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Story Radio PodcastStory Radio Writers' Salon on the theme of LoveA Story Radio Salon on the theme of Love, with readings from works in progress by some of our regular writer guests.Kristin Burniston is a graduate of the MA Screenwriting program at the University of Arts London. In 2023, her short film scripts TREE and HAIRY MARY were selected by the City of Angels Film Festival, WOFFF (where HAIRY MARY placed 2nd), and Best-Script, London.Recently, Kristin‘s script EGGS was made into a short film and will soon be released on to the festival circuit. Currently, Kristin is working on a London-based children’s anima...2025-05-011h 33
GHOSTMAN RADIO STATIONTabitha Potts =Author -Podcaster #www.tabithapotts.com #https://www.storyradio.org/Tabitha Potts =Author -Podcaster #www.tabithapotts.com #https://www.storyradio.org/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/ghostman-radio-station/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2025-04-0334 min
Story Radio PodcastNot Yet by Joanna HershonNot Yet is the story of Gabrielle, a woman traveling to the absurdly picturesque coastline of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula with her son, their first family trip since her separation from his father. It is a place that holds many memories, and when she suddenly finds herself bleeding uncontrollably all over Tulum, the past catches up with her.It’s a startling, powerful story about womanhood, family, youth and mid-life, that is undeniably topical.Joanna Hershon is the author of five novels. Her writing and short stories have appeared in The New York Times, Granta, One...2025-04-0144 min
Story Radio PodcastMedieval Women: In Their Own Words interview with Dr Eleanor Jackson and Julian HarrisonIn this episode Martin Nathan and Tabitha Potts interview Lead Curator Dr Eleanor Jackson and Julian Harrison, about the British Library's latest blockbuster exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, where visitors will discover how the voices of medieval women still resonate across the centuries and speak powerfully to our world today.We discuss famous historical figures such as Joan of Arc and Julian of Norwich as well as discovering forgotten women such as the the rebel Margaret Starr who joined in the Peasant's Revolt, Maria Moriana, a woman who argued that slavery was illegal in order...2025-02-0128 min
Story Radio PodcastStory Radio Writers Salon on the theme of FoodOur second live recording of six writers reading their work in the intimate surroundings of the Colony Room Green bar. There will be occasional drink mixing and pouring, laughter and doors opening!Listen to Lana Citron talk about food as an aphrodisiac, Sue Hubbard read her novel Three about food as a source of emotional renewal, Lindsay Gillespie read her story about ravenous mermaids enjoying a night out at a seaside resort, Dr Stuart Gillespie talking about the way capitalism and agribusiness has corrupted our global food supplies, Martin Nathan reading a short story about how food...2025-01-011h 45
Story Radio PodcastAt the Watts Memorial EC1 by Simon Roberts
'At the Watts Memorial EC1' is a haunting recreation of some of the true stories told on the famous memorial in Postman's Park. The memorial commemorates brave people who lost their lives trying to save others in acts of heroic self-sacrifice in the last three centuries - most recently in 2007.
We hear the heart-breaking stories of William Donald of Bayswater, a railway clerk, Sarah Smith, a pantomime artiste, and Solomon Gamalan, an eleven-year-old boy, among others. One of these stories can also be heard in the September Writers Salon, where the author read it live in...2024-11-0121 min
Story Radio PodcastStory Radio Writers Salon
Writers Salon: Bohemia Theme – Brought to You from the Colony Room Green, London
Welcome to the first-ever Writers Salon, hosted at the Colony Room Green, an artist-run bar in London. The theme was Bohemia, with tales of 1980s art models, 19th-century stage acts, clubbing in Tenerife, and a famous musician dying in hospital. Thanks to all the amazing writers who participated; our next event will be on November 11th.
Featured Writers:
Kristin Burniston
Kristin Burniston, an MA Screenwriting graduate from University of the Arts London, ha...2024-10-011h 33
Story Radio PodcastDolls are for Babies by Lana Citron
A young girl goes for a walk in the country with life-changing consequences. This short story by Lana Citron was originally published in US magazine Thin Air, 2022 under the title "The Understanding".
Trigger warning: The following short story contains content and or references of a violent and sexual nature. These may be distressing or triggering to some sensitive listeners. Please proceed with caution. If you find these topics difficult to engage with, you may choose to skip this story.
