Podcast appearances and mentions of Salena Godden

Disclaimer: this episode features mention of suicide, infertility and loss. On this week's episode, I'm joined by the incredible poet, author, and activist Salena Godden. A leading voice in British poetry, Salena is known for her electrifying performances and fearless writing. Her work spans poetry, memoir, fiction, and activism, with themes of love, grief, identity, and justice running through her work. She is the author of Mrs Death Misses Death, With Love, Grief and Fury, and the memoir Springfield Road, and has been widely recognized for her contributions to literature and spoken word. In our conversation, we explore the deep connections between love and loss, the urgency of caring for our planet, the passage of time, and how memory shapes identity. Salena's words are raw, powerful, and filled with both tenderness and fire—this is a conversation you won't want to miss. ----I hope you loved listening to this episode and found things that will stay with you. I'd love to hear from you, so please do reach out on social media and don't forget to like, subscribe and leave a review as it can really help. If you're feeling extra generous, please consider buying me a "coffee" so I can keep putting great conversations like this out into the world:https://ko-fi.com/readwithsamia Support the show

Episode 26 features country artist John Calvin, banjoist Max Wareham, singer-songwriter Mary Hampton, and poets Peggie Douglas and Salena Godden.

We're so excited to bring you this episode of Book Off, featuring two of our favourite poets and humans - Salena Godden and Hollie McNish. We've been wanting to bring these two together for a long time, and now it's finally happened! They talk about their latest poetry collections ('With Love Grief and Fury' and 'Lobster'), the freedom of performance, why they love the form so much and why you can't start with a poem about blow jobs. They also give us some brilliant book recommendations too! Hollie McNish's collection 'Lobster' is written out of both hate and love for the world. As people, we are capable of both love and hate; amazement and disgust; fun and misery. So why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others? We are told constantly to be repulsed by our own bodies, bodies that let us laugh and sweat and eat toast, amongst other activities; to be ashamed of pleasure; to be embarrassed by fun. In this brand-new collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again.Salena Godden's collection 'With Love Grief And Fury' contains love poems, for people and the planet. Grief poems brimming with compassion, mourning what was and contemplating what could be. And poems of fire and fury that will kick some ass, tell the truth and inspire change and hope. Like a big sister's arm around your shoulder, With Love, Grief and Fury is important and nourishing for the soul. THE BOOK OFF 'Everything Is Going To Be Alright' (selected poems) - edited by Cecilia KnappVS 'Parable Of The Sower' by Octavia E ButlerQUICK NOTE! For a limited time, you can get £100 off off any HD light and free UK delivery. Just visit seriousreaders.com/bookoff to claim your discount! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inspiring words that connect us in difficult times; three outstanding poets take to the stage at Outspoken, one of the most exciting and innovative poetry nights in the world.Imtiaz Dharker, poet, film-maker and national treasure is on first. She is a recipient of the Queen's Gold Medal and reads new poems from her collection 'Shadow Reader' - some of which explore the uncanny experience of having her 'shadow' read in order to predict her life-span.Rachael Allen is a legendary poetry editor as well as a poet; she shares poems of scrupulous attention to a relationship breaking down. Her readings come from the narrative poem in her new book 'God Complex'.Salena Godden's new book 'With Love Grief and Fury' is full of love poems for people and for the planet. She is a poet, memoirist and fiction writer. Her debut novel 'Mrs Death Misses Death' won the Indie Book Award for Fiction and the People's Book Prize.We have selected poetry highlights - but Outspoken is also a music night, and was recorded at Southbank in London.Thanks to the Outspoken team for welcoming Radio 4:Joelle Taylor Anthony Anaxagorou Tom MacAndrew Karim Kamar Sam Junior Bromfield

Episode 20: Repeat Beat PoetThe Repeat Beat Poet also known as (PJ), is a Hip Hop Poet and broadcaster fusing traditional poetics and Hip Hop culture to capture and extend moments of time, thought, and feeling. PJ has performed across the UK and internationally at venues including the Southbank Centre and Ronnie Scotts in London, performing alongside writers like Margaret Atwood, Salena Godden, and Roger Robinson. He co-founded the Hip Hop open mic night Pen-Ting, created the Spoken Word radio show #TheRepeatBeatBroadcast and hosts the multi-award nominated Lunar Poetry Podcast.His brilliant debut pamphlet ‘A testament to Life and Death' contains poems that function as blessings, memorials, prophecies, and survivor's guides for soldiering through modern life while being Black in Britain.NB: The episode was recorded before the writers and actors strike.#hygystpod #RepeatBeatPoetHave You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O'Ryan, is a podcast that celebrates not having your sh*t together! In each episode, Caitlin interviews guests who seemingly “have their sh*t together” - be that in life/love/work/hobbies. Throughout the conversation, the questions unveil whether they actually do, or whether the whole concept is a lie! With a mix of guests from various backgrounds, the podcast is sure to be relatable, honest, and an antidote to Instagram culture. Producer - Ant Hickman (www.ahickman.uk)Artwork - Tim Saunders (www.instagram.com/timsaunders.design)Photography - Patch Bell (www.patchstudio.uk)Music - Cassia - 'Slow' (www.wearecassia.com)Web: www.hygystpod.comInsta: www.instgram.com/hygystpodEmail: hygystpod@gmail.comRSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/644a8e8eadac0f0010542d86 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to season 12 of The Shift! Season 12! How did that happen?!My guest today is the actor hyphen screenwriter hyphen comedian hyphen novelist - all the hyphens! - Andi Osho.You might recognise her from Line of Duty or Blue Lights or Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You or Death in Paradise or Shazam! or Good Omens or Sex Education or or or! And as if that's not enough, in her previous incarnation as a standup comedian, Andi won the Funny Women Award. Well, now she's turned her hand to fiction. Her new book, Tough Crowd, is a laugh out loud romantic comedy about a subject very close to my heart: what it means to be a step-parent - or sparent as she so brilliantly dubs it. And, crucially, how to survive it.Andi joined me to talk about being a teenage dork, how getting back in touch with her estranged dad gave her renewed respect for her mum and giving herself permission to be creative. She also told me about checking in with your heart, why it's OK to mourn your younger self and how she realised she didn't want kids but she did want a family. We also, of course, talk about the challenge of taking on someone else's kids. I think this is the first time we've discussed this, which is ironic, in the circs.If you enjoyed this episode. You might also like the episode with Salena Godden, author of the book Andi recommended. * You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at The Shift bookshop on Bookshop.org, including Tough Crowd by Andi Osho and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me.* And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including exclusive transcripts of the podcast, why not join The Shift community, come and have a look around at www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Juliette Nicholls @ Pineapple Productions. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Poetry Exchange, we are thrilled to be joined by the poetry tour-de-force that is Salena Godden, to hear about the poem that has been a friend to her: You Don't Know What Love Is by Kim Addonizio.Salena spoke with Fiona Bennett and Michael Shaeffer about this elusive, gorgeous poem and the part it has played in her life.Salena Godden FRSL is an award-winning author, poet and broadcaster of Jamaican-mixed heritage. Her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death won the Indie Book Award for Fiction and the People's Book Prize, and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards and the Gordon Burn Prize. Film and TV rights for Mrs Death Misses Death have been optioned by Idris Elba's production company Green Door Pictures.A hardback edition of Pessimism is for Lightweights - 30 Pieces of Courage and Resistance was published by Rough Trade Books in February 2023. She is currently working on a memoir and a poetry collection which are both due for publication in May 2024, plus an eagerly anticipated second novel set in the Mrs Death Misses Death universe due for publication in spring 2025.Salena Godden's work has been widely anthologised and broadcast on BBC radio, TV and film. Her latest credits include her contribution to the BAFTA award-winning Life and Rhymes presented by Benjamin Zephaniah, and co-starring in award-winning indie anti-rom-com movie Brakes. Her essay Shade was published in groundbreaking anthology The Good Immigrant (Unbound 2016). Godden has had several volumes of poetry published including Under The Pier (Nasty Little Press 2011) Fishing in the Aftermath: Poems 1994-2014 (Burning Eye Books 2014), plus also a childhood memoir, Springfield Road (Unbound 2014).After hearing this episode, you will probably want to seek out and read as much as you can of Kim Addonizio's work. Go on an adventure with this bold, bravura poet's work...*********You Don't Know What Love Isby Kim AddonizioYou don't know what love isbut you know how to raise it in melike a dead girl winched up from a river. How towash off the sludge, the stench of our past.How to start clean. This love even sits upand blinks; amazed, she takes a few shaky steps.Any day now she'll try to eat solid food. She'll wantto get into a fast car, one low to the ground, and driveto some cinderblock shithole in the desertwhere she can drink and get sick and thendance in nothing but her underwear. You knowwhere she's headed, you know she'll wake upwith an ache she can't locate and no moneyand a terrible thirst. So to hellwith your warm hands sliding inside my shirtand your tongue down my throatlike an oxygen tube. Cover mein black plastic. Let the mourners through.From 'What Is This Thing Called Love' by Kim Addonizio (2005, W.W. Norton & Co.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Protest is an invaluable way to speak truth to power, which is why we spoke to award-winning poet Salena Godden on the "How To Be Books Podcast", who wrote Pessimism is for Lightweights: 13 Pieces of Courage and Resistance.Please hit subscribe to hear the whole series on life skills and social change! It should be short and sweet. I look forward to journeying with you through this maze of hacks.Other amazing guests who took part:Puneet Singh is the founder of ssstart, an organization working towards a more inclusive and accessible society for people with disabilities. His life is an intersection of poverty, domestic violence, and multiple disabilities.Other books/articles looked at:Danny Schechter: Occupy: Dissecting Occupy Wall Street

