Simon Richardson
@sighrichardson
Arts & media producer @BBCRadio4
Co-Chair @STWevents London's literature development agency
Steering Group @CoastIQlitfest
Judge #BritishBookAwards
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22-05-2009 11:23:26
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Listen to the latest BBC Radio 4/BBC Sounds episode of The Media Show, with Birkbeck Film, Media & Journalism' Rob Topinka speaking on conspiracy theories and bogus 'crisis actors' being used by both sides in the Israel-Gaza conflict bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0β¦
We're OPEN to applications for Deptford Literature Festival 2024 commissions from London-based deaf & disabled writers aged 18+ π If you write poetry, fiction, narrative non-fiction or writing for performance - we want to hear from you! Apply by 7 Nov: spreadtheword.org.uk/open-call-deafβ¦
Timely & important episode of the Media Show with Ros Atkins interviewing Reutersβ alessandra galloni, AFP News Agencyβs Philip Chetwynd, Richard Burgess, emily bell & Isobel Yeung on reporting #Israel #Gaza bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0β¦
Another amazing The Coast Is Queer Festival done and dusted, my favourite event of the year. Congratulations @NewWritingSouth & @MarlboroughProd, thank you @Ace_National for investing in its future & most importantly thank you to everyone, artists and audiences, who came & made it so special
The Disabled Poets Prize Prize is now open for deaf & disabled UK poets with awards in best single poem, best unpublished pamphlet, & best poem performed in BSL and offers prize money plus exceptional opportunities. Free entry.
For more info visit: disabledpoetsprize.org.uk
D/L 31 Oct
I've had lovely feedback for this prog on what AI means for all kinds of jobs that involve writing. Check it out & be very afraid - or not, depending on your disposition.
Presented by Katie Razzall & thanks to Madhumita Murgia, jack ryan π, Tom Clarke, Eliz Mizon bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0β¦
A month today till Hastings Book Festival begins! I'm really looking fwd to interviewing one of the most garlanded novelists of the year, Tom Crewe about his novel The New Life, a fictionalised account of the grandparents of the gay rights movement, 23 Sept hastingsbookfest.org/events/tom-creβ¦
Our #FreeReads scheme with The Literary Consultancy is BACK! Open to London writers on a low income, apply for the opportunity to get professional feedback:
- on your manuscript
- on your submissions package (new!)
- with an editor 1-2-1 (new!)
D/L 2 October - info here π
spreadtheword.org.uk/free-reads-202β¦
The day after I filed this piece my timeline was full of pics of parts of the progress pride flag being destroyed. So it bears repeating: in a year of growing anti-LGBTQIA sentiment and legislation, we need to keep these books in schools and libraries πͺπ» thebookseller.com/comment/publisβ¦
'I usually start with the last line...'
@Onwuemezi explains her short story writing method to @AnnaWoodyes, both in conversation with Charlene Teo at #DeptfordLitFest 's Fitzcarraldo Editions panel. The first event I've attended as Spread the Word co-chair and such an inspiring one.