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Something (rather than nothing)Sophia HembeckSophia Hembeck is a bilingual writer and artist based in Edinburgh. She has published three books (Things I Have Noticed, 2020 & Things I Have Loved, 2023 & Thiings That Are Different Now, 2025) which are compromised of her essays and short prose as well as artwork that she specifically created for the books. They are part of her poetic-memoir trilogy." She’s a fierce advocate for literary essays and teaches essay writing classes for writers of all levels.You can buy her books here.Instagram: @sophiahembeck2025-06-0458 min
Something (rather than nothing)Sophia HembeckSophia Hembeck is a bilingual writer and artist based in Edinburgh. She has published three books (Things I Have Noticed, 2020 & Things I Have Loved, 2023 & Thiings That Are Different Now, 2025) which are compromised of her essays and short prose as well as artwork that she specifically created for the books. They are part of her poetic-memoir trilogy." She’s a fierce advocate for literary essays and teaches essay writing classes for writers of all levels.You can buy her books here.Instagram: @sophiahembeck2025-06-0458 min
Things ChangeEp. 6 How To Be Single & Fabulous [Exclamation Point!] with Amy KeyToday’s guest is the wonderful essayist and poet Amy Key, whose memoir Arrangements in Blue about her life as a single woman for the past 20 years, has touched so many people since it came out in 2023. I remember walking to the bookshop on publication day because I already knew that it was going to be one of those books, that I wouldn’t say: change the way you see the world but rather those books that fill this space inside of you that for such a long time felt misunderstood or unseen perhaps. And it really did that for...2025-05-1656 minThings Change[BONUS EP] 10 Radical Shifts That Changed My LifeThis is a special solo episode where I talk about the 10 things that radically shifted my life for the better. Featuring the launch of my new book Things That Are Different Now. Which you can order here: https://www.museletterpublishing.com 2025-05-1021 minThings ChangeEp. 5 How To Start Your Writing Career With Elle NashIn today’s episode I am talking to the very very cool Elle Nash. Elle is a writer, editor and lecturer who has published multiple novels over the last decade. Her debut novel, Animals Eat Each Other was kind of a surprise indie success, in 2018, it was featured in The Oprah Magazine and praised by Publishers Weekly as a “complex, impressive exploration of obsession and desire.” She’s since then wrote the short story collection Nudes (2021), the novella Gag Reflex (2022), and her latest novel Deliver Me (2023). Just from reading these titles you can hear that Elle’s work trangresses between body...2025-05-0257 minThings ChangeEp. 4 How to Use Storytelling to Discover Who You Are With Morvern GrahamIn today’s episode I am talking to the magical Morvern Graham. Morvern is a printmaker, illustrator and storyteller, who is currently growing a huge following on social media with her incredible storytelling videos of Scottish and Scandinavian folklore that intertwine mythology, her own visual art building a connection with her surroundings and the seasons. I saw Morvern perform here in Edinburgh at the Typewronger Bookshop a few weeks ago, where she told the story about how the oceans became salty, which centered around two female giants and I was so impressed because, it’s kind of rare I think...2025-04-2550 minThings ChangeEp. 3 How To Pursue The Life You Actually Want To Live With Megan NolanToday’s guest is the marvellous Megan Nolan, a journalist, essayist and author of two novels called Acts Of Desperation and Ordinary Human Failings. I remember reading Acts of Desperation which is a book about a pretty harrowing toxic romantic relationship and the reason why I remember it so well, is because when it came out, I was in a toxic relationship myself and I didn’t want to read it. And then after that ended I finally did and I realised: probably should have done that earlier. Follow Megan Nolan on Instagram here. 2025-04-1849 minThings ChangeEp. 2 How To Embrace The Messiness of Change With Fariha RóisínIn today's episode I am talking-to the wonderful Fariha Róisín. Fariha is a multidisciplinary artist born in Canada, raised in Australia and now based in Los Angeles, California. They're a Muslim queer Bangladeshi interested in the margins, liminality, otherness, and the mercurial nature of being. They're the author of the poetry collections, How to Cure a Ghost and Survival Takes A Wild Imagination and the novel Like a Bird. Or so it says in the book jacket of their latest nonfiction hybrid memoir, Who is Wellness For? I've come across Fariha's work five ye...2025-04-111h 06Things ChangeEp. 