Lana Citron is a prize-winning author and scriptwriter with twenty year...2024-09-0115 min
Story Radio PodcastInterview with Daisy Goodwin the author of Diva
We interview Daisy Goodwin, novelist and screenwriter, about her latest novel, Diva (Head of Zeus March 2024), inspired by the life of the brilliant soprano Maria Callas.
The novel opens at a time when Callas is at the height of her extraordinary career but in a stultifying marriage and haunted both by her unhappy childhood and the ever-present fear of losing her voice.
When she meets Aristotle Onassis, she believes she has finally met her soulmate. But as the novel makes clear, just like the tragic heroines she embodies on stage, even her fame and brilliance...2024-08-0132 min
Story Radio PodcastInterview with Katie Willis about The Quiet Act of Loving Bones
Story Radio interviews Katie Willis, author of The Quiet Act of Loving Bones, published by Joan Publishing. We discuss bones, inspiration, the colour yellow, Russia and lucid dreaming.
"It is rare to come across a book that feels, at the same time, overwhelmingly strange and delightfully familiar. The Quiet Act of Loving Bones takes you into a world that is intimate and physical but also ghostly and ecstatic. You'll dance with it until you feel dizzy and transformed. I think Katie Willis has written a classic."
- Toby Litt
Katie Willis has...2024-06-0137 min
Story Radio PodcastInterview with Miki Lentin about Winter Sun
Martin Nathan and Tabitha Potts interview writer Miki Lentin about his new novel Winter Sun, published by Afsana Press in 2024.
A nine-day winter break in Tenerife. Nothing is quite good enough. A son tries in vain to ask his ailing, elderly Irish Jewish father questions about their past before it is too late. The absurdity and hilarity of family holidays in the sun are brought to life in this sharp and fiercely honest novel that crosses borders, carrying the reader on a ride of childhood pain, a search for identity, and growth.
Miki talks about...2024-04-0132 min
Story Radio PodcastOuting by Simon Roberts
A student goes on a day trip to the seaside with his mum, and ends up learning a great deal more about himself - and her.
This story was written and read by Simon Roberts. Simon Roberts is currently based in West London and writes short stories and flash fiction. He was longlisted for the 2022 Fish Short Story Prize. He has read his work on Riverside Radio, London’s largest community radio station. Simon also writes for the theatre; his adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s 1947 novel The Slaves of Solitude will be produced by the Questo...2024-03-0116 min
Story Radio PodcastJane Labous Past Participle Interview
Listen to an interview with Jane Labous and hear her reading from her new novel, Past Participle, published by Afsana Press.
Dakar, Senegal, 1987: On a rainy night after a wild party, the British ambassador’s wife, Vivienne Hughes, is involve in a car crash. Her vehicle hits the motorbike of a young Senegalese doctor, Aimé Tunkara, killing him. Pleading diplomatic immunity, Vivienne and her husband flee to England.
Three decades later, Aimé’s little sister, Lily Tunkara, now a high-flying lawyer in Dakar, finds a photograph that compels her to investigate what really happened that rainy...2024-02-0145 min
Story Radio PodcastFantasy: Realms of Imagination interview with Matthew Sangster and Tanya Kirk of the British Library
Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan interview the lead curator and guest curator of the British Library’s blockbuster exhibition, Fantasy: Realms of Imagination, Tanya Kirk and Matthew Sangster. The exhibition runs until 25th February 2024 and tickets can be booked here.
The exhibition has been critically acclaimed with a five star review in The Telegraph, ‘a visually captivating treat’, and has been featured in The Guardian, The I Newspaper, Apollo Magazine and BBC Radio 4: Front Row to name a few.
We interviewed both curators about the process of assembling an exhibition featuring over 1...2024-01-0146 min
Story Radio PodcastThe Watchers by Kae Hart
A young woman watches over her little sister in a polluted dystopian world where her scientific knowledge is her only weapon.
The story was written by Kae Hart. Kae is a university student who learned to speak by telling stories to everyone who would listen. The cashier at the local grocery store was her first fan. Since then, she has written stories, poems, and novels, and hopes to continue to do so.
This episode was produced by Tabitha Potts, writer and podcaster. She recently received an Honourable Mention in the Alpine F...2023-12-0109 min
Story Radio PodcastDust and Oranges by Nicholas Batura
This Halloween, rather than encountering ghosts and ghouls, we explore the horrors of war. A little girl sneaks out of her family home to buy a birthday gift for her mother, a decision that changes her life forever.
