Birmingham at this year's Verve Poetry Festival interviewing Roy McFarlane in front of a live audience. Roy explains how important it is for him to try and convey the sounds of his home city through his poetry and how, often, characters in his poems are a composite of many people.

Some links for this section:

http://www.roymcfarlane.com/

https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/the%20healing%20next%20time.html

Download a full transcript here:

https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/ep115-jane-yeh-roy-mcfarlane-transcript.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:

https://snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

In this 'special' episode David Turner is at the London office of Arts Council England talking to Gemma Seltzer about the new funding scheme 'Developing Your Creative Practice'. The pair discuss how the funding will work, who will benefit from this scheme and how it differs from previous types of funding.

*PLEASE NOTE - this funding scheme is only open to artists living in England*

Download the funding guidance form here: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/Developing_Your_Creative_Practice_Guidance_for_applicants_210518.pdf

Download the application questions here: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/DYCP_questions_character_counts.pdf

You can read my accompanying blogpost here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/2018/06/12/ep-114-developing-your-creative-practice/

Download a full transcript of this conversation here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/episode-114-developing-your-creative-practice.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:

https://snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

This episode is in two parts -

Part one: David Turner is in London talking to bilingual poet, Leo Boix. The pair chat about translating poetry from one language to another, the different processes at play when Leo writes in either English or Spanish, why Leo doesn’t translate his own writing and the positive influences various writing collectives have had on his own writing and Invisible Presence - a developmental platform for British Latino writers. Leo reads three poems:

(00:02:24) - The Somnambulist

(00:27:04) - Rìo Nuevo

(00:52:45) - Peregrination

Some links relating to this episode:

Leo on Twitter - https://twitter.com/leoboix

Invisible Presence - https://leonardoboix.wixsite.com/invisiblepresence

The Complete Works - https://thecompleteworkspoetry.com/

Ten: Poets of the new generation - http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/ten-poets-of-the-new-generation-1164

Episode 86 of LPP - https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/carlos-maurizio-rojas-nadia-drews-agnes-torok

Part two (00:53:40): Poet Chrissy Williams talks to Amaan Hyder about his debut collection At Hajj (Penned in the Margins). This interview is an extension of an ongoing project in which Chrissy has been inviting a number of poets to reflect on their debut collections, roughly a year after publication. Amaan reads two poem:

(00:55:12) - Coats

(01:12:21) - Mohammed's Mobile

Links relating to this episode:

Chrissy's blog -https://chrissywilliams.blogspot.co.uk/p/hullo.html

Chrissy on Twitter -https://twitter.com/chrissywilliams

Amaan' collection, At Hajj - http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2017/04/at-hajj/

Download a full transcript of this episode here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/ep113-leo-boix.pdf

Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:

https://snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/