1 – How To Be Your Favourite Self And Not Make Art That You Hate With Will McPhailIn today’s episode I am talking to the hilarious Will McPhail whose cartoons are frequently published in The New Yorker. He wrote an incredibly beautiful graphic novel called IN about a twenty something guy called Nick who the girlies on TikTok would call emotionally unavailable but who is desperately trying to change, trying to connect. He‘s amassed a huge following on instagram, @willmcphail4 where he shares his insightful observations about the human condition and his obsession with key lime pie. Things that were mentioned: - Key Lime Pie ...2025-04-0451 minThings ChangeThings Change - The Beginning A podcast where writer and multi-disciplinary artist Sophia Hembeck talks to writers, artists and other creative people about their pivotal life-changing moments, their successes, their setbacks and in general how they ended up in the life they're living today. How do we change? What makes us unstuck? How can we elicit the change that we so desperately crave in our lives sometimes? Show notes: Things That Are Different Now by Sophia HembeckOut on 15th May 2025, pre-order here: https://www.museletterpublishing.com2025-03-1302 min
Collecting SparksSophia Hembeck - How to validate yourselfMy guest today is Sophia Hembeck. Sophia is a German born writer, visual artist and publisher, now located in Edinburgh. She studied playwriting at the University of Arts in Berlin, and also Performance Art and Scenic Writing. Sophia worked as a celebrated theatre director, created Graphic Novels and a successful Podcast, that was taken on by Audible. Through her own publishing house "Muser Letter Publishing", she released her two poetic memoirs “Things I Have Noticed” and “Things I Have Loved” and is currently working on the third book, to complete the Trilogy. Her Newsletter "The Muse Letter“ became a Substack-Bestseller in 2023. S...2024-03-1257 min
Chaos & StrukturNa, woher nimmst du deine Inspiration? (Gast: Sophia Hembeck)Inspiration ist das Einhorn der Kreativität – glitzernd, aber schwer zu zähmen. Wenn Svenja und Tabea gefragt werden, wie sie eigentlich auf ihre Ideen und Texte kommen, zucken sie erstmal zusammen. Aber wieso ist das eigentlich so schwer zu erklären? In dieser vorerst letzten Folge unseres Podcasts gehen wir der Frage nach, was uns inspiriert und wie wir das für das Schreiben nutzen können. Zu Gast ist die Autorin Sophia Hembeck, die über Lebenskrisen als Motor des Schreibens und ihren Weg zu mehr Inspiration im Alltag spricht. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß beim Anhören!
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Monatslese – Der Podcast über Bücher & FeelingsFolge 13: Februar 2021 feat. Nina Hüpen-BestendonkLurz & Sauer blicken zum ersten Mal nicht allein zurück auf den vergangenen Monat: Nina Hüpen-Bestendonk ist zu Gast im Februar 2021. Wir sprechen mit ihr über coole und uncoole What-the-fuck-Momente und das Gefühl, nur zur B-Mannschaft zu gehören, Kunstfälschungen, die Freude an Kreativität und (wie fast immer) auch ein bisschen über das Wetter.
Bücher und Artikel, auf die wir zurückgeblickt haben: Cho Nam-Joo - Kim Jiyoung, geboren 1982 (Ü: Ki-Hyang Lee), John Ironmonger - Der Wal und das Ende der Welt (Ü: Maria Poets, Tobias Schnettler), Mithu Sanyal - Identitti, Alena Schröder - Junge Frau, a...2021-03-071h 06
eigenstimmigFolge 10.4 Sophia Hembeck: Szenische KreationSophia Hembeck ist Regisseurin und hat inzwischen ihre zweite Graphic Novel veröffentlicht. Im Interview erzählt sie vom Schreiben und Inszenieren, vom Youtube-Format "Auf Klo", bei dem sie als Regisseurin arbeitet und warum sie keine Einskunstläuferin wurde und wie wichtig es ist, sich für sich selbst einzusetzen.2018-12-2300 min
Leitmotiv: Über szenisches Schreiben, Einsamkeit, Jennifer Lawrence, Yoga und Buffy - mit Sophia HembeckFür Folge 24 hat mich Sophia Hembeck besucht. Wir reden über ihr Studium „szenisches Schreiben“ an der Universität der Künste, ihren Podcast „unprätentiös“ (dessen Intro ich mir geliehen habe), das Verkaufen von Theaterstücken, Einsamkeit beim Schreiben, Jennifer Lawrence, Yoga mit Youtube (und Adriene) und Serien. Oder wie Sophia es zusammenfasst: Über Mitte zwanzig sein. Und ich beschwere mich zu früh über die fünfte Staffel Buffy. Weil es so warm war hört Ihr bei offenem Fenster diesmal ein paar Geräusche mehr als sonst.2015-08-2500 minLeitmotiv: Über szenisches Schreiben, Einsamkeit, Jennifer Lawrence, Yoga und Buffy - mit Sophia HembeckFür Folge 24 hat mich Sophia Hembeck besucht. Wir reden über ihr Studium „szenisches Schreiben“ an der Universität der Künste, ihren Podcast „unprätentiös“ (dessen Intro ich mir geliehen habe), das Verkaufen von Theaterstücken, Einsamkeit beim Schreiben, Jennifer Lawrence, Yoga mit Youtube (und Adriene) und Serien. Oder wie Sophia es zusammenfasst: Über Mitte zwanzig sein. Und ich beschwere mich zu früh über die fünfte Staffel Buffy. Weil es so warm war hört Ihr bei offenem Fenster diesmal ein paar Geräusche mehr als sonst.2015-08-251h 29