Podcast appearances and mentions of cherry potts

A special episode of the poetry podcast for Pride Month 2024 celebrating the new anthology from Arachne Press Joy/ Us Poems of Queer Joy with Arachne Press director, Cherry Potts, co-editor Jeremy Dixon and contributors from their anthology. Podcast produced by Damien B Donnelly

Be' da ni'n meddwl o gyfrolau'r Eisteddfod, Hallt gan Meleri Wyn James a Gwynt Y Dwyrain gan Alun Ffred? Mae 'na lot o chwerthin, chydig o bethau dadleuol ac ambell i sgwrs ddwys.Dyma restr ddarllen o'r cyfrolau a drafodwyd yn y bennod:Hallt – Meleri Wyn JamesGwynt y Dwyrain – Alun FfredProphet Song – Paul LynchTender – Penny WincerMenopause, the anthology – gol. Cherry Potts a Catherine PestanoRo'n i'n arfer bod yn rhywun - Marged EsliLlygad Dieithryn - Simon ChandlerY Nendyrau - Seran DolmaThe Ice Princess - Camilla LäckbergConfessions of a forty-something F**k up - Alexandra PotterNo Plan B - Lee ChildPowell - Manon Steffan RosUn Noson - Llio Elain MaddocksMwy O Helynt - Rebecca RobertsPwy Yw Moses John - Alun DaviesMerched Peryglus - Angharad Tomos, Tamsin Cathan Davies

‘I have to say as an editor, I was very pleased when I saw “flensing”. I thought, “Yes exactly! That's exactly . . . Hurrah! Yes!” Publisher Cherry Potts from Arachne Press and indigenous Mexican Latinx author Marina Sánchez talk with Jess about the newly published anthology Where We Find Ourselves: Stories and Poems of Maps and Mapping from UK Writers of the Global Majority. The poems you hear are Geography Lesson, by Marina Sánchez, read by Marina Sánchez; and Departure Lounge, by Rhiya Pau, read by Farhana Khalique. Marina recommends the Zapotec poet Irma Pineda, and Cherry recommends Jay Bernard's debut collection of poetry, Surge. *** We'd love to hear from you!  Here's a good place to review the podcast.  You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,  Or Instagram: @ListeningBooks,  Or Facebook,  And we also have some content on YouTube.  For more information about Listening Books, whether you're interested in our Sound Learning initiative or our collaboration with PressPreader, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. 

Pagan bonfires, lustful teens, scarlet knickers, ill-advised one-night stands, fish suppers, sex at the Imperial War Museum and (naturally) post-apocalyptic time-travel all played a part in our Valentine's special, recorded on Tuesday 12th February 2019 at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London. LOVE & LUST RUNNING ORDER: Lili of the Valley of the Shadow by Derek Ivan Webster, read by Alex Greenhalgh Soul Searching by Liam Hogan, read by Keleigh Wolf The Red Satin Flag of Resistance by Mark Sadler, read by Silas Hawkins Fish-fish by Cherry Potts, read by Math Jones A Shared History by Seth Marlin, read by William Teller The Wicker Heart by Alan Graham, read by Peter Kenny Host: Liam Hogan Director/Podcast: Katy Darby

This week we are joined by Cherry Potts, author and founder of Arachne Press. Cherry is the author of fantasy novel The Dowry Blade and the short story collection Mosaic of Air. Her work is often inspired by myth and fairy tales, while exploring the politics and humour found in everyday lesbian life. She is also a visiting lecturer at City University teaching creative writing.Arachne Press was founded in 2012 and has published many YA and poetry titles as well as non-fiction and anthologies, including three collections of stories performed by Liars' League. Arachne Press has also been at the forefront of live storytelling, running The Story Sessions events around London, and the annual midwinter Solstice Shorts festival which is branching out around the UK in December 2017. You can find our more about Cherry and her work on her website www.cherrypotts.co.uk and Arachne Press at www.arachnepress.com where details of upcoming events can also be found.Time for Cakes and Ale, a podcast featuring geeky ramblings with Becks & Eeson, and also home to "Time for Cherry Pie and Coffee", a Twin Peaks podcast, and "The Tally Ho", a Prisoner podcast.Follow us on Twitter @TFCAALike us on FacebookVisit our Website See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's the season of holiday heaven (or hell), so our June event was a travel special, featuring trains (model and life-size), planes, cars, ships, bikes, trucks and even buses, as well as stolen identities, missed flights, sinister AA men and - what else? - the end of the world as we know it ... WINNING STORIES for PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES The Connection by Ingrid Jendrzejewski, read by Sarah Feathers A Model World by Owen Booth, read by Jim Cogan The Anonymity of Buses by Robert Paul Weston, *NEW AUTHOR*, read by Silas Hawkins INTERVAL & BOOK QUIZ Arkham Roadside Assistance by Gregory Adams, read by Katy Darby Greenlanders by Cherry Potts, read by Tim Aldrich 500 Miles by Liam Hogan, read by Max Berendt

Weird is wonderful: normal is nowhere. From the slightly quirky to the downright impossible, our June stories feature tree gods, disappearing dogs, suburban centaurs, psychopathic doppelgangers, a memory palace and a cynical mermaid. WEIRD & WONDERFUL STORIES That Which We Leave by Pat Black, read by Grace Cookey-Gam Hard Times by Ruth Brandt, read by Susan Moisan Single, Yellow, Male by Giles Anderson, read by Greg Page The Real McCoy by (the award-winning!) Cherry Potts, read by Lin Sagovsky For bonus stories and readings (of The Real McCoy, by Louisa Gummer, and Becoming by Kate Weinberg, read by Charlotte Worthing) please visit www.liarsleague.com

The first half of our Shakespeare-tastic Spring special, featuring (in order): - AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA OF TROUBLES by Lucy Ribchester, read by Miranda Harrison - an Elizabethan sailor recounts a love affair with a young playwright ... - KASSELL by Cherry Potts, read by Greg Page - the funeral procession of a dead monarch might just kill his right-hand man. - OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE by Ala Anvari, read by Alicia McKenzie - a determined lawyer is determined to prove she can outwit the boys on the field of paintball.

The King is dead, and Princess Beatriz is now a child queen. Her nursemaid Hester and escort Joachim must get the little monarch to safety ... but all is not as it seems. The Queen's Safety by Cherry Potts was read by Greg Page at the Liars' League Kings & Queens event on Tuesday 11 June 2013 at the Phoenix Pub, London.