Climate Fiction

11/13/20 • 28 min

In today's podcast we look at the genre of climate fiction or "Cli Fi" and preview two upcoming audio dramas we'll be sharing as part of our Autumn climate season. We talk to the authors of the two pieces, Anna Orridge and Kevan Manwaring and get their views on Cli Fi, writing in general and the stories that inspired our upcoming dramas.
In todays' podcast, presented by Kelli Winkler you heard the voices of Anna Orridge and Kevan Manwaring.
You heard clips from our forthcoming dramas Backdrop by Anna Orridge and Black Box by Kevan Manwaring
You heard the voices of actors Marie-Claire Wood, Harri-Rees Jones, Kelley Costigan and Kelli Winkler in the Backdrop trailer.
In the Black Box trailer you heard Danyelle Ellett, Lewie Watson and Charlie Richards.
Sound design, soundscaping and music are by Chris Gregory with effects from freesound.org
Backdrop will be out on 20th November with Black Box appearing in three parts on 28th November, 4th and 11th December
Links and social media
You can follow Anna Orridge on twitter here

https://twitter.com/orridge_anna

You can follow Kevan Manwaring on twitter here

https://twitter.com/bardicacademic

and visit Kevan’s wordpress site where you can read more of his writing here

https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/
We ended the podcast with a recommendation for the novel America City by Chris Beckett
You can purchase America City from Blackwell’s here

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/America-city-by-Chris-Beckett-author/9781786491534

You can download a free sample of America City here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3H49Dxf9NTpHXrTybN80hxC/america-city-by-chris-beckett

and you can follow Chris Beckett on twitter here

https://twitter.com/chriszbeckett

We are publicising the work of Culture Declares Emergency during our Autumn climate season. You can follow them on twitter here

https://twitter.com/CultureDeclares

And you can pledge your support to their cause here

https://www.culturedeclares.org/
Please note, we have bleeped out swearing in the trailer for Black Box. When we put out the "real thing" all swearing will be fully audible (and beautifully delivered by Lewie Watson!)
Also in the trailer for Black Box you heard Lewie singing a few lines from "King of The Road" by Roger Miller. We don't own the rights to this and acknowledge all copyrights relating to the piece.

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You can follow Kevan Manwaring on twitter here

https://twitter.com/bardicacademic

and visit Kevan’s wordpress site where you can read more of his writing here

https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/
We ended the podcast with a recommendation for the novel America City by Chris Beckett
You can purchase America City from Blackwell’s here

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/America-city-by-Chris-Beckett-author/9781786491534

You can download a free sample of America City here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3H49Dxf9NTpHXrTybN80hxC/america-city-by-chris-beckett

and you can follow Chris Beckett on twitter here

https://twitter.com/chriszbeckett

We are publicising the work of Culture Declares Emergency during our Autumn climate season. You can follow them on twitter here

https://twitter.com/CultureDeclares

And you can pledge your support to their cause here

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Spoken Word

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In this edition of the podcast we look at spoken word poetry. We feature a new project from Kent: a music and poetry collaboration by Nancy Gaffield and The Drift. We look at spoken word record label Nymphs and Thugs and we hear from Lisa Mead, CEO and Artistic Director of Apples and Snakes. The presenter is Marie-Claire Wood
There is some swearing and references to suicide and drug use in this podcast. Please avoid if this is likely to offend

In today’s podcast you heard:

An interview with Nancy Gaffield, Rob Pursey, Amelia Fletcher and Darren Pilcher of Nancy Gaffield and The Drift. http://thedrift.uk/

The track you heard was Wealden Part 3 : Song of The Shingle from the album Wealden published by Longbarrow Press as a book and CD pack
https://longbarrowpress.com/

Wealden is also available as a digital download from The Drift’s record label Skep Wax https://skepwax.bandcamp.com/

Follow Nancy Gaffield, The Drift and Longbarrow Press on Twitter here

https://twitter.com/nancyjgv1
https://twitter.com/thedriftkent
https://twitter.com/LongbarrowPress

You also heard an interview with Matt Abbott, founding owner of Nymphs and Thugs. https://nymphsandthugs.net/

The poems you heard were
“I Saw Goody Proctor Jogging Without a Face Mask” by Salena Godden
“Nowt Matters Now” by Toria Garbutt

You can buy content from Nymphs and Thugs including these recordings via their band camp page here
https://nymphsandthugs.bandcamp.com/

Follow Nymphs and Thugs, Matt, Salena and Toria on twitter here
https://twitter.com/nymphsandthugs
https://twitter.com/MattAbbottPoet
https://twitter.com/salenagodden
https://twitter.com/ToriaGarbutt

Our final interview is with Apples and Snakes and their Artistic Director Lisa Mead. Find out more about Apples and Snakes and link to their online content here https://applesandsnakes.org/

and here for their excellent YouTube channel where you can see many poets performing live
https://www.youtube.com/c/ApplesandSnakesPoetry

You heard poems by John Bernard and Adrian B Earle

Follow Apples and Snakes, Lisa Mead, John Bernard and Adrian B Earle on twitter here
https://twitter.com/ApplesAndSnakes
https://twitter.com/applesMead
https://twitter.com/PoetBernard
https://twitter.com/Think_write_fly

This podcast was presented by Marie-Claire Wood https://twitter.com/MarieClaireWood

Production, sound design and editing were by Chris Gregory
Individual sound design and editing of the poems and interviews within the show were by the contributors

We would like to thank all contributors to this podcast. If you can please check out all the links we’ve posted, buy content from the suppliers and support artists, poets, musicians, writers and any creative

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Backdrop: an Audio Drama

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In a future London ravaged by the effects of climate change, a company is busy harvesting memories to build virtual versions of the world before "The Withering". But there are parts of her past Laura would rather forget. This episode contains swearing and accounts of emotional abuse. Listeners are advised to avoid this story if they are likely to be offended by either.
Backdrop is based on a short story by Anna Orridge and adapted by Anna Orridge and Chris Gregory
In Backdrop you'll hear
Marie-Claire Wood as Laura
Harri Rees-Jones as Marvin
Kelley Costigan as The Administrator
Kelli Winkler as the voice of Backdrop
Chris Gregory as Laura's father
Music, sound design and editing are by Chris Gregory
Sound effects are from freesound.org
The presenter in this edition is Kelli Winkler
This edition contains a trailer for Black Box by Kevan Manwaring in which you can hear the voices of Danyelle Ellett, Lewie Watson and Charlie Richards. Part One of Black Box will be out on Friday 27th November.
If you would like to read the original short story upon which our audio drama is based you can do so here http://mironline.org/backdrop/

You can find out more about our brilliant actors here
Marie-Claire https://twitter.com/MarieClaireWood

Harri https://twitter.com/HarriReesJones

Kelli https://twitter.com/KelliWinkler

And Kelley https://twitter.com/KelleyCostigan

And follow Anna on twitter here https://twitter.com/orridge_anna
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Finally we’d like to thank everyone who entered our competition to win a copy of Fay Hield’s album over on twitter. As you may recall, Fay is one of the UK’s foremost folk singers and was a co-writer of the drama Hare Spell which we released back in September. Her album Wrackline has been voted the second best folk album of the year by Songlines magazine and has been riding high in the UK folk album chart. The lucky winners of the competition were Tanith Hicks, Rebecca Lambert and Lisa O’Hare and signed copies of the album should be with you very shortly.
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