In this week's episode, poet and performer Ella Frances Sanderson joins me to talk about being an autistic writer and workshop leader, where she gets her creative inspiration and her appearance on BBC Sounds.
Find out more:
https://ellasandy16.wixsite.com/aspie
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFh8sau1ji2oTYM34kfa0A
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/bbcsounds
Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for brass band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.
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Episode 94: Helen Aitchison
On Northern Voices this week, North-East novelist Helen Aitchison joins me to talk about her latest books. We also chat about writing as therapy, her CIC Write on the Tyne and why you don't need to have dreamed about being a writer as a child to try it in adulthood.
Find out more:
https://helenaitchisonwrites.wordpress.com/
https://writeonthetyne.com/
https://write-on-the-tyne.sumupstore.com/product/broken-boundaries
https://cahilldavispublishing.co.uk/our-books/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/helen.aitchison_writes
https://www.instagram.com/writeonthetyne
https://www.instagram.com/cahilldavispublishing
Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for brass band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.
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Episode 93: Susan (S.J.) Baker with Betsy, Imogen, Madi, Lily, Bella and Zofia
This week's episode is something a little different, because as well as YA author Susan (S.J.) Baker, I'm also joined by six of her students – Betsy, Imogen, Madi, Lily, Bella and Zofia. We discuss how they're contributing to Susan's novels through editorial feedback, the lack of opportunities for young Northern writers and why they feel the school curriculum is stunting their creative output.
Find out more:
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/calm-s-j-baker/7690812?ean=9781911107934
Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/sjbakerauthor.bsky.social
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/author_s.j.baker
Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.
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Episode 92: Louise Cullen
In a special Tuesday episode this week, Executive Publisher at Canelo Books, Louise Cullen, joins me to discuss publishing, bias, diversity and the North. We chat about the changes in the publishing industry in recent years, her path to her current role, and unpack some of the details in my Publishing Research Quarterly article, 'Publishing the North: Bias, Diversity and the North–South Divide in the UK Book Industry'.
Find out more:
https://www.canelo.co/books/
https://www.canelo.co/the-team/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12109-025-10035-7
Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/canelobooks.bsky.social
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/_louise_canelo
https://www.instagram.com/canelo_co
Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.
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Episode 91: Robert Welborn
In Episode 91, writer Robert Welbourn joins us to discuss his latest novel, Great Romances of the 20th Century. We also delve into gender inequity in writing, understanding the world through literature and how social media is destroying our happiness.
Find out more:
https://srlpublishing.co.uk/product/great-romances
Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/robertwelbourn.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/srlpublishing.bsky.social
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/robert_welbourn
https://www.instagram.com/srlpublishing
Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.
Northern Voices explores Northern writers (published and unpublished), storytelling and publishing. The podcast is hosted by Jen Bowden, a writer, editor and journalist with a PhD in Creative Writing from Curtin University exploring biases against the North in the UK book industry.
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