Nicholas Batura lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, with his rad wife and their rescue pit bulls. When he’s not writing, he can be found on the jiu jitsu mats, or working through the secrets found in a bottle of wine.
This episode was produced by Tabitha Potts.
Photo by pa...2023-11-0112 min
Story Radio PodcastPure at Heart by Patricia Furstenberg
A young girl is fascinated by the story of a magical being hidden in the forest outside her home, and goes out at night to look for her.
Written by Patrica Furstenberg and read by Lysandra Furstenberg.
With a medical degree behind her, writer and poet Patricia Furstenberg authored 18 books imbued with history, folklore, legends. The recurrent motives in her writing are unconditional love and war. Her essays and poetry appeared in various online literary magazines. Romanian born, she resides with her family in South Africa.
Follow her on...2023-07-0110 min
Story Radio PodcastInterview with Tracey Rose Peyton author of Night Wherever We Go
Martin Nathan and Tabitha Potts interview Tracey Rose Peyton about her beautiful and heart-breaking debut novel, Night Wherever We Go, published by The Borough Press.
Night Wherever We Go is an intimate look at the domestic lives of enslaved women in 1800s America, and an evocative meditation on resistance and autonomy, on love and transcendence and the bonds of female friendship in the darkest of circumstances. It tells the tale of six women who are forced to become impregnated by their owners but decide to take matters into their own hands to prevent this from h...2023-06-0129 min
Story Radio PodcastDogs by S P Murphy
A woman at home with her baby during lockdown hears the unsettling sound of dogs fighting in the street. It isn't long before she is in danger herself - and she has to decide how to fight back.
Dogs by S P Murphy was first published in Litro Magazine.
S. P. Murphy is an American writer and arts consultant living in London. He has served on the board of PEN America and the Victoria and Albert Museum. He writes short stories and contributes articles on culture and politics to various publications. He is working on hi...2023-05-0133 min
Story Radio PodcastInterview with Helen Fields author of The Institution
In this episode Martin Nathan and Tabitha Potts speak to best-selling crime novelist Helen Fields, criminal law barrister turned writer, about her new book The Institution.
The Institution is a nail-biting psychological thriller about a criminal profiler, Dr Connie Woolwine, who goes undercover in a high security prison hospital while she tries to solve the brutal murder of one of the nurses, and find her missing child.
Helen also reads the opening chapter of The Institution. Content warning: some listeners might find this distressing.
This episode was produced by Martin Nathan.
2023-03-0140 min
Story Radio PodcastA terrible thing has happened by Elinora Westfall
It is March 1941 during the Second World War, and a young evacuee, Tabitha, is fascinated by the stories about a famous author who lives nearby.
Content warning: contains references to suicide.
The story is written and read by Elinora Westfall. Influenced by David Bowie, Virginia Woolf and Sally Wainwright, Elinora Westfall is a lesbian writer of stage, screen, fiction, poetry and radio from the UK.
Her novel, Everland, was selected for the Penguin and Random House WriteNow Editorial Programme, and her short films have been selected by Pinewood Studios & Lift-Off Sessions, Cannes Film...2023-02-0117 min
Story Radio PodcastLife in the dressing room of the theatre
This short story is about a young woman whose heart is stolen by a mysterious magician.
The story is written and read by Elinora Westfall. Influenced by David Bowie, Virginia Woolf and Sally Wainwright, Elinora Westfall is an Australian/British lesbian actress and writer of stage, screen, fiction, poetry and radio from the UK.
Her novel, Everland has been selected for the Penguin and Random House WriteNow 2021 Editorial Programme, and her short films have been selected by Pinewood Studios & Lift-Off Sessions, Cannes Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Camden Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, while...2023-01-0104 min
Story Radio PodcastInterview with Greg Mosse and Kate Mosse
Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan interview best-selling novelist and short story writer Kate Mosse and playwright and debut novelist Greg Mosse, whose novel The Coming Darkness (Moonflower Books) is publishing on the 10th November.
Early praise for Greg Mosse's dystopian thriller have included Lee Child's review:
"Greg Mosse writes like John le Carre's hip grandson"
We interviewed both writers about their writing techniques in a wide-ranging discussion of their work.