The Conservative MP Miriam Cates said in the House of Commons that children were being exposed to “graphic” and "age inappropriate" material during their sex education classes. The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has decided to bring forward a review of the Department for Education's Relationships and Sex Education guidance in England. Two parents, Fiona, a listener and parent of four and Clare Page who was concerned about what her daughter was being taught discuss. Sian Richardson from Pembrokeshire in Wales is Number 12 on our Woman's Hour Power List 2023. Sian started The Blue-tit Chill Swimmers nearly 10 years ago, a cold water swimming community which now boasts an incredible 100,000 members world-wide. She explains why she's encouraging people to get in the water and enjoy the outdoors. Leah Williamson, who took the Lionesses to victory at the Euros in 2022, tops the Woman's Hour Power List 2023. She explains what role her mum plays in her success and talks about male allies in women's football. Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life's Big Decisions, is written by Stanford professor emeritus Myra Strober, who is an early feminist economist and Abby Davisson, one of Myra's former pupils who is now a social innovation expert. They give detailed advice about navigating the crossroads of finances within a relationship at different life stages. Pessimism is for Lightweights is a new collection of poems by the celebrated performance poet Salena Godden. Salena discusses the collection, how poetry can confront misogyny and injustice, and why she personified death as a woman in her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Paula McFarlane Editor: Lucinda Montefiore

Taiwan's first female president, Tsai Ing-Weng, arrived in New York yesterday to criticism from China. She is stopping over in the US on her way to Central America, but may meet with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on her return. China says that if it goes ahead, it could lead to a 'serious confrontation'. To find out more about Tsai Ing-Wen and the significance of this trip, Anita speaks to Tessa Wong, the BBC's Asia digital reporter who regularly reports on China. Pessimism is for Lightweights is a new collection of poems by the celebrated performance poet Salena Godden. It consists of 30 poems written to celebrate courage and resistance, including poems responding to the Women's march, period poverty and everyday sexism. Salena joins Anita to discuss the collection, how poetry can confront misogyny and injustice, and why she personified death as a woman in her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death. Tracey Stevenson describes her experience of using a gambling site. In 2017 she was sent to prison after stealing £1.7 million from the company she worked for, in order to help fund her online gambling addiction. She also works for the St. Giles Trust helping women in the criminal justice system. We have recently heard from two sisters - we are calling them Charlotte and Louise. One had a revelation in therapy that their mother was a narcissist and the realisation has changed her life. The other is more cautious - she knows their mum could be 'volatile' but she has empathy for her.Ena Miller talk to the two sisters together. What impact has all of this had on their relationship? Can they move forward? Kelsie Grieg, or Kels as she's known in the gaming world, made history recently when she became the first woman to qualify for the Call of Duty Challengers Elite tournament. She explains how swapped the football pitch for video games after an injury forced her to give up a promising career on the pitch. Presented by Anita Rani Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Beverley Purcell

Salena Godden FRSL is an award-winning author, poet and broadcaster of Jamaican-mixed heritage based in London. In 2021 Canongate published her highly acclaimed debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death. It won The Indie Book Award for fiction and was the winner of The Peoples Book Prize 2022. It was also shortlisted for The British Book Awards; The Bad Form Magazine Book Of The Year shortlist and The Gordon Burn Prize. Film and TV rights to this debut novel have been taken by Idris Elba and Green Door Pictures. Currently Godden is working on three new books for Canongate: a memoir, a poetry collection and an eagerly anticipated second novel set in the Mrs Death Misses Death universe - all three books are due for publication in 2024 and 2025. A new edition of Pessimism is for Lightweights - 30 Pieces of Courage and Resistance was published by Rough Trade Books in February 2023. This hardback edition features revised and new material, an introduction by John Higgs, an Old English translation of the title poem by Emily Cotman and design and artwork by Craig Oldham. Salena Godden's work has been widely anthologised and broadcast on BBC radio, TV and film. Her many credits include her contribution to the BAFTA award-winning Life and Rhymes hosted by Benjamin Zephaniah and co-starring in award-winning indie anti-rom-com movie Brakes. She also regularly co-hosts an arts and culture radio show Roaring 20's Radio for Soho Radio with art journalist Amah Rose Abrams and poet Matt Abbott. Her essay Shade was published in groundbreaking anthology The Good Immigrant (Unbound). A short-story Blue Cornflowers was shortlisted for the 4th Estate and Guardian short story prize. Godden has had several volumes of poetry published including Under The Pier (Nasty Little Press) Fishing in the Aftermath: Poems 1994-2014 (Burning Eye Books) Pessimism is for Lightweights - 13 Pieces of Courage and Resistance (Rough Trade Books) plus also a literary childhood memoir, Springfield Road (Unbound). She has produced four studio albums to date - her solo poetry album LIVEwire (Nymphs and Thugs) was shortlisted for The Ted Hughes Prize. Her poem Pessimism is for Lightweights is on permanent display at The Peoples History Museum, Manchester. The Royal Society of Literature elected Godden as fellow FRSL in November 2020, she was inducted in July 2022. In this episode she talks about working in the early morning and seeing the sunrise, having little naps under pool tables and other nooks in nightclubs and then carrying on her night. she also eloquently discusses the magic time between sleep and wake and how those blurrings form a special place to create from. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clive Anderson's specially created box of delights full of Celebrations, heroes (and heroines), Quality Street preachers, poets and their poems… friends of the show giving us chapter and verse of their take on the festive season. Guests include Cerys Matthews and The Gwalia Male Choir, Judy Collins, Brian Bilston, Dean Atta, Imelda May, Salena Godden, Luke Wright, Polarbear, John Shuttleworth, Jade Anouka and Grace Savage.

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Salena Godden discuss poetry, her book Mrs Death Misses Death, depicting death as a Black woman, memoir, and talking about death Who is Salena? Salena Godden FRSL is an award-winning author, memoirist, essayist, poet and broadcaster of Jamaican heritage based in London. In 2021 Canongate published her highly acclaimed debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death. It is the winner of The Indie Book Award for fiction and The Peoples Book Prize 2022 and shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize, The Nibbies, British Book Awards Book Of The Year Fiction Debut, The Bad Form Book Of The Year shortlist and it featured in the Guardian books of the year list 2021. Mrs Death Misses Death has been described by the publisher as “intoxicating and life-affirming” and in The Bookseller as “original, exuberant … truly one of a kind.” Film and TV rights to this work have been taken by Idris Elba and Green Door Pictures. Commenting on the deal, Idris Elba said: "Mrs Death Misses Death feels like an instant classic, with an intoxicating story that crosses time and continents. I was immediately drawn to Salena's writing and am humbled and excited to have the opportunity to bring her brilliant words to life on screen." Salena Godden's work has been widely anthologised and broadcast on BBC radio and TV. Her essay Shade was published in groundbreaking and award-wining anthology The Good Immigrant (Unbound). A short-story Blue Cornflowers was shortlisted for the 4th Estate and Guardian short story prize 2016. She has had several volumes of poetry published including Under The Pier (Nasty Little Press) Fishing in the Aftermath: Poems 1994-2014 (Burning Eye Books) Pessimism is for Lightweights - 13 Pieces of Courage and Resistance (Rough Trade Books) and also a literary childhood memoir, Springfield Road (Unbound). She has produced four studio albums to date. Her solo poetry album LIVEwire (Nymphs and Thugs) was shortlisted for The Ted Hughes Prize 2017. The Royal Society of Literature elected Godden as fellow FRSL in November 2020, she was inducted in July 2022. Her poem Pessimism is for Lightweights is on permanent display at The Peoples History Museum, Manchester. How do I cite the episode in my research and reading lists? To cite this episode, you can use the following citation: Godden, S. (2022) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 24 December 2022. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21769106 What next? Check out more episodes or find out more about the hosts! Got a question? Get in touch. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedeathstudiespodcast/message

It's BBC Radio 4 Extra's final Podcast Radio Hour so Laura Grimshaw, Amanda Litherland and Chris Pearson look back at some of the best co-hosts, podcasts and interview guests. With contributions from regular co-hosts Scott Bryan, Jon Holmes, Isy Suttie, Jessica Fostekew, Shivani Dave, Ella Watts, Ellie Gibson, Greg Cochrane, Imriel Morgan, Jake Yapp, Roshan Roberts, Chrystal Genesis and Salena Godden. Plus archive interviews with Nicola Coughlan and Camilla Whitehill, Alan Cumming, Suzannah Lipscomb, Steve Coogan, Lemn Sissay, Susannah Constantine, David Dimbleby and Neil Gaiman - and many more.

In the Black Fantastic is a four-part podcast series inspired by the Hayward Gallery exhibition of the same name. This series brings together artists, musicians and writers in conversations that draw on the themes of the exhibition – curated by Ekow Eshun – including myth, science fiction, spiritual traditions and the legacy of Afrofuturism. This second episode brings together artist Lina Iris Viktor whose works featured in In the Black Fantastic include a number from her 2017-2018 portrait series 'A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred', and poet and essayist Salena Godden. This podcast series is hosted and executive produced by Chrystal Genesis, produced by Jaja Muhammad, researched by Zara Martin, mixed by Carmela DiClemente, and was conceived by Glen Wilson. In the Black Fantastic, the exhibition, is at Hayward Gallery, London until 18 September 2022. Find out more about the exhibition at southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/hayward-gallery

Writer Salena Godden chooses Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys, a book she's re-read many times and returns to now – older, wiser and with even greater empathy for its protagonist. Author-illustrator Rob Biddulph recommends When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle, named Children's Fiction Book of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards, which brought him to tears and conjures London in the Blitz so vividly. Presenter Harriett Gilbert picks Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore, the story of a heart transplanted from one life to another. Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sarah Goodman.

Get inspired with this episode of Authors' Matters - poet Salena Godden tells us about her roots in the DIY punk scene of the 1990s, how she learnt to reject the starving poet cliché and shares the secret to her creative productivity. 

