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The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in their own words | The Characters are in Charge The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Theresa Ikoko. Theresa is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her awards include the Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play and the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright. With Clare Wilson, she co-wrote the screenplay for Rocks, which won the Best British Independent Film Award in 2020 and was shortlisted for a BAFTA for Best Orig...2023-12-2030 min
The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in their own words | Strangeness as Metaphor The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by novelist, short story writer, editor and educator Leone Ross. She is the author of This One Sky Day (UK), Popisho (USA), All The Blood is Red, Orange Laughter and short story collection, Come Let Us Sing Anyway and editor of Glimpse: A Black British Anthology of Speculative Fiction. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the...2023-12-151h 09
The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in their own words| Mind Mapping The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by writer and journalist, Patrice Lawrence. She is the author award-winning YA books, Orangeboy, Indigo Donut and Eight Pieces of Silver. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify_writers Website: 2023-10-2555 min
The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in their own words | The Titans of Black Publishing The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by three Titans of black british publishing. Margaret Busby CBE, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Verna Wilkins, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and Susheila Nasta MBE, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.face...2023-10-111h 13
The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in their own words | Cyclical Evolution The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by author, screenwriter, playwright, creative writing tutor and literary activist Courttia Newland. In this episode we learn how and why Courttia evolved writing in different genres and formats. Plus, we learn why recycling has paid off for him. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplify...2023-10-0557 min
The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in their own words | Incarus’ WingsThe Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by the award-winning poet, playwright & performer, graphic artist & designer, Inua Ellams. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify_writers Website: www.theamplifyproject.co.uk Subscribe to podcasts in the series: https://th...2023-09-1453 min
The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in their own words | Honouring Oracy The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Crime writer Dreda Say Mitchell MBE. Author of sixteen novels, with her debut scooping The CWA’s John Creasey Dagger in 2005, the first time a Black British author has received this honour. She writes with her life partner, Ryan Carter. Her first psychological thriller, Spare Room, was an international bestseller. Lee Child, international New York Tim...2023-08-301h 01
The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in their own words | The Pragmatic Optimist The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Ben Tagoe. In 2016, Ben’s episode of CBBC’s JAMIE JOHNSON was shortlisted for the Children’s BAFTA awards, International Emmys and Royal Television Society awards. He currently has various TV projects in development. For the stage, Ben’s plays include WHEN WE WERE BROTHERS, THE THING ABOUT PSYCHOPATHS and COLD TURKEY AT NAN...2023-08-1652 min
The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in their own words | Claiming His Tick Box The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Dean Atta, a British author and member of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen and a patron of LGBT+ History Month. His young-adult novel in verse, The Black Flamingo (Hachette Children’s Group / Balzer + Bray), won the 2020 Stonewall Book Award and was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, Jhalak Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize and Waterstone...2023-08-091h 16
The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in their own words | Climbing The Racial MountainThe Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Roy Williams OBE FRSL, who began writing plays in 1990 and is now arguably one of the country's leading dramatists. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify_writers Website: www.theamplifyproject.co.uk2023-08-021h 01
The Amplify ProjectThe Malleable Storyteller The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by storyteller Yomi Sode who tells us about starting out as a musician and why he gave up being in a band so he could concentrate on his craft as a poet and theatre maker and why he thinks of himself as a malleable storyteller. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en...2023-07-241h 16
The Amplify ProjectBlack writers in their own words | The Amplify Project at the Common Threads Conference 2022The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. A special podcast from hosts Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker at the Common Threads: Black and Asian British Women's Writing International Conference Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify_writers Website: www.theamplifyproject.co.uk Subscribe to podcasts in the series: https://theamplifyproject.libsyn.com/rss2022-10-041h 08
Love your libraryHalf Human, Half Stories | The Amplify Project InterviewWe caught up with Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker, hosts and founders of The Amplify Project. A podcast that explores the work, lives, and inspiration of Black writers for the stage, page, and screen through a series of relaxed and intimate interviews. We spoke with the podcasting duo about why they started The Amplify Project and what the future holds for them.
Discover your next favourite read with book recommendations from Pauline and Patricia over on the Hampshire Libraries blog. If you would like to find out more about The Amplify Project, you can listen to the...2022-03-0439 min
The Amplify ProjectBlack writers in their own words| Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker. Wrapping up Series 1The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. Hosts Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker wrap up series 1 sharing some of their memorable moments from the series and looking forward to series 2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify_writers Website: www.theamplifyproject.co.uk Subscribe to podcasts in the series: https://theamplifyproject.libsyn.com/rss2022-02-0419 min
The Amplify ProjectBlack writers in their own words | Oladipo Agboluaje. The Unapologetic WriterThe Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by playwright and academic Oladipo Agboluaje who talks about creating comic books as a child, the inspirations for his plays and why he’s an unapologetic writer. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify_writers Website: www.th...2022-01-281h 04
The Amplify ProjectBlack writers in their own words | Trish Cooke. My Caribbean HeartThe Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by children’s writer and writer for theatre, TV, Radio and film, actress Trish Cooke, who tells us how winning a competition set her on the path to become a professional writer, the collaborative nature of writing pantomimes, and why writing in different forms keeps her writing fresh. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_am...2022-01-2155 min
The Amplify ProjectBlack writers in their own words | Anthony Joseph. Infiltrating the canon.The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by poet, novelist, musician, creative writing lecturer Anthony Joseph, who tells us about being a surrealist poet and mixing genres, what makes him a Caribbean writer and introducing his students to Caribbean and Black writers. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twit...2021-12-1655 min
The Amplify ProjectBlack Writers in Their Own Words | Rachel Long. Black joyThe Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by poet Rachel Long, who tells us about being inspired by Jean “Binta” Breeze, wanting to write poems that sound and feel real and why she set up Octavia Poetry Collective. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify...2021-12-0658 min
The Amplify ProjectIt's been a wild rideThe Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by debut novelist Hafsa Zayyan who tells us about winning the #Merky Books New Writer’s Prize, how she researched her story about immigrants and why she’s reticent to call herself a writer yet. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: ht...2021-11-0546 min
The Amplify ProjectI’ve been a kind of ventriloquistThe Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by memoirist and biographer Colin Grant tells us about writing his memoir Bageye at the Wheel; how he was inspired to write about Jamaican greats Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer; and the importance of his platform, Writers Mosaic, which nurtures and mentors writers of colour. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/t...2021-10-151h 37
The Amplify ProjectSoy NegraThe Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode, writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Juliet Gilkes Romero who speaks about her revolutionary parents, starting out as a journalist before switching to playwriting and how her identity as a black woman writer is integral to her writing. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter...2021-10-031h 14
The Amplify ProjectReading became my saviourThe Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by novelist Alex Wheatle who discusses how reading became his saviour, when he started writing novels before moving into developing a successful career writing YA fiction and how his life was put on the screen in acclaimed director Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb2021-09-1759 min
The Amplify ProjectFinding my voiceThe Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by novelist Diana Evans who discusses how she started writing novels, juggling her twin careers as novelist and journalist, her writing process and winning awards. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify_writers Website: www.theamplifyproject.co.u...2021-09-1747 min
The Amplify ProjectThe greatest gift bestowed upon us, is the ability to tell and share a storyWe’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by poet and playwright Nick Makoha to discuss his love of language, how he became a poet, the power of storytelling and his commitment to pursuing a career as a writer without a safety net. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amplify_project/?hl=en-gb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amplifywriters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplify_writers Website: www.th...2021-09-0751 min