Kate Mosse is the best-selling author of ten novels and short...2022-12-0151 min
Story Radio PodcastEventide by Kae Hart
A young woman spends time with her younger sister Anya in a deserted playground, while wrestling with her inner demons.
The story was written by Kae Hart. Kae is a university student who learned to speak by telling stories to everyone who would listen. The cashier at the local grocery store was her first fan. Since then, she has written stories, poems, and novels, and hopes to continue to do so.
The story was read by Claire Lubert.
Claire has been working for Humanitarian Organisations for the last eight year...2022-10-0110 min
Story Radio PodcastKilling the Serpent by Doug Jacquier
A young Australian boy learns some difficult lessons about temptation and faith when he meets another boy from a local religious cult.
This story was written and read by Doug Jacquier. He has lived in many places across Australia, including regional and remote communities, and has travelled extensively overseas. His poems and stories have been published in Australia, the US, the UK and Canada. He blogs at Six Crooked Highways.
This episode was produced by Tabitha Potts.
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2022-09-0112 min
Story Radio PodcastThe Glass Wall by Goran Baba Ali
Goran Baba Ali, author of The Glass Wall, talks to Martin Nathan, Tabitha Potts and Miki Lentin about his novel and reads a brief extract.
The Glass Wall is about a teenage refugee who must relive the pain of his past to enter the land waiting behind a glass wall. Will his story be convincing enough to guarantee his safety?
Goran Baba Ali has written and published various literary and journalistic works in Kurdish, Dutch and English. The Glass Wall is his debut novel in the English language.
As an ex-refugee, originally from Ira...2022-08-0135 min
Story Radio PodcastWaiting for Pilar by Declan Geraghty
In this short story, a man waits in an anonymous hotel room in Madrid drinking beer and watching television while he waits for his lover, Pilar, to arrive.
This story was written by Declan Geraghty. Geraghty is a writer, poet and spoken word performer from Dublin.
It was first published by Epoque Press Ezine 2021.
The story was read by Miki Lentin, and produced by Tabitha Potts.
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2022-07-0107 min
Story Radio PodcastMiki Lentin talks about his collection, Inner Core
Martin Nathan, Tabitha Potts and Goran Baba Ali talk to Miki Lentin about his short story collection, Inner Core, recently published by Afsana Press. Includes a short reading by Miki Lentin. This interview was produced by Martin Nathan.
Inner Core is available to buy as an ebook and paperback with proceeds of all sales going to the refugee charity foodKIND.
Miki Lentin took up writing while travelling the world with his family a few years ago. He completed an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck in 2020 and was a finalist in the 2020 Irish Novel Fair for...2022-06-0122 min
Story Radio PodcastEfflorescence by Miki Lentin
Efflorescence, a short story by Miki Lentin takes us into that time when a man bumps into a friend unexpectedly while on an evening walk, with surprising consequences.
Efflorescence is part of a collection of short stories released by Miki Lentin called Inner Core, published by Afsana Press that is available to buy as an ebook and paperback with proceeds of all sales going to the refugee charity foodKIND.
Miki Lentin took up writing while travelling the world with his family a few years ago. He completed an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck in 2020 and was a f...2022-05-0121 min
Prompety PromptPrompety Prompt: Episode 9 - We Write Because... (Listener Response Special)Welcome to a bumper series end special, crammed with 23 different listener contributions based on past season prompts; plus a catch up between Letty Butler and Stephen Mellor and a cheeky new prompt challenge between our two hosts …because revenge is best served minty fresh!If this all sounds like fun; that’s because it is! Remember you too can be part of the show, so always feel free to send us in your own ‘prompt responses’. The two unseen special prompts were ‘the last of the toothpaste’ and ‘I write because…’This episode featu...2022-02-231h 07
Story Radio PodcastThe Necropolis Railway by Tabitha Potts
A clerk goes to a funeral and meets a mysterious young woman in this short story set on the famous Victorian 'Ghost Train'.
This story was written and produced by Tabitha Potts.
The story was read by Nigel Fyfe.
Nigel Fyfe is an actor and voiceover artist. Alongside stage and screen work, he has recorded audio drama with Wireless Theatre and Ragged Foils, and a number of audiobooks.
The photograph used to illustrate this podcast is by John Cunliffe of Scope Enterprise and is from the Hathaways of Haworth blog.