Judge the book by its cover or judge the book by its title? We're doing the latter today by talking about books that we picked up because they have got an amazing titles. You will also get a lesson on the right way to say the name "Thrawn". Books mentioned in this episode: Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden, The Sweetness At the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn, and The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message

Laura Grimshaw and Salena Godden present podcasts about death, grief and celebrating life. And we hope by sharing these podcasts there may be some comfort to be found - or some amazing practical advice to be acted upon. Featured podcasts: Griefcast with Cariad Lloyd BBC Radio 5 Live's How Do You Cope? With Elis & John On The Marie Curie Couch Grief Kind from Sue Ryder Care Dying Matters from Hospice UK Doing Death Six Months or Less Queer Death Stories The Death Studies Podcast Suffocate City Dead Honest You're Going To Die

Pages 252 - 261 │Scylla & Charybdis, part III│Read by Salena Godden Salena Godden is a poet, performer, broadcaster, memoirist and essayist. She has published several volumes of poetry, including Pessimism is for Lightweights; a literary childhood memoir, Springfield Road; and a novel, Mrs Death Misses Death, which was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize in 2021. In November 2020 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.www.salenagodden.co.ukFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/salenagoddenFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salena.godden*Looking for our author interview podcast? Listen here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-companySUBSCRIBE NOW FOR EARLY EPISODES AND BONUS FEATURESAll episodes of our Ulysses podcast are free and available to everyone. However, if you want to be the first to hear the recordings, by subscribing, you can now get early access to recordings of complete sections.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/channel/shakespeare-and-company/id6442697026Subscribe on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/sandcoIn addition a subscription gets you access to regular bonus episodes of our author interview podcast. All money raised goes to supporting “Friends of Shakespeare and Company” the bookshop's non-profit.*Discover more about Shakespeare and Company here: https://shakespeareandcompany.comBuy the Penguin Classics official partner edition of Ulysses here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9780241552636/ulyssesFind out more about Hay Festival here: https://www.hayfestival.com/homeAdam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Find out more about him here: https://www.adambiles.netBuy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-timeDr. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the School of Collective Intelligence at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique in Morocco.Original music & sound design by Alex Freiman.Hear more from Alex Freiman here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1Follow Alex Freiman on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/alex.guitarfreiman/Featuring Flora Hibberd on vocals.Hear more of Flora Hibberd here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EFG7rqfVfdyaXiRZbRkpSVisit Flora Hibberd's website: This is my website:florahibberd.com and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/florahibberd/ Music production by Adrien Chicot.Hear more from Adrien Chicot here: https://bbact.lnk.to/utco90/Follow Adrien Chicot on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/adrienchicot/Photo of Salena Godden See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We remember the work of children's author and illustrator, Shirley Hughes and talk about Jessa Crispin's provocative new article in The Baffler; plus, writer Salena Godden joins us to talk about her latest novel, Mrs.Death Misses Death.

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with broadcaster, writer, & performer Salena Godden, while they talk about the value of writing non-fiction AND fiction to work out our grief, the community of connectedness created when we vulnerably share our work in the world, & how her debut novel Mrs. Death Missed Death is a container made to hold & offer healing for all the grief - not just for the author, but for all of us, too.To get special content from Salena Godden reading her own words, scored by producer Nick Jaina, become one of our precious podcast patron's today: https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.You can listen to You're Going to Die: The PodcastON ANY OF YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST APPS!HERE: https://pod.link/yergoing2die Connect to Salena Godden work & being in the world HERE: https://linktr.ee/salenagoddenFollow Salena on Isntagram here: https://www.instagram.com/salena.godden/ Get your copy of Mrs. Death Misses Death HERE: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/mrs-death-misses-death_salena-godden/29041513/#isbn=1838851194 Produced by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Olivia PepperSoundscaping by Nick Jaina“Mrs. Death” by Salena Godden, scored by Nick Jaina”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” Produced by Scott Ferreter & eO w/vocals by Jordan Edelheit, Morgan Bolender, Chelsea Coleman & Ned BuskirkTHIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLEWITH SUPPORT FROM…THE ERNEST BECKER FOUNDATION - https://ernestbecker.org/ & LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.

Yrsa Daley-Ward's work explores all parts of the human condition, but especially those we don't tend to speak of: mental health, sexuality, love, grief and addiction. Her words have resonated with hundreds of thousands of readers around the world: through her acclaimed books of poetry and memoir, bone and The Terrible and through her powerful writing for Beyoncé's cultural touchstone Black Is King. In conversation with acclaimed novelist and poet Salena Godden, Yrsa joins the How To Academy Podcast to offer a compelling invitation for self-renewal. How can we remove our filters, and see and feel more of who we really are behind the preconceived notions of property and manners we've accumulated with age? Find out from one of the most celebrated young voices in contemporary culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salena Godden, Amah Rose & Matt Abbott are joined by New York Times culture writer Farah Neyeri whose brand-new book 'Takedown' was published by Astra Astra Publishing House last month.You can catch the full show with all the fun and tracks here on our Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/roaring-20s-radio-12022022/. This is the Soho Radio podcast, showcasing the best broadcasts from our online radio station in the heart of London.Across our Soho and NYC + Culture channels, we have a wide range of shows covering every genre alongside chat, discussions and special productions.To catch up on all things Soho Radio head on over to mixcloud.com/sohoradio, tune in live anytime at sohoradiolondon.com or get the app.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/soho-radio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month's interview is with Salena Godden, who shares an extract from her novel Mrs Death Misses Death. We've also got a poem from Beth Hartley and a sneak preview of our bookclub episode, which will be out later in the month, where we discuss Hera Lindsay Bird's collection Hera Lindsay Bird. More information about Salena Godden is available here: http://www.salenagodden.co.uk/ And more information about Beth Hartley can be found here: https://linktr.ee/PoetryBees

Laura Grimshaw and Chris Pearson take a look back at some of the Podcast Radio Hour highlights and best guests of 2021. Featuring: Nicola Coughlan and Camilla Whitehill from Whistle Through The Shamrocks Pandora Sykes from Pieces of Britney Repeat Beat Poet from Lunar Poetry Podcast Danny Robins from The Battersea Poltergeist and Uncanny Karen Rice from Stolen Goodbyes Justin Rowlatt - the BBC's Environment Editor and presenter of A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity Caro Mincks from Seen and Not Heard Nicky Campbell from One of the Family BenBrick from Have You Heard George's Podcast? Tom Price from My Mate Bought A Toaster And guest presenters Jessica Fostekew, Jon Holmes, Scott Bryan, Shivani Dave, Salena Godden, Isy Suttie, Greg Cochrane and Ella Watts.

From unwrapping Egyptian mummies to her theories about witch trials and the influence of her 1921 book The Witch-Cult in Western Europe on Wicca beliefs: Margaret Murray's career comes under the spotlight as Matthew Sweet is joined by guests including New Generation Thinker Elsa Richardson and historian of witchcraft Ronald Hutton. Producer: Luke Mulhall You might also be interested in the Free Thinking discussions on Magic with Kate Laity, Chris Gosden, Jessica Gossling and John Tresch https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kvss On Witchcraft, Werewolves and Writing the Devil with Jenni Fagan. Salena Godden, Tabitha Stanmore and Daniel Ogden https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r5hk Enchantment, Witches and Woodlands hearing from Marie Darrieussecq, Zoe Gilbert, Lisa Mullen and Dafydd Daniel https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000qkl

This week Repeat Beat Poet is in conversation with poet, author, broadcaster, activist, and longstanding rabble-rousing doyenne of UK poetry, Salena Goddena. The pair reflect on Salena's career in poetry and literature, the inspirations behind her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death, and have a good chat about the complications and joys of writing to and through an embodiment of Death; like how facing loss and grief can teach us how to live, love, survive, and fight for a better world. There's also chat about being a flaneuse, and writing while walking around mystical East London. We hear two readings from Salena - Pessimism Is For Lightweights - -0:35:19 (ISH) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW0CnTXUjfc&t=58s [excerpt from Mrs. Death Misses Death. The First Mourning of the First Morning - 0:11:25] Download a full transcript here: (COMING SOON) For more from Salena: http://www.salenagodden.co.uk/ For more from RBP: linktr.ee/repeatbeatpoet https://twitter.com/repeatbeatpoet https://www.instagram.com/repeatbeatpoet/ For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com www.facebook.com/LunarPoetryPodcasts www.twitter.com/LunarPoetryPod Buy the 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com Our production team is Mystery Planet Productions. https://mysteryplanet.net/ Also mentioned on the podcast - BBC Extra's Podcast Radio Hour (Poetry Podcast Special, 1/10/21) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00100hj

This podcast features Dr Eric Hoel, a neuroscientist and author of the Revelations, who introduces 'Daffodilly Dreams', an exclusive short story about the power of dreams, written and read by acclaimed author Salena Godden. Sleep Stories is a three-part podcast series, inspired by sleep and the contemporary sleep crisis. It is co-commissioned by Durham Book Festival, Northumbria University and Politecnico di Milano (Italy).A transcript is available here: https://durhambookfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Daffodilly-Dreams-podcast-transcript-1.pdf This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement 892459. The Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information the 'Sleep Stories' commission contains.

