Leslie Tate

HELEN DEWBERY & MAKING A POETRY FILM - Leslie Tate I interviewed poetry filmmaker, editor and writer Helen Dewbery. She co-hosts the Poetry Film Club and Festival in Bristol and is director of Poetry Film Live. Her ‘Making Poetry Film’ workshops and t...

Interview with Helen Dewbery who directs Poetry Film Live. Helen’s latest book, ‘How to Make a Poetry Film’, is a step-by-step guide to making a poetry film. leslietate.com/2026/01/05/h...

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MARK STATMAN: MEXICO AND THE POETRY OF GRIEF AND CELEBRATION Part 1 - Leslie Tate I interviewed international poet and translator Mark Statman about Volverse/Volver, his 14th published collection. Mark, who has won national arts awards, is Emeritus Professor of Literary Studies at ...

Interviewing poet/translator Mark Statman about his 14th collection, Volverse/Volver leslietate.com/2025/09/22/m...

“Volverse/Volver gives me the chance to plant a different flag in the earth, not one of a single nation but one that stands for a commitment to love, social justice, and beauty.”

LISA DART - SURVIVAL POETRY AND THE VOICES OF EXPERIENCE - Leslie Tate I interviewed Lisa Dart, finalist in the Grolier, Aesthetica and Troubadour Poetry Prizes and author of The Linguistics of Light (poems, Salt, 2008), Fathom (prose memoir, Free Association Press, 2019...

Interview with Lisa Dart author of The Linguistics of Light (poems), Fathom (prose memoir), and This Thing of Darkness (illustrated book that won a British Arts Council Award). leslietate.com/2025/07/07/l...

JULIA LEE BARCLAY-MORTON - YOGA, WATER AND REWRITING AUTISM - Leslie Tate I interviewed writer Julia Lee Barclay-Morton about her experience of autism. Julia began as an experimental dramatist in New York, moving to the UK to found Apocryphal Theatre and research a PhD in p...

thanks to @leslietate.bsky.social for this wonderful interview about late diagnosed #autism, the impossibility and necessity of writing unmasked #autistictexts, my #writing, #meditation and #yoga practices and how it all links to my obsession with water: leslietate.com/2025/06/23/j...

GILLEAN McDOUGALL, WRITER, INVESTIGATING THE HISTORY OF GARTNAVEL ASYLUM & GLASGOW'S SURGICAL ARCHIVES! - Leslie Tate I interviewed Gillean McDougall from Glasgow, who edited the collaborative projects Honest Error (on Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald) and Writing the Asylum (on Gartnavel Roy...

I interviewed Gillean McDougall, editor of community projects ‘Honest Error’ (on Charles Rennie Mackintosh/Margaret Macdonald) 'Writing The Asylum’ (on Gartnavel Royal Asylum) & led the group ‘the prescription’ at the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow. leslietate.com/2025/05/26/g...

DELPHINE DE VIGAN - HOW DOES A GIFTED NOVELIST WRITE? - Leslie Tate I interviewed French writer Delphine de Vigan, whose book, No et moi, won the  prestigious Prix des libraires. Other books of hers have won a clutch of prizes, including the prix du roman Fnac, the pr...

I interviewed French writer Delphine de Vigan, whose book, No et moi, won the prestigious Prix des libraires. Other prizes: the prix du roman Fnac, the prix Roman France Télévisions, the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle, and the Prix Renaudot des lycéens. leslietate.com/2025/05/19/d...

THE POETRY OF BLINDNESS - Leslie Tate I asked Giles Turnbull to guest blog about his blindness and his writing. Giles is a poet who studied chemistry at Swansea University and lives in Abergavenny. His poems and articles have appeared in ...

I asked Giles Turnbull to guest blog about his blindness and his writing. A really interesting post from 2017 leslietate.com/2017/02/20/3...

JOANNE LIMBURG AND THE AUTISTIC ALICE - Leslie Tate I interviewed Joanne Limburg whose poetry collection Feminismo was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection; another collection, Paraphernalia, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendat...

I interviewed prolific author and poet Joanne Limburg. Her books include The Autistic Alice (poems) and The Woman Who Thought Too Much, a memoir about OCD, anxiety and poetry. leslietate.com/2025/05/05/j...

THE WHEELCHAIR ADVENTURES OF KATHERINE MAGNOLI - Leslie Tate I interviewed Katherine Magnoli about The Adventures of KatGirl, her book about a wheelchair heroine, and Katherine’s journey from low self-esteem into authorial/radio success and ongoing advocacy for...

Interview with Katherine Magnoli about The Adventures of KatGirl, her book about a wheelchair warrior. leslietate.com/2025/04/14/1...

TOWNSEND THEATRE PRODUCTIONS - TELLING STORIES FROM THE FRONTLINE - Leslie Tate I interviewed Neil Gore and Louise Townsend of Townsend Theatre Productions who are “A company making a name for delivering vivid, politically committed theatre” The Observer. The company “… specifica...

Interviewing Neil Gore & Louise Townsend of Townsend Theatre Productions who "Aim to reach audiences that don’t usually engage with the arts; tour to areas of economic deprivation & social isolation, perform in community centres, working people’s clubs, village halls.” leslietate.com/2025/04/07/t...

SACHA COWARD - MUSEUMS, ESCAPE ROOMS, MERMAIDS & CULTURAL COMMUNITIES - Leslie Tate Sacha Coward talks about his work in museums, including building ‘escape rooms’ and running family festivals as well as staging interactive exhibitions, films and events. Through innovative programmin...

Sacha Coward talks about their work in museums, including building ‘escape rooms’, queering museums, and running family festivals as well as staging interactive exhibitions, films and events. leslietate.com/2019/04/01/6...

TRANSFORMING SCIENCE INTO ARTBOOKS - Leslie Tate I interviewed Jackie Thomas about her  handmade books that tell complex stories about science in pictures. Jackie says: “Some books are about specific scientists, for example the Indian mathematical g...

Interview with Jackie Thomas, who makes beautiful handmade books that tell complex stories about science in pictures. leslietate.com/2019/03/25/6...

LYNN BUCKLE - TELLING THE DEAF STORIES - Leslie Tate I interviewed Deaf Irish author Lynn Buckle, whose second novel What Willow Says won the international Barbellion Prize. Lynn specialises in creative writing, mythology, art, art history, teaching ski...

Interview from my website with Deaf Irish author Lynn Buckle, whose second novel What Willow Says won the international Barbellion Prize leslietate.com/2025/02/17/l...

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LATHALIA SONG: CREATING ART & LANGUAGE OUT OF NATURE - Leslie Tate I interviewed Lathalia Song whose art and poetry asks questions inspired by the natural world, and translates an idea through several mediums, which include ink painting. Lathalia also describes the i...

Interview with Lathalia Song whose art and poetry asks questions inspired by the natural world. Lathalia also describes the importance of several charities she supports and questions the colonialist legacy of Australia. leslietate.com/2025/02/10/1...