Wayne Holloway-Smith's guest appearances

Wayne Holloway-Smith

Lunar Poetry Podcasts

The Poetry Society

Faber Poetry Podcast

Jane Yeh

Mary Jean Chan

Salena Godden

Nick Makoha

Richard Scott

Helen Mort

Fiona Benson

Raymond Antrobus

Ishion Hutchinson

Maurice Riordan

Don Paterson

Rachel Long

Ilya Kaminsky

Sam Riviere

Kayo Chingonyi

OwlTail

Mona Arshi

Mona Arshi, one of three judges in the 2019 National Poetry Competition,  joins Wayne Holloway-Smith, the winner of the 2018 National Poetry Competition, to talk to Oliver Fox about what makes a successful poem. They discuss two prize winning poems from the competition's history: 'Oiled Legs Have Their Own Subtext' by Momtaza Mehri (3rd Prize, 2017), and 'The Body in the Library' by Jane Yeh (commended, 2009). If you'd like to enter the National Poetry Competition for yourself, the deadline for entries is 31 October each year. To find out how to enter, visit poetrysociety.org.uk/npc.Links to featured poems:'Oiled Legs Have Their Own Subtext' by Momtaza Mehri: https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/oiled-legs-have-their-own-subtext'The Body in the Library' by Jane Yeh:https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/the-body-in-the-library/

Mona Arshi, one of three judges in the 2019 National Poetry Competition, joins Wayne Holloway-Smith, the winner of the 2018 National Poetry Competition, to talk to Oliver Fox about what makes a successful poem. They discuss two prize winning poems from the competition's history: 'Oiled Legs Have Their Own Subtext' by Momtaza Mehri (3rd Prize, 2017), and 'The Body in the Library' by Jane Yeh (commended, 2009). If you'd like to enter the National Poetry Competition for yourself, the deadline for entries is 31 October each year. To find out how to enter, visit <a href="http://poetrysociety.org.uk/npc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">poetrysociety.org.uk/npc</a>. Links to featured poems: 'Oiled Legs Have Their Own Subtext' by Momtaza Mehri: <a href="https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/oiled-legs-have-their-own-subtext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/oiled-legs-have-their-own-subtext</a> 'The Body in the Library' by Jane Yeh: <a href="https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/the-body-in-the-library/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/the-body-in-the-library/</a>

National Poetry Competition: Mona Arshi and Wayne Holloway-Smith on writing a prize winning poem

In this episode, Rachael and Jack talk fatherhood, the lyric I and the magical sound of a garden pond with their guests Wayne Holloway-Smith and Maurice Riordan and there are audio postcards from Mary Jean Chan, Kaveh Akbar and Nisha Ramayya. Featured audio poems:  ‘Poetry is the last place’ by Mary Jean Chan.     ‘Ultrasound’ by Kaveh Akbar.      ‘After infatuation’ by Nisha Ramayya.     All relevant links can be found in this episode's show notes. The Faber Poetry Podcast is produced by Rachael Allen, Jack Underwood and Hannah Marshall for Faber &amp; Faber. Editing by Billy Godfrey at Strathmore Publishing.  Thanks to Kaveh Akbar, Mary Jean Chan, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Nisha Ramayya and Maurice Riordan. Special thanks to Margot Holloway-Smith for this episode’s outro.

In this episode, Rachael and Jack talk fatherhood, the lyric I and the magical sound of a garden pond with their guests Wayne Holloway-Smith and Maurice Riordan and there are audio postcards from Mary Jean Chan, Kaveh Akbar and Nisha Ramayya. Featured audio poems: <ul> <li>‘Poetry is the last place’ by Mary Jean Chan.  </li> <li>‘Ultrasound’ by Kaveh Akbar.   </li> <li>‘After infatuation’ by Nisha Ramayya. </li> </ul> All relevant links can be found in this episode's <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/blog/faber-poetry-podcast-episode-four-wayne-holloway-smith-maurice-riordan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">show notes</a>. The Faber Poetry Podcast is produced by Rachael Allen, Jack Underwood and Hannah Marshall for Faber &amp; Faber. Editing by Billy Godfrey at Strathmore Publishing.  Thanks to Kaveh Akbar, Mary Jean Chan, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Nisha Ramayya and Maurice Riordan. Special thanks to Margot Holloway-Smith for this episode’s outro.

S1 Ep4: Episode 4: Wayne Holloway-Smith & Maurice Riordan 

Khairani Barokka

This episode is in two parts. A full transcript is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-95-khairani-barokka-wayne-holloway-smith-lpp-transcript.pdfPart one: David Turner chats to Khairani Barokka about co-editing the first major UK anthology of poetry and essays by Disabled and D/deaf poets, Stairs and Whispers. The pair also talk about Khairani's upcoming debut collection, Rope.http://www.khairanibarokka.com/ http://docs.tenderjournal.co.uk/tender-eight.pdfhttp://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/khairani-barokka-poetry-collection-indigenous-species/Part two (27:39): Lizzy Palmer talks to Wayne-Holloway-Smith about his debut collection, Alarum (Bloodaxe Books) and teaching a short course at The Poetry School.http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/alarum-1133

This episode is in two parts. A full transcript is available to download here: <a href="https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-95-khairani-barokka-wayne-holloway-smith-lpp-transcript.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-95-khairani-barokka-wayne-holloway-smith-lpp-transcript.pdf</a> Part one: David Turner chats to Khairani Barokka about co-editing the first major UK anthology of poetry and essays by Disabled and D/deaf poets, Stairs and Whispers. The pair also talk about Khairani's upcoming debut collection, Rope. <a href="http://www.khairanibarokka.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.khairanibarokka.com/</a> <a href="http://docs.tenderjournal.co.uk/tender-eight.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://docs.tenderjournal.co.uk/tender-eight.pdf</a> http://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/khairani-barokka-poetry-collection-indigenous-species/ Part two (27:39): Lizzy Palmer talks to Wayne-Holloway-Smith about his debut collection, Alarum (Bloodaxe Books) and teaching a short course at The Poetry School. <a href="http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/alarum-1133" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/alarum-1133</a>

Ep. 95 - Khairani Barokka; Wayne Holloway-Smith (transcript available)