Welcome to our special anthology podcast celebrating the UK's National Poetry Day 2021. We have a mix of poems from the podcast in the past year and new poems in forthcoming collections. The presenter is Tiffany Clare Readers (where not read by the poets themselves) are Marie-Claire Wood, Niall Wright and Charlie RichardsSound design, soundscapes, and production are by Chris GregoryKim Moore : “All The Men I Never Married”  performed by Kim Moore with music by Dave Boraston.  This is taken from Kim's new collection of the same name, published this week by Seren Books Polly Atkin : “Epiphany Insomnia” and “Frog Season” peformed by Polly Atkin from her Seren Books collection “Much With Body”Mona Arshi “Egg” and “Hurry (A Migration Song)” read by Tiffany ClareSalena Godden “The Red Tower” from “Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden (originally published as part of our podcast with Salena in July) read by Salena GoddenPhoebe Stuckes “Baby, You Know What I want” and “Dolly Parton Enters a Dolly Parton Lookalike contest in a gay bar and does not place” read by Marie-Claire Wood from the Verve Poetry Press pamphlet “The One Girl Gremlin”Sarra Culleno “Tantrum” from her forthcoming collection “Bonds” read by the authorCarolyn Jess-Cooke “Peeling The Skin”read by the writer from  her forthcoming Seren Books collection “We have to Leave The Earth”Hannah Ingeborg “Brumation” read by the author and Joanne Sutton Smith “ A New York City Keening”  read by Marie-Claire Wood taken from the Rare Swan Press Collection “100 Words of Solitude” Lisa O'Hare “Lockdown Life, A Roller-coaster of Emotions” from her Master House Publishing collection of the same nameGregory Leadbetter “Optics” read by Charlie Richards and taken from his Nine Arches Press collection “Maskwork” James O'Leary “Holding Joe” read by Niall Wright and Maggie Sawkins “Script” read by Tiffany Clare from the collection “A Wild and Precious Life edited by Zoe Gilbert and Lily Dunn. Follow our poets on twitter Kim Moore https://twitter.com/kimmoorepoetPolly Atkin https://twitter.com/pollyrowenaMona Arshi https://twitter.com/arshi_monaSalena Godden https://twitter.com/salenagoddenPhoebe Stuckes  https://twitter.com/phoebestuckesSarra Culleno https://twitter.com/sarra1978Carolyn Jess-Cooke https://twitter.com/CJessCookeRare Swan Press (100 Words of Solitude publisher) https://twitter.com/rare_swan_pressLisa O'Hare https://twitter.com/TheLisaOHareGregory Leadbetter https://twitter.com/GregMLeadbetterFind out more about Seren poets, Kim Moore, Polly Atkin and Carolyn Jess-Cooke and buy their books via the Seren website and listen out for some special podcasts with Seren coming soon https://www.serenbooks.com/Visit Nine Arches Press  https://www.ninearchespress.com/ You can find out much more about National Poetry Day on 7th October by visiting the website  https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/  and  twitter https://twitter.com/PoetryDayUK

In this episode, we join presenters Salena Godden and Amah-Rose Abrams in conversation with writer Chimene Suleyman, who is also the editor of The Good Immigrant USA (Editor 2019) and The Good Immigrant (2016). We hear amazing spoken word poetry from their third co-host - who will return for next month's show - Matt Abbot.Roaring 20s Radio amplifies the best art, culture, books, poetry and activism as we roar into a new decade. Our aim is to celebrate and champion the people that are roaring in the face of adversity.To catch the full episode with more conversation and tracks, head to our Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/roaring-20s-radio-25092021/This is the Soho Radio podcast, showcasing the best broadcasts from our online radio station in the heart of London.Across our Soho and NYC + Culture channels, we have a wide range of shows covering every genre alongside chat, discussions and special productions.To catch up on all things Soho Radio head on over to mixcloud.com/sohoradio or tune in live anytime at sohoradiolondon.com or get the app. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/soho-radio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Laura Grimshaw and Salena Godden present a selection of poetry podcasts. We speak to Chris Gregory from Alternative Stories and Fake Realities about bringing words to life, and to Repeat Beat Poet from The Lunar Poetry Podcast about infusing poetry with meaning and messages. We also listen in to: Poetry Unbound The New Yorker Poetry Podcast The Poetry Exchange Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar The Slowdown with Ada Limon Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast Roaring 20s Radio Poetry Extra The Verb

Mrs Death Misses Death is the acclaimed debut novel from poet and activist Salena Godden.  Telling the story of a female death figure and a young writer called Wolf who strikes up an unlikely rapport with her, this podcast has  excerpts from the novel and a full length interview with Salena.  Listeners should note that this podcast contains swearing and descriptions of death.  If these are likely to upset or offend you please skip this podcast.  In Mrs Death Misses Death you heard an interview with  Salena Godden and our readers were Hadiya Morris, Kelsey Griffin and Nina Nikolic.  You heard excerpts from the audiobook of Mrs Death.  Sound design, music, soundscapes and production were by Chris Gregory with sound effects from free sound.org.The presenter was  Tiffany Clare. If you would like to buy a copy of the book, e-book or audio book of Mrs Death Misses Death published by Canongate books they are widely available in bookshops and via online retailers.  You can purchase it online via amazon or here via Hive https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Salena-Godden/Mrs-Death-Misses-Death/25330558You can also buy Mrs Death as an e-book via Hive or via the Kindle store on AmazonThe audio book version of Mrs Death is available here via the Audible store https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Mrs-Death-Misses-Death-Audiobook/1838851216If you are outside the United Kingdom you should certainly be able to get hold of an e-book version of Mrs Death but you may also find that physical copies are stocked in your local bookseller.  Please check locally for availability To find out more about Salena Godden please visit her website here http://www.salenagodden.co.uk/And follow her on social media via twitter here https://twitter.com/salenagoddenAnd Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/salena.godden/ Mrs Death Misses Death is published by Canongate Books.  You can visit their website here https://canongate.co.uk/ We would like to pass on our heartfelt thanks to Canongate for allowing us to reproduce sections of the novel and the audio book of Mrs Death Misses Death.  We'd especially like to thank Salena Godden for her time, love, encouragement  and support in the making of this podcast.Special thanks go to our voice actors  Hadiya, Morris  Kelsey Griffin , Nina Nikolic and Tiffany Clare for their brilliant contributions to this podcast.

Kizzy is listening back through old recordings of her mother, Silva talking about the mystery of a missing folk singer, Molly Marrison who disappeared on the cusp of fame in the late 60s.  As the mystery deepens an older story, that of the runaway lovers from Derbyshire folklore, becomes entwined in the investigation.  The Keeper of Songs is adapted from the new novel by Fiona Mountain and features music by Bella Hardy.  In The Keeper of Songs by Fiona Mountain you heard Amy Forrest as SilvaKeeley Lane as KizzyChris Gregory as Jeff   Nicholas John as the news reader and Elsa Lamb, Susan John, and Elliot John as the voices in the news montage.The music is by Bella HardyThe presenter is  Sally Walker-Taylor This audio drama was written by Fiona Mountain based on her new novel of the same name.  You can purchase The Keeper of Songs, the book from Amazon and all the usual sources including selected local bookshops.  You can find out more about Fiona Mountain by visiting her website at https://www.fionamountain.com/You can also follow Fiona on social media where she posts as on twitter and as https://twitter.com/FionaMountain on twitter and as https://www.instagram.com/fionamountainwriter/ on Instagram.  Order the Keeper of Songs from Amazon here https://tinyurl.com/39666j28 The Keeper of songs was produced by Nicholas John.  Audio editing, mixing and mastering were by David Pickering Pick at ffg media  www.ffgmedia.co.ukThe news clips montage was produced by Leopard Belly  https://tinyurl.com/ymjh77smFollow Nicholas John on twitter here https://twitter.com/WordSong_And David Pickering-Pick (FFG) here https://twitter.com/ffgaudio The song you heard in this production was “Henry and Clara” by Bella Hardy which is taken from her album “The Dark Peak and the White”.   Find out more about Bella and buy her music by visiting her website https://www.bellahardy.com/And follow her on twitter https://twitter.com/bellahardy If you follow Alternative Stories on twitter where we post as https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt look out for our upcoming  competitions in which we'll be giving away prizes from Fiona and from Bella Hardy. You may also be interested in listening to our recent podcast in which we interviewed Fiona and heard some passages from her previous novels.   You can find it here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/8482676  Coming up on Alternative Stories and Fake Realities we'll have science fiction drama from Emily Inkpen, poetry from Gregory Leadbetter and a special edition in which we interview poet and novelist Salena Godden and hear dramatized excerpts from her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death.  Please subscribe by searching for alternative stories in your favourite podcast app to have all new editions delivered directly to you on their day of release and to have access to our full archive of audio drama poetry and fiction podcasts 

On this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond indulge briefly in some COVID commiseration before beginning into their discussion of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson [4:30] and Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden [39:10].   If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:17:00 for final remarks. Next month, the two books up on the slab will be: The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!

Anna and Annie discuss the 2021 International Booker Prize Shortlist. Our book of the week is Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden.  This debut novel by one of Britain's best loved poets reimagines Death as a working-class woman who is a muse for Wolf, a troubled writer.  Praised as 'fantastically imaginative' (Idris Elba), it's part novel, part experience. Coming up: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz  

Anna and Annie discuss the 2021 Women's Prize Shortlist and the winner of the Stella Prize, The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld. Our book of the week is No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood, author of the hit memoir Priestdaddy.  A Most Anticipated Book of 2021  (O, USA Today, Esquire), a National Bestseller and shortlisted for the Women's Prize, this is a zeitgeist-y novel about life after the internet.  Highly recommended. Coming up: Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden. Follow us: Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

We’re back! Welcome to the relaunched S&Co podcast. For the first episode after a long hiatus, we were thrilled to be joined (remotely!) by Jenni Fagan and Salena Godden to discuss their formally inventive and thematically bold new novels LUCKENBOOTH and MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH. Hosted by Adam Biles. Buy LUCKENBOOTH here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9780434023318/luckenbooth Buy MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9781838851194/mrs-death-misses-death Browse our online store here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/15/online-store/16/bookstore Become a Friend of S&Co here: https://friendsofshakespeareandcompany.com * Jenni Fagan was born in Scotland. She graduated from Greenwich University and won a scholarship to the Royal Holloway MFA programme. She has just completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh. A published poet and novelist, she has won awards from Creative Scotland, Dewar Arts, Scottish Screen and Scottish Book Trust among others, and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Jenni was selected as one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists after the publication of her debut novel, The Panopticon, which was shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the James Tait Black Prize. Her adaptation of The Panopticon was staged by the National Theatre of Scotland to great acclaim. The Sunlight Pilgrims, her second novel, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Encore Award and the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year Award, and saw her win Scottish Author of the Year at the Herald Culture Awards. She lives in Edinburgh with her son. Follow Jenni on Twitter: @Jenni_Fagan Salena Godden is one of Britain’s best loved poets and performers. She is also an activist, broadcaster, memoirist and essayist and is widely anthologised. She has published several volumes of poetry, the latest of which was Pessimism is for Lightweights, and a literary childhood memoir, Springfield Road. Mrs Death Misses Death is her debut novel. A BBC Radio 4 documentary following Godden’s progress on the novel over twelve months was broadcast in 2018. In November 2020 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Follow Salena on Twitter: @salenagodden Visit Salena’s website: www.salenagodden.co.uk Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Buy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-time

In this episode I chat with writer and performer Salena Godden about her debut novel MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH. We talk about mortality and inspiration, giving voice to characters and using the poetic form in prose, messing with reader expectations and how juggling different projects can help productivity and motivation. Buy MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH here in hardback: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Salena-Godden/Mrs-Death-Misses-Death/25330558 Or as an ebook: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Salena-Godden/Mrs-Death-Misses-Death/25655278 Or the audiobook: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Mrs-Death-Misses-Death-Audiobook/1838851216 Here's Salena's website: http://www.salenagodden.co.uk/ And if you'd like to help the podcast keep going you can drop me a bean or two here: www.ko-fi.com/timclare

Director Francis Lee discusses Ammonite with Kate Winslet & Saoirse Ronan, telling the story of 19th century palaeontologist, Mary Anning, Michael Pope & Cara O' Doherty review films, Moxie & Poly Styrene, Salena Godden re-imagines death as an elderly, overworked black woman who appears in the flat of a writer in ‘Mrs Death Misses Death’.

