Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of over twenty novels, plus novellas, cookbooks, scripts, short stories, libretti, lyrics, articles, and a self-help book for writers, TEN THINGS ABOUT WRITING. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Sheffield and Huddersfield, is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.She performs in a live music and storytelling show with the #Storytime Band.She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.www.joanne-harris.co.uk/Author image credit - Kyte PhotographyWe talked about The film adaptations of Chocolat that didn’t happenHer cover artworkDeveloping her voice as a writerThe different forms of magic in her booksOn discovering magical realismImposter syndromeWriting and motherhoodHow she writesFood as a love languageMoving beyond the archetype of the white male writer and the assumptions that go along with that.Belonging and being an outsiderHer advice for writersIn the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:Her great-grandmother who was a witchCosy books, current book trends in fantasy and armchair murder mysteries and reading for comfort in a world gone madHow she researches her booksHer current creative rabbit holePlus some of her thoughts on magic from her most recent books – The Moonlight Market, Chocolat and Vianne.ResourcesChocolat (book) Chocolat (film) The Five Love LanguagesThe Moonlight Market Vianne 10 Things About Writing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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41: Victoria Firth - Batty
Victoria Firth is a writer, theatre maker and performer based in Yorkshire. Her work is concerned with embodiment and connection, exploring things lots of us feel but don’t really talk about. Her one-woman show, about childlessness and reinvention, ‘How to be amazingly happy!’ toured nationally; she curated a collection of writing on the presentation of the body – inspired by her live art performance ‘The Butter Piece’; her poetry has recently been published in Northern Gravy's anthology. She is now producing her second play 'Batty!' exploring witches as role models for women othered by social norms and our reciprocal connection with nature. She can be found walking on the moors or wild swimming with her dog Blaidd.Website: https://www.victoriafirth.co.uk/BATTY! Information and tour dates: https://www.victoriafirth.co.uk/batty/Instagram: @msvhf Facebook @msvictoriafirthWe talked about:· Her new show – Batty, about a midlife woman reclaiming her wildness· Making space for our creativity as women· Redefining success…and failure· The three stages of creativity· Becoming a performer in midlife· Navigating the inner battle between the creative drive and the need for inner safety· “the bell that keeps ringing”· The invisible economy of the arts· Creativity, magic and being highly sensitiveIn the extended episode, just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:· Perimenopause · Structural divergence and patriarchy bustingBooks MentionedBurning WomanThe Highly Sensitive Person – Elaine N. Aron Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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40: Sarah Detweiler - Creative Rainbow Mother
Sarah Detweiler works out of her home studio undulating between her art practice and motherhood. She explores beyond the traditional boundaries of painting by including various hand embroidery techniques and mixed media materials into her work. Motherhood, nostalgia, and themes that touch on the universality of the human experience all have significance in her work.An award-winning artist, Sarah has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions in galleries across the country and virtually. She exhibits regularly at Paradigm Gallery in Philadelphia where she has had 2 sold out solo exhibitions.www.sarahdetweiler.comwww.instagram.com/SD_Artifactswww.paradigmarts.org/collections/sarah-detweilerWe talked about:· Hidden Mothers· The shame umbrella· Weirdness, feralness and domesticity· The Creative Rainbow Mother archetype· My book The Rainbow Way – the Artist’s Way for creative mothers· Creative evolution and getting bored· Her definition of successIn the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:· The crossover between ADHD and Barbara Sher’s Scanners and Elaine M. Aron’s highly sensitive person· Creative rabbit holes · The feral forties and perimenopause and Women Who run with the Wolves· Her ADHD puppet alter egoBooks MentionedThe Rainbow Way: cultivating creativity in the midst of motherhoodCreatrix: she who makesWomen’s Bodies Women’s Wisdom – Christiane NorthrupLynn V Andrews – Jaguar WomanShe of the SeaBig Magic – Liz GilbertThe Creative Act – A Way of Being – Rick RubinBurning WomanWomen Who Run With the Wolves Nightbitch – Rachel YoderWeaving Our Way Beyond Patriarchy – A Womancraft CompendiumRefuse to Choose – Barbara SherThe Highly Sensitive Person – Elaine N. Aron Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Magic of the Sea
Join Lucy and special guests as they celebrate the magic of the sea in an atmospheric episode weaving prose, poetry, music and musings on how the sea can inspire, heal and transform. Featuring extracts from the new audiobook of Lucy's She of the Sea and many special guests including:Sarah Robinson - bestselling author of Yoga for Witches and Kitchen Witch sharing a folktale from the Faroe Islands www.sentiayoga.comMolly Remer - author of 13 books, including, Walking with Persephone sharing some of her poems and stories celebrating the everyday magic that can be discovered on the shore. www.brigidsgrove.comClare Beloved reading sea-salted poems from her new book Somewhere Between Derelict and Divine - www.clarebeloved.comEleanor Brown - singer-songwriter shares her Selkie Song https://eleanorbrown.bandcamp.com/Stella Tomlinson - author of several soulful books for women, sharing about selkies www.stellatomlinson.comJaine Rose - visual artist reflects on why she is a sea witch www.jainerose.comListener stories - Suzanne Brewer and Annette Vaucanson Kelly on selkies and the sea.Join us for a deeper dive in the Extended Episode, available on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce for $3/month to unlock:More from the She of the Sea audiobook Extended contributor pieces includingMolly’s incredible ancestral connection to US maritime history as well as hear some of her newest and as yet unpublished sea poemsExtra poems from Clare BelovedA brand new Eleanor Brown song, not available anywhere else Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Season 3 Finale
A solo episode from Lucy looking back on this season's guests and looking forward to Season 4.Lucy's book She of the Sea is now available in audiobook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join prolific author and artist Lucy H. Pearce and her creative guests - writers, artists, creatrixes - for profound and practical conversations about what creative magic means to us. We'll reflect on what, how and why we create, what drives us...and what stops us in our tracks. We share honestly how we find the time and energy to make magic in the midst of life's challenges and why we keep on saying yes to our creativity. Lucy is known for giving real and raw interviews, and now she shares this form of deep dive conversation with many of her favourite creative people. The first season of Creative Magic is the Wild Initiations series, featuring her immensely popular intimate conversation series recorded to celebrate the launch of her 12th book Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods... She will also be joined by some new guests diving into the themes of wild nature, symbols, initiation and creative magic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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