The Gabriela Houston Project: Storytelling in all its forms

The Gabriela Houston Project: Storytelling in All Its Forms EP 27. Teika Marija Smits

Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! As an author, it's my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyone’s life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel!Today’s guest is Teika Marija Smits, a UK-based freelance editor and the author of the speculative short story collections, Umbilical (NewCon Press) and Waterlore (Black Shuck Books) for which she won the British Fantasy Society’s Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.You [http://newcomer.You] can find our more about Teika here: https://teikamarijasmits.comYou [https://teikamarijasmits.comYou] can look up her collection here: http://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=229&referer=Catalogue [http://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=229&referer=Catalogue] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com [https://gabrielahouston.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The Gabriela Houston Project EP 26: Dance and Storytelling with Historian Susan De Guardiola

Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyone’s life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel! Today’s guest is Susan de Guardiola. Susan is a social dance historian, teacher, and caller and the author of the dance history blog Capering and Kickery. Check out her blog here: https://www.kickery.com [https://www.kickery.com] We talk about storytelling through dance and the difficulty in creating a realistic period dance in shows such as Bridgerton or Pride and Prejudice. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com [https://gabrielahouston.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The Gabriela Houston Project EP 25: Caroline Hardaker

Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyone’s life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel! Today’s guest is the Author,  Poet, Novelist. Librettist and Sporadic puppeteer, Caroline Hardaker. Caroline’s debut poetry collection, Bone Ovation [https://carolinehardakerwrites.com/books-2/bone-ovation/], was published by Valley Press in 2017, and her first full length collection, Little Quakes Every Day [https://carolinehardakerwrites.com/books-2/little-quakes-every-day/], was published by Valley Press in November 2020. Caroline’s debut novel, Composite Creatures [https://carolinehardakerwrites.com/books-2/composite-creatures/], was published by Angry Robot in April 2021. Her second novel – Mothtown [https://carolinehardakerwrites.com/2022/10/06/mothtown-coming-november-2023/] – was published by Angry Robot in November 2023. She has Work featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian, and New Scientist. Shortlisted for a Golden Tentacle Award (The Kitschies). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com [https://gabrielahouston.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Tiffany Yu: Anti-Ableism, Storytelling and The Empathy Gap. The Gabriela Houston Project: EP 24

Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyone’s life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel!Today’s guest, Tiffany Yu is an American entrepreneur and disability rights advocate who founded Diversability, which is a social enterprise to advocate for equality for people with disabilities.She is also the author of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto, which is out now and available now. You can find out more about Tiffany here: https://www.tiffanyyu.com [https://www.tiffanyyu.com] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com [https://gabrielahouston.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

EP 23 Folklore and Fantasy Writing: R R Virdi & Shauna Lawless: The Gabriela Houston Project, Storytelling

Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! I'm a writer and author of Slavic-folklore-inspired novels. Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyone’s life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel!Today for something different, I have invited two authors known for using mythology and folklore in their writing: Shauna Lawless and Ronnie(RR)VirdiR.R. Virdi is an American urban fantasyauthor. Two of his novels have been nominated for a Dragon Award: Grave Measures in 2016 and Dangerous Ways in 2017. His novelette, "Messenger" (co-authored with Yudhanjaya Wijeratne), was nominated for a Nebula Award in 2019.You [http://2019.You] can learn more about his writing here: https://www.rrvirdi.com [https://www.rrvirdi.com] Shauna Lawless is an author and lover of magical, historical fantasy fiction. Inspired by her childhood passion for Irish history and mythology, she has spent the last six years learning the craft of writing, and obsessing about Irish myths, famous druids and warriors, and Irish traditions. The Children of Gods and Fighting Men, her first novel in The Gael Song Trilogy, was published by Head of Zeus in 2022. The second instalment, The Words of Kings and Prophets, was released in Autumn 2023. The trilogy will be completed with The Land of the Living and the Dead (2024).You can learn more about her here:https://shaunalawless.com [https://shaunalawless.com] You can find out more about Gabriela Houston's writing here: https://www.gabrielahouston.com/category/journal/ [https://www.gabrielahouston.com/category/journal/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com [https://gabrielahouston.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]