Salena Godden was one of our very first guests on Book Shambles six years ago and now she's back to talk about her debut novel, the hugely acclaimed Mrs Death Misses Death. She chats to Josie and Robin about the book, discovering female authors in her thirties and the process of writing while walking. Support the show on Patreon to get extended editions each and every week. You can do that at patreon.com/bookshambles The extended edition this week includes the potential of cannibal marshmallows covered in death magic...

Salena Godden’s Mrs Death Misses Death is receiving rave reviews and has already been snapped up for film and telly by Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures, so we got Hazel Davis to talk to the poet, author, standup and activist about her oddly prescient debut novel. Meanwhile, Jen fired up the Zoom to chat with Amy Thomson, founder of the Moody Month app and author of Moody: A Woman's 21st Century Hormone Guide. There’s cake AND masturbation, so definitely put the kettle on. Over in Rated or Dated, Mick should absolutely be apologising for her attempts at a Scottish accent and Hannah’s trying to keep it all down as they watch 1996’s Trainspotting. Morally murky? Proper funny? Cool Britannia? All of the above? Ya fuckin’ dancer! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, poet, activist, broadcaster, essayist and now novelist Salena Godden speaks to Anna Fielding about her debut novel (Mrs Death Misses Death), her favourite independent bookshop (Shakespeare & Co in Paris) and recommends five brilliant writers’ books. About Mrs Death Misses Death: Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadn’t met Death in person – a black, working-class woman who shape-shifts and does her work unseen. Enthralled by her stories, Wolf becomes Mrs Death’s scribe, and begins to write her memoirs.Using their desk as a vessel and conduit, Wolf travels across time and place with Mrs Death to witness deaths of past and present and discuss what the future holds for humanity. As the two reflect on the losses they have experienced – or, in the case of Mrs Death, facilitated – their friendship grows into a surprising affirmation of hope, resilience and love. All the while, despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to hold humans’ fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least expect her…Mrs Death Misses Death is published by Canongate and is out now: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/mrs-death-misses-death/9781838851194 ‘A fantastically imaginative story about life, death and everything in between’ Idris Elba‘A modern-day Pilgrim’s Progress leavened with caustic wit . . . an elegant, occasionally uproarious, danse macabre’ Guardian‘Lyrical, powerful and definitely one you need to read’ Stylist Anna Fielding is a journalist and event host. Follow her on Twitter: @anna_anna Here are the books discussed and recommended in this episode: The Collected Short Stories by Jean Rhys:Good Morning Midnight by Jean Rhys:Leaving Mr Mackenzie by Jean Rhys:Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys:The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathXstabeth by David KeenanThe Future Starts Here by John HiggsWatling Street by John HiggsWilliam Blake vs. The World by John Higgs

Joseph Roth's Job: The Story of a Simple Man (1930) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to explore this austere and powerful novel, first published in German as Hiob: Roman eines einfachen Mannes, are Keiron Pim, whose much-anticipated biography of Joseph Roth will be published in 2022, and a returning Backlisted guest, bibliomemoirist and playwright Samantha Ellis. Roth was a prolific yet enigmatic writer - his other books include The Radetzky March and The Legend of the Holy Drinker - and this episode takes a long, considered look at his (often chaotic) life and work, and where Job fits into both. Also in this episode, Andy shares a reading by Salena Godden from her acclaimed new novel Mrs Death Misses Death, while John is beguiled by the fragmented visions of Max Porter's The Death of Francis Bacon.

This week's guest is acclaimed poet, author and activist, Salena Godden. Now in her late 40s, Salena has been writing and performing since 1994 when she moved to London seeking the bright lights and never looked back. In her evocative debut novel, Mrs Death Misses Death, the self-confessed “dreamer” brings death to life as a middle-aged black woman and combines prose, poetry and non-fiction to tell the stories of the invisible women society prefers to ignore.Over the next half hour, the woman once described as “everything the Daily Mail is terrified of” talks about "not being here for babies” (and how glad is she that she'll never be asked THAT question again), being in the midst of “all the weather”, why she thinks menopause is a return to the magic of childhood and why 40+ is where the party is.The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. I'd love to hear what you think - please rate and review, or let me know on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker.You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at Bookshop.org, including the book that accompanies this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too by Sam Baker and Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clive Anderson and Arthur Smith are joined by Stewart Lee, Angela Hartnett and Salena Godden, for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from KT Tunstall and Sleaford Mods.

How can it possibly be season three already?! Time flies when you're locked indoors binge-watching repeats! After full and frank conversations about life after 40 (and I DO mean full and frank!) in the first two seasons with the likes of Marian Keyes, Emma Freud, Jojo Moyes, Jo Whiley, Sara Collins, Bryony Gordon, Jodi Picoult, Gabby Logan and many more, we're back with lots more chat about everything from hormones to cash flow, body image to the portrayal of midlife women on screen to the triple burden of menopause, mental health and being black. Guests to look out for include therapist Philippa Perry, poet Salena Godden, bestselling novelists Isabel Allende and Kate Mosse and international reporter Lindsey Hilsum. PLUS I might have a couple of surprises up my sleeve...The Shift with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. We'd love to know what you think so please do rate and review - or message me on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker.You can find all the books featured and recommended on The Shift with Sam Baker on Bookshop.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The devil's daughter features in a new novel from Jenni Fagan; Salena Godden's debut novel imagines Mrs Death. To discuss conjuring fear, they join Shahidha Bari alongside a pair of historians - Tabitha Stanmore, who researches magic from early modern royal courts to village life, and Daniel Ogden, who has looked at werewolf tales in ancient Greece and Rome. Jenni Fagan's latest novel is called Luckenbooth, and her first book, The Panopticon, has been filmed. Fagan was listed by Granta as one of the 2013 Granta Best of Young British Novelists. There is more information about her drama and poetry collection, There’s A Witch In The Word Machine, on her website - https://jennifagan.com/ Salena Godden's novel is Mrs Death Misses Death, published on 28 January 2021, and she's been made a new Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. You can find more about her poetry and her radio show, Roaring 20s, on her website - http://www.salenagodden.co.uk/ Tabitha Stanmore is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, working on witchcraft. Daniel Ogden is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Exeter. His book is called The Werewolf In The Ancient World. You might be interested in other episodes looking at witchcraft: Author Marie Dariessecq - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000qkl The relevance of magic in the contemporary world - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kvss Historians Marina Warner and Susannah Lipscomb look at Witchfinding - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06kckxk Novelists Zoe Gilbert, Madeline Miller and Kirsty Logan compare notes on Charms - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b1q0xc Producer: Emma Wallace

In this edition of the podcast we look at spoken word poetry. We feature a new project from Kent: a music and poetry collaboration by Nancy Gaffield and The Drift. We look at spoken word record label Nymphs and Thugs and we hear from Lisa Mead, CEO and Artistic Director of Apples and Snakes. The presenter is Marie-Claire WoodThere is some swearing and references to suicide and drug use in this podcast. Please avoid if this is likely to offend In today’s podcast you heard: An interview with Nancy Gaffield, Rob Pursey, Amelia Fletcher and Darren Pilcher of Nancy Gaffield and The Drift. http://thedrift.uk/ The track you heard was Wealden Part 3 : Song of The Shingle from the album Wealden published by Longbarrow Press as a book and CD pack https://longbarrowpress.com/ Wealden is also available as a digital download from The Drift’s record label Skep Wax https://skepwax.bandcamp.com/ Follow Nancy Gaffield, The Drift and Longbarrow Press on Twitter here https://twitter.com/nancyjgv1https://twitter.com/thedriftkenthttps://twitter.com/LongbarrowPress You also heard an interview with Matt Abbott, founding owner of Nymphs and Thugs. https://nymphsandthugs.net/ The poems you heard were “I Saw Goody Proctor Jogging Without a Face Mask” by Salena Godden“Nowt Matters Now” by Toria Garbutt You can buy content from Nymphs and Thugs including these recordings via their band camp page herehttps://nymphsandthugs.bandcamp.com/ Follow Nymphs and Thugs, Matt, Salena and Toria on twitter here https://twitter.com/nymphsandthugshttps://twitter.com/MattAbbottPoethttps://twitter.com/salenagoddenhttps://twitter.com/ToriaGarbutt Our final interview is with Apples and Snakes and their Artistic Director Lisa Mead. Find out more about Apples and Snakes and link to their online content here https://applesandsnakes.org/ and here for their excellent YouTube channel where you can see many poets performing live https://www.youtube.com/c/ApplesandSnakesPoetry You heard poems by John Bernard and Adrian B Earle Follow Apples and Snakes, Lisa Mead, John Bernard and Adrian B Earle on twitter here https://twitter.com/ApplesAndSnakeshttps://twitter.com/applesMeadhttps://twitter.com/PoetBernardhttps://twitter.com/Think_write_fly This podcast was presented by Marie-Claire Wood https://twitter.com/MarieClaireWood Production, sound design and editing were by Chris GregoryIndividual sound design and editing of the poems and interviews within the show were by the contributors We would like to thank all contributors to this podcast. If you can please check out all the links we’ve posted, buy content from the suppliers and support artists, poets, musicians, writers and any creative endeavour you can during this difficult time.

