The Loudcast

It's our penultimate NaPodcast of NaPoWriMo 2021, and this week we're featuring sestinas! In this episode, we share our new sestinas and chat through the process of writing them. Plus, we look ahead to our final challenge: univocal poetry...

Fancy joining in with your own sestina? Check out our resources below:

Katie's full-length workshop: https://youtu.be/5B4nMpqXMuQ Sestinas by Paul Case & Gray Crosbie: https://youtu.be/ex5-ByA8Z1A

We're halfway through #NaPoWriMo2021 and this week we are focusing on Sonnets. To help you get writing, be sure to check out our Return to Form videos about Shakespearean Sonnets.

We have amazing Sonnets by Hannah Lavery & Callum O'Dwyer: https://youtu.be/TTvVB2_620E

and then join us here for our workshop: https://youtu.be/LV_vx0DPjr8

Joined by Robert Florence, Kev and Rab discuss the differences between comedy and poetry scenes, reading in live performance, and 'Poetry voice'. This season of The Loudcast was made possible through the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Week two of #NaPoWriMo2021 and we're writing a golden shovel! If you'd like to get involved then we have good news! Not only do we have great golden shovels from Rachel Amey & Tawona Sithole but we also have a comprehensive workshop led by Dr. Katie Ailes to help you write your own! You can find Rachel & Tawona's poems here: https://youtu.be/OioUZz9L4ck

And to start writing your own, join Katie here: https://youtu.be/8TWsJKfj8wA

One down, four poems to go!

We hope you enjoyed our discussion on writing concrete poetry. Feel free to share your work with us over on social media, we would love to see your Concrete Poems from last week and can't wait to share our Golden Shovels!

Kev is joined by special guest Imogen Stirling to discuss writing in form, spoken word theatre, and cross-artform collaboration. Plus Imogen shares an incredible excerpt from her upcoming show 'Love The Sinner'.

This season of The Loudcast was made possible through the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

We'd love you all to take part in #NaPoWriMo​ with us so please send us your work throughout April! This week we are focusing on writing concrete poetry. Be sure to join us on twitter.com/IAmLoudPro to see our tips and advice for writing in form and share your writing with us! How to Write a Concrete Poem: https://youtu.be/8NrwGNKU0J8 Return to Form - Concrete Poetry: https://youtu.be/TBp81pORL9M Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud​ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro​ Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble​ Website: https://iamloud.co​ Sign up to our newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dxzKIL​