5 Podcast Episodes
Jean Sprackland and Chris McCabe: These Silent Mansions
Jean Sprackland and Chris McCabe: These Silent Mansions
In her previous book Strands poet and essayist Jean Sprackland brought lyrically to life the hidden histories of objects... Read more
18 Mar 2020
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57mins
Jean Sprackland
Jean Sprackland
In this, the week of National Poetry Day, Rob’s guest is the poet, Jean Sprackland.
9 Oct 2015
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1hr 3mins
Ruth Padel and Jean Sprackland: The Narratives of Nature
Ruth Padel and Jean Sprackland: The Narratives of Nature
In The Mara Crossing, poet Ruth Padel explores in poetry and prose the theme of home and what being native means, as our... Read more
12 Sep 2013
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1hr 1min
Drysalter: Poetry, Faith and Doubt - Michael Symmons Roberts in conversation with Jean Sprackland
Drysalter: Poetry, Faith and Doubt - Michael Symmons Roberts in conversation with Jean Sprackland
Michael Symmons Roberts has been described by Jeanette Winterson as ‘a religious poet for a secular age’ and by Les Murr... Read more
18 Apr 2013
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28mins
To the River, To the Sea: Olivia Laing and Jean Sprackland
To the River, To the Sea: Olivia Laing and Jean Sprackland
'To the River' is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. One midsummer week ov... Read more
23 Jun 2012
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1hr 9mins