To support our work and listen to additional content, see here: https://patreon.com/yourshelf and follow us on social media @_yourshelf_. In our latest, sixth episode of The YourShelf Podcast, Given Stories, our chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) catches up with writer Nikita Gill to discuss books, representation, girlhood, culture, inheritance and Nikita's first novel, The Girl and the Goddess. For full show notes, see here: https://podcast.yourshelf.uk/episodes/6. Thanks for listening.  LinksPatreonInstagramTwitterPodcastYourShelfEpisode NotesJay asks Nikita about her bookshelves, the books that made her, and which writers she'd want to play in a one-woman show. (from 1:15)Nikita explains why she decided to write her first YA novel in verse, The Girl and the Goddess, where the inspiration for the story came from, and what representation means to her and her work. (from 10:38)Finally, Nikita discusses her recent reads and upcoming projects, including a new collection, Where Hope Comes From, publishing Feb 2021. (from 1:10:50)Jay recommends signing up to our Patreon for access to exclusive content, including a  bonus episode with more content from the interview, where Nikita answers some phone-in questions, and gives a reading from The Girl and the Goddess.Jay wraps up with all the books that were discussed in the episode: Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Alice Walker's The Colour Purple, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Nikesh Shukla's Brown Baby, Salena Godden's Mrs Death Misses Death, the works of Amrita Sher-Gil and Sarojini Naidu, Dean Atta's The Black Flamingo, CS Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, Manjeet Mann's Run Rebel, the work of Yena Sherma Purmasir, Louise O'Neill's After The Silence, Savannah Brown's Sweetdark, and Poems To Save The World With, chosen and illustrated by Chris Riddell.Nikita Gill closes with a reading of the stunning poem 'A New City' from her YA novel in verse, The Girl and the Goddess. (from 1:25:33)Buy, read and review The Girl and the Goddess now, available from most bookstores! Nikita's earlier work is also available for purchase.Thanks for listening and tune in again (very) soon for Episode Seven!

Presented by Salena Godden, Amah-Rose Abrams and Matt Abbot Roaring 20s Radio amplifies the best art, culture, books, poetry and activism as we roar into a new decade.This is the Soho Radio podcast, showcasing some of the best broadcasts form our online radio station, right from the heart Soho London.Across our Music and Culture channels, we have a wide range of shows covering every genre, along with chat shows, discussions and special broadcasts.To catch up on all Soho Radio shows from both our music and culture channels head on over mixcloud.com/sohoradio or tune in live anytime at sohoradiolondon.com.This is a Soho Radio Productions Podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our poem this week is 'Vegetarian Special at the Gate Hangs High' by Tina Sederholm! -- They spelt it Le Sagne on the pub specials board. That’s L,E, space, Sagne. I shouldn’t laugh, after all, people in Britain pronounce it that way. But I can’t help myself, I keep saying Le Sagne, Laying the stress on different syllables, pompous arse that I am after a couple glasses of red, and a Salena Godden gig, which is permission enough to say anything. And it doesn’t get boring to repeat Le Sagne, Le Sagne, Le Le Le Sagne! These tiny errors happen so easily. Imagine in the Bible, if T’shuvah had been better translated. Instead of ‘repent’, the scribe had found a word closer to the original Aramaic ’return’. Then we would not need to repent our sins, only return from them. Like reversing out of a cul-de-sac when the sat nav gets confused. Maybe it was a bad day. Maybe the scribe’s bowels ached after a confrontation with his brother, and carrying certain judgments on how some people should behave, felt his brother could do more to earn forgiveness. Thought, Sod it. Repent will do. Maybe the scribe at the chalkboard in the pub was having a similar moment. Remembered being ridiculed in French class as they dithered between Le or La and having never studied Italian thought Well… It sounds like a Le. I ordered Le Sagne anyway. The point is; it was delicious. Tomatoes from the pub garden, homemade Bechamel, a sprig of parsley cut not ten minutes before. What I would have missed if I’d let a misplaced letter cause me to dismiss this meal. Perhaps it is a universal truth, whether considering lasagne, or a bible, one should seek a little deeper and always check out the source. -- Check out previous episodes, rate and subscribe on your podcast providers. http://www.tinasederholm.com/ http://burningeye.co.uk

Poet Daniel Cockrill invites Poet, Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Salena Godden round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Questions: What kind of animal would you be and why? Topics covered include: Selling Poems For Cigarettes, Writing As Escapism, Writing As Communication, Writing As A Reaction, Writing As Creativity And Invention, Poetry Anthems, Gigs As A Rollercoaster Ride or A Washing Machine Of Emotion, Never Doing The Same Set Twice, Poet As Jazz Musician, Billie Holiday, Willie Nelson, The Power Of The Audience, The Good Immigrant, Nerves, Festivals, Caravanning, Festival No6, Meadowlands, Hay Festival, His Dark Materials, Daemons, Winged Lions, Prince, Revolutionary And Political Acts, Protest, Positivity, Hope and The Visualisation Of A Better World.

Writer Salena Godden reads from her memoir ‘Springfield Road’ and her poetry collection ‘Pessimism is for Lightweights’. She shares why she feels that it’s vital to seek out stories of generosity and courage. Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m hoovering with, for the first time, a poet - and not just any old poet, the extraordinary utterly hilarious and heart-blowing, rising mega-star Salena Godden. She schleps all the way to mine and we eat gnocchi and talk about our cortisol superpowers, amongst everything else. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Tickets to see Hoovering LIVE in 2019I’m hoovering live at the LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL on the afternoon of Sunday 9th Feburary. Come come come!And then it’s a very long way off but we’re also at the NORTH PODCAST FESTIVAL in Hull on 13th May! Get in there early. Honourable MentionsI implore you to follow SALENA GODDEN on social media, she’s poeming off there all the time and it’s the easiest place to find out about her live work which I will most definitely be seeing you at. She’s here on TWITTER and here on INSTAGRAM.The books Salena read her poems from would all make pretty glorious presents for a kid you know this Christmas or a grown up for that matter. PESSIMISM IS FOR LIGHTWEIGHTS and MIDNIGHT FEAST and also POEMS FROM A GREEN AND BLUE PLANET. The fierce mushroom gnocchi recipe was from my MOB VEGGIE cookbook I use all the time. I have a stand up show called HENCH all, roughly about strength and gender and a little bit about diet-life too you know. It got nominated for best show in Edinburgh and it won some other shit and got sexy reviews across the board. It’s on tour and I would love love love to have you come to it. In January it’s at the

In this special feature length episode, recorded live at Latitude Festival, Nadine Shah and Hannah Jane Walker talk about the poems that have been friends to them. Nadine and Hannah are in conversation with The Poetry Exchange team members, Michael Shaeffer and Fiona Bennett. You can find out more about the brilliant work Nadine and Hannah create here: www.nadineshah.co.uk www.hannahjanewalker.co.uk This is our first live show episode and features work by Philip Larkin, Elizabeth Alexander, Salena Godden and WB Yeats. Hannah reads the gift reading of 'Days' by Philip Larkin. Nadine reads the gift reading of 'Pessimism is for Lightweights' by Salena Godden. Discover more about Salena's work here: www.salenagodden.co.uk and find her collection, 'Pessimism is for Lightweights' here: www.roughtrade.com/gb/salena-godde…or-lightweights You can also find 'Ars Poetica #100: I Believe' by Elizabeth Alexander in her 'American Sublime' collection: www.graywolfpress.org/books/american-sublimeand discover more about her work here: www.poets.org/poet/elizabeth-alexander We had a brilliant time as part of The Listening Post at Latitude Festival 2019 and are delighted to be sharing it with you, through The Poetry Exchange Podcast. Discover more about Latitude and dates for next year's festival here: www.latitudefestival.com ***** Days by Philip Larkin What are days for? Days are where we live. They come, they wake us Time and time over. They are to be happy in: Where can we live but days? Ah, solving that question Brings the priest and the doctor In their long coats Running over the fields. ***** Pessimism is for Lightweights By Salena Godden Think of those that marched this road before And those that will march here in years to come The road in shadow and the road in the sun The road before us and the road all done History is watching us and what will we become This road is all flags and milestones Immigrant blood and sweat and tears Build this city, built this country Made this road last all these years This road is made of protest And those not permitted to vote And those that are still fighting to speak With a boot stamping on their throat There is power and strength in optimism To have faith and to stay true to you Because if you can look in the mirror And have belief and promise you Will share wonder in living things Beauty, dreams, books and art Love your neighbour and be kind And have an open heart Then you're already winning at living You speak up, you show up and stand tall It's silence that is complicit It's apathy that hurts us all Pessimism is for lightweights There is no straight white line It's the bumps and curves and obstacles That make this time yours and mine Pessimism is for lightweights This road was never easy and straight And living is all about living alive and lively And love will conquer hate.

The Verb explores footnotes, ironic detective fiction, poem-spells, satire, sound loops and neologisms - and the way they can all be used to fight sexist language - in honour of International Women's Day. Ian's guests are the writer and sociologist Professor Ann Oakley, who popularised the word 'gender' in the 1970s, and founded the Social Science Research Unit at the UCL Institute of Education, the novelist and critic Dr Siri Hustvedt on her new novel 'Memories of the Future', the poet Salena Godden on her new collection 'Pessimism is for Lightweights: 13 Pieces of Courage and Resistance' - and he presents brand new work from sound artist and composer Ingrid Plum. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Faith Lawrence

Poet Daniel Cockrill invites poet, writer, artist, film maker, obsessive and magician Nathan Penlington round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Question: Do you believe in the unexplained? Topics covered include: Poetry, Live performance, Magic, Short Fuse, Bang Said The Gun, Flyering, Zines, MySpace, Facebook, Word Of Mouth, Day Time TV, Hand Made Objects, Bards In Their Eyes, Poetry Idol, Time Out, Writing Workshops, Topless Barmaids, The Hard Edge Club, The Unexplained, Charles Fort, Fortean Times, The Book of The Damned, The Supernatural, Fish Falling from the Sky, Willow The Wisp and Choose Your Own Documentary and the Rubix Cube. They also name drop all these people: Elvis McGonagall, Stewart Lee, Daniel Kitson, Rob Newman, Joshua Idehen, Scroobius Pip, Hollie McNish, Harry Baker, Tim Wells, Vic Lambrusco, Adrian Henri, Adrian Mitchell, Roger McGough, Benjamin Zephaniah, John Cooper Clarke, John Hegley and Salena Godden.

