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Poetry, Grief and the Space Between the Lines
In this episode, Michael, Sarah and Berenice are joined by poet Kate Smith — known on Instagram as Millie the Poet and writing under the name Kathryn Millington — to talk about her poetry pamphlet Imprint (Fawn Press), which explores childlessness, IVF and grief. Kate reads three poems live on the episode and talks candidly about her own fertility journey, the process of writing about deeply personal experience, and what it's meant to bring that work into the world.
Imagine If: Writing the Unspoken with Byddi Lee
What happens when a writer decides to break the silence around childlessness, but not with a neat resolution, but through the voices of two women whose stories span 4,000 years? In this episode, Berenice and Michael are joined by Byddi Lee to talk about her remarkable novel Barren, a dual-timeline story that weaves together a contemporary experience of baby loss and infertility with a gripping, scientifically grounded journey into Neolithic Ireland.
Writing It Down with Lorna Gibb and Annie Kirby July 2019
In this episode we talked about Writing it Down with Dr Lorna Gibb who shared her experiences of writing and researching Childless Voices and Dr Annie Kirby, winner of the Asham Award 2005 and author, spoke to us about plans for her creative writing workshops for our community.
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