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The Amplify Project Podcasts
Black writers for the stage, page and screen tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write.
Listen to the trailer for Series 2 here.
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The Characters Are In Charge
Screenwriter and playwright, Theresa Ikoko, joins our host for ep 10, S2. Theresa shares her journey from winning awards for her first theatre play to writing for the screen.
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Theresa Ikoko
The Characters Are In Charge
Screenwriter and playwright, Theresa Ikoko, joins our host for ep 10, S2. Theresa shares her journey from winning awards for her first theatre play to writing for the screen.
Listen hereLeone Ross
Strangeness as Metaphor
Novelist, short story writer, editor and educator Leone Ross join our hosts for ep 9, S2. In this episode we learn that being a writer comes from the impulse to tell stories to try to make sense of things with sentences.
Listen herePatrice Lawrence
Mind Mapping
Joining us for Ep 8, S2 is writer and journalist, Patrice Lawrence. She is the author of the award-winning children and YA books, Orangeboy, Indigo Donut and Eight Pieces of Silver.
Listen hereCourttia Newland
Cyclical Evolution
For Ep 7, S2 our hosts are joined by author, screenwriter, playwright, creative writing tutor and literary activist Courttia Newland. In this episode we learn about Courttia's drive for diversifying his writing using different genres and formats.
Listen hereInua Ellams
Icaraus' Wings
Our guest for Episode 6, S2 of The Amplify Project is award-winning poet, playwright & performer, graphic artist & designer, Inua Ellams.
Listen hereDreda Say Mitchell
Honouring Oracy
Crime writer Dreda Say Mitchell MBE, joins hosts Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker for episode 5 in Series 2 of The Amplify Project.
Listen hereBen Tagoe
The Pragmatic Optimist
BAFTA nominated writer Ben Tagoe joins our hosts Pauline Walker and Patricia Cumper for episode 4 of The Amplify Project.
Listen hereDean Atta
Claiming His Tick Box
For the third episode of this series, our hosts are joined by YA writer Dean Atta.
Listen hereRoy Williams
Climbing The Racial Mountain
In this second episode in the series, our hosts are joined by one of the country's leading dramatists Roy Williams OBE FRSL
Listen hereYomi Sode
The Malleable Storyteller
Introducing the first episode in this, the second series of The Amplify Project. Our podcast hosts Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by award-winning Nigerian British writer, Yomi Sode.
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