Madison Griffiths is an artist, poet, activist and podcaster. She was co-host of the podcast No Chill. And is writer, producer and presenter for her newest podcast Tender, the story of what happens when a woman leaves an abusive relationship. I'm so thrilled to welcome Madison Griffiths into the Castaway Studios for our first studio episode of 2019. Our previous ALL DOG themed episode was held at the wonderful Merri Creek Tavern. Our next live show will be held on Wednesday May 1st, 2019 at Merri Creek Tavern. Put it in your diary. Madison tells me her origin story as writer which all began when Vice published an article of hers in 2016 called An Open Letter to My Vagina: Sex, Pain, and Vaginismus In 2017 Madison and Lucinda Price had a live online conversation called No Chill as part of the Digital Writers Festival. This went on to become a six part podcast series presented by Pedestrian TV. On the three year anniversary of leaving an abusive relationship Madison had a powerful dream that motivated her to start her own deeply personal and powerful podcast called Tender. Madison then tells me about her experience performing on a poetry open mic for the first time. And we discuss how vibrant the spoken word scene is in Melbourne. The best resource in Melbourne for things spoken word is Melbourne Spoken Word. Go there to discover upcoming events, workshops, competitions, publishing opportunities, mentorships, EVERYTHING relating to spoken word. There were many amazing creative prompts posted on both our Facebook and Instagram pages this week. Thank you so much. Keep them coming in. At the moment, every week on the show we will give away a More Than A Whelan koozie (stubby holder) to my favourite creative prompt of the week. Madison reads an original poem of hers called A Meadow in response to the prompt : Hair. Its power, its stigma, how it changes us in the eyes of others AND ourselves. This was supplied by Matt H Kennedy. Thank you Matt. You are More Than A Whelan Muse of the Week! I chose two prompts to inspire a new poem. The prompts were... Breakdown in communication by Johnny Moretti. The risks and joys of sleeping naked by Annie Molenaar. AKA Celebrant Lady Love. and Unholy Matrimony Flip It and Reverse It. I nearly always sleep naked. I say nearly because sometimes I will fall asleep in my undies or t-shirt or both. But every time I awake, I am liberated from my clothing. Sometime during the night I have removed them in my sleep and I never have any memory of it whatsoever. I imagine myself wriggling from the cocoon of my clothing bit by bit during the night and sometimes I forget about exactly where that clothing goes and I’ll think where the hell have all my undies gone? Until it’s time to change the sheets and there they are wedged at the end of the bed, sometimes two or three pairs Curled and cuddled up like sleeping cats. When alone in a house, as I often up when house sitting, I will often rise naked, and walk bleary eyes into the kitchen to turn the kettle on, maybe whack a muffin or two into the toaster. Sometimes I’ll even drop a banging hiphop playlist on to put a little boost into butt and a little sass into my strut as I start grooving around the kitchen. One such morning at a house sit in Carlton I was doing exactly this when I suddenly thought I heard a sound above the banging bass thumps of Missy Elliott. When I looked up , there was the cleaning lady lugging a vacuum cleaner down the hallway. She had her head down and hadn’t noticed me yet. I panicked I was in open ground there wasn’t enough time to flee. I seized the closest object I could find to protect my modesty. So when the cleaning lady finally looked up, there I was holding a frying pan in front of my groin. The owner told me the cleaning lady wasn’t coming until the next day, the cleaning lady was told something else. A breakdown in communication of mortifying consequences. She dropped the vacuum and returned from whence she came. I fled to my room and shut the door. Missy Elliott kept booming throughout the house, singing “Is it worth it? Let me work it I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it” Our Golden Muse of the Week this week is Annie. Congrats Annie! You'll be receiving a piece of More Than A Whelan merch supplied by our generous supporter Luxe Country. Visit our online store here! Whelan and Stealin' For the segment where my guests and I choose a piece of work to cover, Meredith reads a poem by Olivia Gatwood called Alternate Universe in Which I Am Unfazed by the Men Who Do Not Love Me. I read a poem by Salena Godden called It Isn't Punk to Ask Permission. WORLD OF WHELAN As DJ Hot Wheels I'll be MCing and DJing the Palais-Hepburn official launch on Friday Feb 22. 7pm until late. FREE ENTRY. Meredith's wonderful podcast Tender is a finalist in the Frankie Good Stuff Awards. You can vote for her right here! Thank you to our generous supporters Castaway Studio and Luxe Country. Thank you for listening. More Than A Whelan does not exist without you. I am super thankful. Whelan, out.

Clive Anderson and Arthur Smith are joined by Peter Hain, Joanna Scanlan, Alex Lawther and Salena Godden for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Oi Va Voi and Sabiyha. Producer: Tim Bano.

We were joined by two of the most formidable voices from Britain’s spoken word scene, Salena Godden and Scarlett Sabet.

In this episode you will hear Dan talking about the poem that has been a friend to him - 'This Poem' by Salena Godden. Dan visited us in Lambeth, London and is in conversation with The Poetry Exchange team members Fiona Bennett and Al Snell. 'This Poem' is read by Al Snell. ***** This Poem This poem is not designed. And this poem is not the map. It is not written to give you something to relate to. This poem will not be the words you recite to your lover in the night. This poem will not be the words you scratch into your prison cell walls with bleeding nails. This poem is not designed to arouse you or even confuse you. This poem will not make you laugh or cry or feel. It will not be the lines that make you remember how to live. It will not remind you of the time you cut your finger sledging, as vivid as blood in the snow and everlasting as the scar made that day. This poem does not taste like old five-pence pieces, and it will not sound like an ice cream van in summertime. This poem will not enlighten you like a Buddhist prayer. It will not fill you with wonder at the human condition. This poem will not feed you like potatoes and gravy and it will not answer your questions of being alone in this. This poem cannot be your friend or explain that reoccurring chewing-gum dream. It will not stop you calling out in the night in cold and acrid sweat. This poem cannot help you. It will not inspire you to take up writing or even to continue. This poem is not the way in or the way out. It will not feel like winning and it will not feel like losing. This poem will not make your bus come sooner. It will not make your cake rise or guess the lottery numbers. This poem is not written to be anything other than what you want to read into it, and if you expect a poem to ever do anything more then you should read this full stop. 'Fishing In The Aftermath - Poems 1994-2014' by Burning Eye Books (2014).

In this series of essays, five writers talk about what black and white evokes for them. Beginning with something quite tangible, each piece unfolds to tell a story that is deeply personal and also far-reaching.Poet and writer Salena Godden talks about her relationship with her skin and a particular line from a Leonard Cohen songProduced in Bristol by Siobhan Maguire.

Donald Trump is going to be the next president of the next United States, and we are despairing. But we’re also preparing: this worldwide trend towards the normalisation of misogyny, racism, xenophobia and blatant disregard for truth demands action. What can we do? And what can books do? This show is about resistance, and we are joined by the perfect guest: Salena Godden, poet, author, essayist, performer, once described as ‘everything the Daily Mail is terrified of’. She recently contributed to The Good Immigrant, a collection of writing about what it means to be black, asian and minority ethnic in Britain today, and stopped by O's kitchen for some wine, poetry, and real talk. Vive la revolution!

Joelle Taylor chats to spoken word artist Salena Godden about the UK's spoken word poetry scene, past present and future, as well as her experience with the recent BBC iPlayer documentary 'We Belong Here'. Salena also reads and discusses her poem 'Titanic', tells us the best and worst gig she's ever been to, and more. To connect with more poetry, visit poetrysociety.org.uk

January 2016. Lizzy Palmer talks to Abi Palmer about the influence that Wayne Holloway-Smith, Bobby Parker and Salena Godden have on her writing. Abi also talks about the interactive nature of some of her recent work. You can get involved with the last poem (22:30), just grab some salt! Image of Abi by Andrej Chudy. www.twitter.com/Silent_Tongue www.abipalmer.com www.twitter.com/abipalmer_bot

Episode 065 of the Milk the Cow Podcast Live from Festival 23 with Ettrick Scott and Salena Godden which turned into an impromptu poetry slam which as Micky C said on the day "I just want this to go on forever". It was one of my personal highlights as well, Salena is one of the most well known wordsmiths in the country and Skotty is about to be and what i love about tha,t and we said this on the day, is that he doesn't edit his accent one little bit and we respect that immensely because we don't either. That is an absolutely conscious choice as its not real otherwise and we'd be ran out of Newcastle for going 'soft'. One of the reasons we invited Jazz Riot to Festival 23 is we rate them and Milk the Cow is about lifting people positively in all aspects of what we do and making whatever small contribution we have to exposing people we rate to a wider audience. This episode also includes the lead into Ettrick and Salena joining us live on Cow 23 FM where people in the audience asked us questions which we set about answering there is also a guest spot from Pro K1 Kickboxing fighter Connor Brown who enlightens us on martial arts and the stigma around fighting. In other episodes of the series of podcasts from Festival 23 we will be featuring guest such as Thee Hairy Kuntz, Ben Graham, Dr David Bramwell, Pete Woosh, The Buddhist Punk, Pope Flag Dag the Brave, Nick Margerrison,  and many more, as well as an selection of the finest people in all of known and unknown Discordia as we continue our shared mission to #findtheothers  Hail Eris! Tickets for the Cow Social/Milk the Cow Podcast Livewww.milkthecowpodcast.com/tickets  In the woods: Allan Scorer, Mickey C and Mike Cow. Twitter: @mikecow1 @mtcpodcast Instagram: mtcpodcast Producer: Danny H Live Sound Tech: Alex Richardson Sound and PA: Richie Elliott (Conical Bass) Rig gadgie and chief arse kicker: Connor Brown  Artwork: Koops  Sponsor: Sheath Underwearhttp://www.sheathunderwear.com/https://www.facebook.com/sheathunderwear  ENTER DISCOUNT CODE ‘cow’ when you checkout for 20% discount Sponsor: Bryte Screen and Digital http://www.bryte-digital.com/ Sponsorship/advertising/guest spot enquiries:mtcpodcast@mail.com  Please comment, rate and subscribe and download for FREE on iTunes to help the podcast reach more people, it makes a huge difference. One love. FTDCH.xhttps://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/milk-the-cow-podcast/id935323009?mt=2 )     

On this month’s East Cast, the show that starts in East London but goes will beyond the postcode; Pearl Wise, Ana Xavier and Julia Lorke hear from the controversial poet and author Salena Godden, report from Music Hackspace a hub for music experimentation and exploration, discover the Experience of Colour a new contemporary Italian art exhibition at the Estorick Collection explore the notion that masculine identity as a feminist issue recoded live at Shoreditch Bookclub and are joined by local yet international musician Anna Zed for a live acoustic session.