2022-02-0216 min
Story Radio PodcastRat Trap by Rebecca Lee
A young female writer is commissioned to write a post about a lethal rat trap for a content mill.
This story was written by Rebecca Lee. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her current project “selfie” is a series of medical poems. Her body of work can be found in The British Medical Journal, CHEST physicians, Dartmouth’s Life Lines and Harvard’s medical school journal, Third Space.
The story was read by Jessica Nettles. Jessica is a voice-over artist and a writer. Her influences range from Ray Bradbury to Flannery O’Connor and...2021-12-0110 min
Story Radio PodcastStray Dogs and Cowboys by Steve Wade
An Irish farmer, Liam Og, decides to leave his farm to his unknown American nephew.
This short story was written and read by Steve Wade.
Steve Wade’s short story collection, ‘In Fields of Butterfly flames’, was published in October 2020 by Bridge House Publishing. His fiction has been published and anthologised in over fifty print publications. His short stories have won, been placed and shortlisted in numerous writing competitions.
Winner of the Short Story category in the Write By the Sea Writing Competition in 2019. First Prize Winner of the Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Writing Compet...2021-10-0113 min
Story Radio PodcastMaddy by Sheila Kinsella
In this month's short story, rebellious Maddy's reunion with her much older and more conventional sister goes disastrously wrong.
About the writer
Belgium based writer Sheila Kinsella’s short stories draw inspiration from her Irish upbringing. An avid watcher of people’s behaviour, and blessed with abundant natural curiosity, Sheila lures the reader into a shrewdly observed world via imagery.
Sheila graduated with an MA in Creative Writing (Distance Learning) from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom in 2017. Her stories have since been published in The Galway Review, The Blue Nib and Seve...2021-07-0114 min
Story Radio PodcastRide the Peter Pan by Allison Whittenberg
A young woman travels from her old life to her new, from the North to the South, on a Greyhound bus.
Content warning: this story mentions rape.
A Whittenberg is a Philadelphia native who has a global perspective. If she wasn’t an author she’d be a private detective or a jazz singer. She loves reading about history and true crime. Her novels include Sweet Thang, Hollywood and Maine, Life is Fine, Tutored and The Sane Asylum.
This short story was read by Antonia White. Antonia White studied Acti...2021-05-0118 min
Listen to Top Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseJosephine Tey: The Daughter of Time & other mysteries: A BBC Radio crime collection by Josephine TeyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/500561 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time & other mysteries: A BBC Radio crime collection Author: Josephine Tey Narrator: Tilly Gaunt, Joan Sims, Julia Foster, Giles Fagan, Peter Gilmore, Paul Young, Full Cast, Edward Petherbridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 25, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Dramatisations and readings of five of Josephine Tey's classic mystery novels Scottish novelist and playwright Josephine Tey was one of the greatest Golden Age crime writers and the author of eight mysteries, including six featuring Scotland...2021-03-2505 min
Story Radio PodcastLeft Watching by R D Mouton
Four men, friends since childhood, walk into a wood, where they find a pile of bones. This strange discovery will change their lives forever.
RD Mouton is an American Writer and Freelancer. He is currently pursuing a career in writing and completing his current projects, a short story collection and a young adult novel. He can be found on Twitter as @RDMakes.
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The producer is Tabitha Potts2021-01-0111 min
Story Radio PodcastCall Bird by Tabitha Potts
In this short story, two city-dwellers move to a remote house in the countryside and are unsettled by their experiences in their new home.
Written, produced and read by Tabitha Potts
Tabitha Potts is a writer living in East London. She has had several short stories published in print and online and been short-listed and long-listed for various awards, most recently the Sunderland University Short Story Award. In a past life, she was a BBC Radio Drama producer. Read more at http://www.tabithapotts.com
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Story Radio PodcastCrow Girl by Tabitha Potts
Crow Girl is a 'folk horror' tale of a young girl found abandoned in a hedgerow and brought up in a remote village. She has a hard and loveless life and struggles to survive - her only allies are the birds she befriends.
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Tabitha Potts is a writer living in East London. She has had several short stories published in print and online and been short-listed and long-listed for various awards, most recently the Sunderland University Short Story Award. In a past life, she was a BBC Radio Drama producer. R...2020-02-0109 min