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Category Archives: Radio
Union Cup – Day 1
Last night I attended the launch party for the Union Cup, which was held at Bristol’s science museum, @Bristol, an extraordinary venue which I must visit again and report on in detail. The party was a fascinating experience. There were … Continue reading
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Yesterday On Ujima
Yesterday’s radio show was a lot of fun. I spent the first half hour of the show talking to the very talented Jack Wolf about his amazing new novel, The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones. The book is … Continue reading
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Woman’s Hour on SF – A Train Wreck
Well, that was dreadful: a self-fulfilling prophecy full of misinformation. I suspect that today’s Woman’s Hour feature on science fiction was doomed from the start, because the initial assumption of the piece appears to have been that SF is only … Continue reading
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Ujima: May Day, Bank Notes & Job Searching
Yesterday’s Ujima shows are available under our Listen Again feature now. The first hour kicks off with some discussion of May Day. Paulette wants to talk about International Labour Day. I want to talk about Beltane and maypoles. It sort … Continue reading
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Bristol Tomorrow: Steampunk, May Day & Bank Notes
I’ll be in Bristol tomorrow for the kick off meeting for Airship Shape and Bristol Fashion, the new Wizard’s Tower steampunk anthology. From 6:30pm we’ll be at the Shakespeare Tavern in Prince Street where Eugene Byrne will be entertaining us … Continue reading
Woman’s Hour Investigates SF
Thanks to one of my readers, I can let you know about this coming Friday’s edition of the Radio 4 show, Woman’s Hour, in which they will be asking, “What’s happened to the tough women in science fiction?” Knowing the … Continue reading
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Ujima: Bea Hitchman, Kate Dunn, Edson Burton
Yesterday’s Women’s Outlook show began with me interviewing local writer, Bea Hitchman. I first met Bea as part of the 2012 LGBT History Month activities, and have been looking forward to her book, Petite Mort, ever since. I’m delighted to … Continue reading
Today On Ujima: Emma Newman, Roz Clarke, Becca Lloyd
Paulette let me have a huge chunk of today’s Women’s Outlook show. Hopefully I did OK with it. I know I had some wonderful guests. In the first half hour I talk to Emma Newman about her Split Worlds novels. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Clothes, Current Affairs, Feminism, Food, Radio, Travel
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The Patrick Ness Interview & Union Cup
Last night’s edition of Shout Out is now available online. You can find their Listen Again service here. There are no direct links to shows, so make sure you look for April 11th. Alternatively, here’s the mp3. The interview starts … Continue reading
Radio: Legal Aid, Black History & Thatcher
As I noted on Tuesday, this week’s Women’s Outlook show was light on books and heavy on politics. In the first half hour Paulette and I quiz two Bristol experts on legal aid. What the government is doing in this … Continue reading
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Forthcoming Radio
I don’t have any book-related material for Ujima tomorrow, but Paulette wants me in the studio anyway. We are apparently discussing some major changes to the provision of legal aid in the UK, and as I have a good friend … Continue reading
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Genetic Engineering and Feminist Theatre at Ujima
I spent all of yesterday in Bristol. Mainly that was because I had a whole hour of live radio to fill, and two fabulous guests. The show is available here. To whet your appetites, here is some of what we … Continue reading
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Busy Week
Sorry about the lack of bloggage recently. Yesterday and much of today are being taken up with an urgent piece of work for the day job. It makes me money, and nothing else I do does, so I have to … Continue reading
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Yesterday On Ujima: Amelia & Zombies
Yesterday was a busy day for me at Ujima Radio. Paulette kindly let me have the first half hour for Talking Books, and as I had Amelia Beamer in the studio we focused on zombies, including her novel, The Loving … Continue reading
Not Bad, Radio 4, But Could Do Better
Last night Radio 4′s Analysis show ran a half hour program entitled “Who decides if I’m a woman?”. It features a number of interviewees, including actual trans people, the senior doctor from the Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic, and inevitably … Continue reading
Karen Lord on ABC
Karen Lord was a guest at the Adelaide Writers’ Festival earlier this month. While she was there, she recorded an interview with Richard Fidler of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is a great interview, and you can listen to it … Continue reading
Got Radio (with added Tim Maughan)
As I said yesterday, there’s a problem with the Ujima website, as a result of which the Women’s Outlook shows do not appear in the Listen Again section. However, the shows are online, so with the application of a little … Continue reading
Busy Day – Radio, Readings, Lack of Sleep
I spent most of yesterday in Bristol, doing radio at Ujima and then hosting a reading by Emma Newman and Jo Hall. The radio stuff ended up being not much about books, but was fun all the same. As a … Continue reading
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Thunderbolt Tonight
I am in Bristol all day today. I’ll be live on Ujima for much of the Women’s Outlook show between 12:00 and 14:00. And in the evening I’ll be at the Thunderbolt where I am going to be the compere … Continue reading
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Jack Wolf On ShoutOut
I have been catching up with all sorts of things since I got back from Exeter. Included in that is the Shout Out Bristol LGBT radio show. Part of that is ego boo, of course. I get mentioned a couple … Continue reading