Season 1 - Episode 5 - It’s poetry week on Book Shambles as Robin and Josie are joined by poet Salena Godden to talk about everything from Lenny Bruce and Elizabeth Smart to the virtues of writing in your books. In pen.

To mark National Poetry Day, Garry’s guest tonight is one of the brightest and most brilliant of British poets – Salena Godden. Funny, poignant, outrageous and guileless, Salena is every inch a successful 21st century poet. Includes selections from her anthology Fishing In The Aftermath featuring the immortal My Tits Are More Feminist Than Your Tits ( the world premiere exclusive to GBH!), A Letter To An Air Stewardess Found In The Back Of Seat 67 as well as Salena reading from her autobiography, Springfield Road. Salena is a regular renaissance woman – savour! Download the show as mp3 file Subscribe in iTunes The Garry Bushell Hour: A Talk Show The Way It Should Be Done: Raw, Honest And Very, Very Funny!

To mark National Poetry Day, Garry’s guest tonight is one of the brightest and most brilliant of British poets – Salena Godden. Funny, poignant, outrageous and guileless, Salena is every inch a successful 21st century poet. Includes selections from her anthology Fishing In The Aftermath featuring the immortal My Tits Are More Feminist Than Your Tits ( the world premiere exclusive to GBH!), A Letter To An Air Stewardess Found In The Back Of Seat 67 as well as Salena reading from her autobiography, Springfield Road. Salena is a regular renaissance woman – savour! Download the show as mp3 file Subscribe in iTunes The Garry Bushell Hour: A Talk Show The Way It Should Be Done: Raw, Honest And Very, Very Funny!

The 73rd and, by all accounts, final Book Slam Podcast finds sisters doing it for themselves and the rest of us too. It features poetry from the brilliant CHIMENE SULEYMAN, ace music from JAGAARA, and SHAMI CHAKRABARTI introducing us to 'On Liberty' - simply essential. There's our hero SALENA GODDEN reading from her exceptional memoir, 'Springfield Road', and we close with the estimable LAURA BATES issuing a rallying cry from her book, 'Everyday Sexism'. Patrick's waxing melancholic, Elliott's waxing his car.

On this week’s Little Atoms, two interviews. Neil Denny talks to Salena Godden about her memoir Springfield Road, and to Kate Hamer about her debut novel The Girl in the Red Coat. Salena Godden writes and performs poetry, fiction, memoir, radio drama and lyrics. Her latest book of poems, Fishing in the Aftermath, was published in […] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The 62nd Book Slam Podcast is fuller than a family bucket and arguably more sustaining. It features DBC Pierre, reading from and discussing the brilliant 'Petit Mal', Michael Smith introducing us to 'Unreal City', music from Thabo and The Real Deal, comedy from Matt Okine,and the ineffable Salena Godden's memoir, 'Springfield Road'. Elliott and Patrick reunite in a London studio for the first time in months to remarkably familiar effect.

The 54th Book Slam Podcast is a brief madness, but no less angry for that. NIALL GRIFFITHS reads from his latest novel, 'A Great Big Shining Star', and explains why he's no misanthropist but high on life, SARA PASCOE's not feeling herself (but her boyfriend may be) and OLIVIA CHANEY just plain blew off our pop socks. Elliott's joined in the studio by SALENA GODDEN (pictured): they have more chemistry than copper sulphate.

The 47th Book Slam podcast finds Elliott Jack and Salena Godden reading woodenly from what may be loosely described as a 'script'. They soon warm up, however, thanks to top dollar music from Tanya Auclair and Purple Ferdinand, top drawer prose from Chris Cleave and Marina Lewycka and top shelf poetry from Lemn Sissay and Roger Robinson. Elliott is a mild-mannered janitor, Salena is Hong Kong Phooey

A Salena Godden no se la puede describir. Hay que escucharla. De su profunda voz, mitad jamaicana y (creo) mitad irlandesa, surgen los poemas más crudos, descarnados, lascivos, provocativos, sucios incluso pero a la vez más bellos y más profundamente humanos que haya escuchado en vivo. Salena es de esas personas que pone el dedo en la llaga y que utiliza la poesía para hablar de muchos temas de nuestra sociedad, nosotros, escondemos. Si queréis saber más sobre su trabajo visitad http://www.salenagodden.com/

Poema cantado por la artista jamaicano-irlandesa Salena Godden en Do Lectures 2012.

At 44, the Book Slam podcast finally faces up to the realities of middle-age with poet and one time army major Martin Figura, before celebrating a creative Indian summer with our hero, William Boyd (pictured, badly), and contemplating the sheer beauty of it all with Jono McCleery. Elliott gushes with his usual aplomb (take that as you will) and is heard to remark to co-host Salena Godden, 'To think I spent all that time working with a bald, fat bloke. Life is much improved ...' 

Richard Coles with astronomer Dr Lucie Green, poet Salena Godden, Diane Blood who made legal history 15 years ago by fighting for the right to bear her dead husband's children, and super athlete Chrissy Wellington who's 4 times winner of the female Iron Man triathlon, a Daytrip to Sheffield with The Human League/Heaven 17's Martyn Ware, a man who has a theory about height and school uniform and the Inheritance Tracks of Speaker of The House of Commons John Bercow.

The 42nd Book Slam podcast bids farewell to the legend that is Gil Scott-Heron and celebrates the publication of his posthumous memoir, 'The Last Holiday'. We're joined by his longtime collaborator Astro/ Harmonica Music, plus poets Salena Godden, Kate Tempest and Ben Mellor. We also say so long to Patrick for a bit. I don't suppose we'll miss him much. Patrick wells up, Elliott cuts him down to size.

Richard Coles with writer, fisherman and former agony-uncle Nick Fisher, poet Salena Godden, the filmmaker who refused Colonel Gaddafi after going to meet him in the Libyan desert, a woman who grew up on the road in a traveller community, a Crowdscape from Glasgow's Central Station & Inheritance Tracks from Ophelia Dahl. Producer: Debbie Kilbride.

Richard Coles with psychologist and persuasion expert Kevin Dutton, poet Salena Godden, a man working with young people to stop them joining street gangs, and one of Britain's oldest bookies. There's a Crowdscape from Chipping Norton and The Selecter's Pauline Black shares her Inheritance Tracks.

Richard Coles with composer Howard Goodall, poet Salena Godden, mannequin revolutionary Kevin Arpino, and civil servant turned boxing promoter Miranda Carter. There's a Sound Sculpture of an intensive care unit and Country legend Emmylou Harris shares her Inheritance Tracks.

Fi Glover with creativity guru Sir Ken Robinson and poet Salena Godden; an interview with a man who grew up in a squatter camp in Northern Ireland; a Sound Sculpture which inspired a career in science fiction; the Secret Life of former Liverpool FC manager Rafael Benitez; actress and writer Jo Scanlan shares her Inheritance Tracks.

Fi Glover with Eden Project founder Tim Smit and poet Salena Godden; interviews with a man who lived with a stammer for 20 years before learning to control it, and a tube driver whose life became involved with that of the person who killed themselves under his train. There's a Guerilla Report on mix tapes and Stephen Fry shares his Inheritance Tracks.

Fi Glover with educationist and creativity guru Sir Ken Robinson, poet Salena Godden, teen mum Hannah White who has 4 A levels, and a man who has just escaped from Somali pirates. There's a Sound Sculpture of an 8mm movie projector, and the Inheritance Tracks of Sir Ian Botham.

The 30th Book Slam podcast features the inimitable Salena Godden (pictured) doing an excellent impression of herself, DBC Pierre discussing his latest novel, 'Lights Out In Wonderland' and one-man-and-his-pram Lewis Floyd Henry tearing it up like a poster boy for post-Hendrix. Plus acclaimed poet Ruth Padel faces the fear of Angebot and the Book Slam Big 5. Patrick thanks everyone, no thanks to Elliott. 

Fi Glover is joined in the studio by the first lady of Radio 1 Annie Nightingale MBE, poet Salena Godden and the daughter of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. There's a guerilla report from a woman who has 400 pairs of designer shoes, an interview with the milkman who threw away several paintings by LS Lowry, and former Ryder cup captain Sam Torrance shares his Inheritance Tracks.The producer is Debbie Kilbride.

Xandra Bingley, Antonia Quirke & Salena Godden. What drives a writer to write an autobiography? What makes a memoir unique? And what is it about them that so appeals to publishers and readers? Three outstanding memoirists talk about their very different experiences of writing about their own lives. They are joined by Arabella Pike, Publishing Director of Harper Press and the event is chaired by Observer interviewer and writer Rachel Cooke.