The Poetry Bath

Sarah Salway: The Hands of a Gardener (Part 1)

Sarah Salway [https://www.sarahsalway.co.uk] returns to the Poetry Bath to read from her new collection, The Hands of a Gardener [https://worplepress.com/product/the-hands-of-a-gardener/], a novel in verse that follows the life of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. Sarah talks about writing with an end in view and how the collection began as a crime novel. We also chat about story, landscape and the women, both real and imaginary, in Brown's life.  The Poetry Bath's theme tune is composed and performed by Nigel Horn [https://nigelanthonyhorn.bandcamp.com/album/small-mercies]. In 2023 The Poetry Bath moved to Buzzsprout from Wildhart Radio. You can listen to all 51 earlier episodes via my website [https://www.sianthomas.co.uk/the-poetry-bath.html].

Barry Fentiman Hall (Part 2)

In this second part of our conversation, Barry Fentiman Hall [https://www.wordsmithery.info/bfh-books] and I talk about work, class and horrible jobs. We continue our discussion of his poem 'I Ran' and he tells me about going to the same school as his dad and the 'many-headed memory monsters' that are hospitals.  Fans of literary festivals might also like to find out more about Barry's Medway River Lit Festival [https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/].  The Poetry Bath's theme tune is composed and performed by Nigel Horn [https://nigelanthonyhorn.bandcamp.com/album/small-mercies]. In 2023 The Poetry Bath moved to Buzzsprout from Wildhart Radio. You can listen to all 51 earlier episodes via my website [https://www.sianthomas.co.uk/the-poetry-bath.html].

Barry Fentiman Hall (Part 1)

Medway-based poet Barry Fentiman Hall [https://www.wordsmithery.info/bfh-books] joins me to read his work [https://www.wordsmithery.info/booksmithery] and talk about English identity and the politics of writing. We also chat about his neural diversity and what it meant to him to discover he had cerebral palsy at the age of twenty-five.  Fans of literary festivals might also like to find out more about Barry's Medway River Lit Festival [https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk].  The Poetry Bath's theme tune is composed and performed by Nigel Horn [https://nigelanthonyhorn.bandcamp.com/album/small-mercies]. In 2023 The Poetry Bath moved to Buzzsprout from Wildhart Radio. You can listen to all 51 earlier episodes via my website [https://www.sianthomas.co.uk/the-poetry-bath.html].

Janice Warman: These are the things we have lost (Part 2)

In the second part of my conversation with Janice Warman [https://www.walker.co.uk/author/janice-warman/], Janice reads further poems from These are the things we have lost  [https://www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page/these-are-the-things-we-have-lost] and tells me about her parents and the tricky art of writing about the ones we love.   The Poetry Bath's theme tune is composed and performed by Nigel Horn [https://nigelanthonyhorn.bandcamp.com/album/small-mercies]. In 2023 The Poetry Bath moved to Buzzsprout from Wildhart Radio. You can listen to all 51 earlier episodes via my website [https://www.sianthomas.co.uk/the-poetry-bath.html].

Janice Warman: These are the things we have lost (Part 1)

Janice Warman [https://www.walker.co.uk/author/janice-warman/]'s collection These are the things we have lost  [https://www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page/these-are-the-things-we-have-lost]was published in January by Fly on the Wall Press [https://www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk]. Janice joins me to celebrate its release, read from the book and talk to me about growing up in South Africa, gendered violence, fiction in poetry and the delight of writing on planes, trains and horseback.  The Poetry Bath's theme tune is composed and performed by Nigel Horn [https://nigelanthonyhorn.bandcamp.com/album/small-mercies]. In 2023 The Poetry Bath moved to Buzzsprout from Wildhart Radio. You can listen to all 51 earlier episodes via my website [https://www.sianthomas.co.uk/the-poetry-bath.html].