An interview with Brian Bilston : Write On! Audio Weekly

25/07/2023 29 min

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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers
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Our July interview is with poet and novelist Brian Bilston.  Brian
has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate. He won the 2015 Great British Write Off poetry prize for a poem disguised in a Venn diagram. His first published work, ‘You Took The Last Bus Home’ was published by Unbound and shortlisted for the Cost First Novel Award.  His novel ‘Diary Of A Somebody’ was published to much critical acclaim in 2020.
 
The interviewer is Eithne Cullen, with some input from Write On! Editor Madeleine White.
 
Thank you to Brian Bilston for being the subject of this month's interview.  If you've enjoyed this chat with Brian ,we'll
be sharing some of his poetry in our August listener contribution.   You can find out more about Brian by visiting his website at https://brianbilston.com/
And followBrian on twitter here https://twitter.com/brian_bilston
 
Join us next week for writing tips from our producer Chris Gregory
 
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 
 
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