Sat 25 Sept - Jon Stone - Poetry and Video Games

Jon Stone discusses the relationship between these two art forms. He reads from his new pamphlet, Sandsnarl (Emma Press, 2021) and discusses world building and fantasy genre within poetry collections and the potential for new hybrid work.


Listen Again - Jon Stone - Poetry and Video Games - Sat 25 Sept

Sat 18 Sept 2021 - Levan Tozashvili - Georgia and animation

Levan Tozashvili is a Georgian animator based in London and joins me for a discussion about his life in animation. Looking at the work of Rezo otherwise known as Revaz Gabriadze the playwright and painter and at the difficulties that Georgian film studios faced in the Perestroika period and how that impacted on production. Soviet Child @child_soviet regularly tweets about art and animation from the former Soviet Union which a special emphasis on children’s books.

Listen Again - Levan Tozashvili - Georgia and Animation - Sat 18 Sept 2021

Sat 11 Sept - Soviet Child - Music inspired by Soviet Film

Soviet Child is the Twitter feed run by Riitta Hakkarainen and Jude Cowan Montague at @child_soviet - tweeting about animation and children's literature from the former Soviet Union - and beyond. This week's show listens to music encountered along these adventures of exploration into media from the past.

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Listen Again - Sat 11 Sept 2021 - Soviet Child - Music Inspired by Soviet Film