Best Helen Sheppard Podcasts (2024)

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'Not The Same Poet, Always An Artist' - Exhibition with Artist Hazel Hammond 31:23

2+ y ago31:23

31:23

In this episode Helen chats with Hazel Hammond about being 'Not the Same Poet, Always An Artist' exhibition Hazel Hammond has been a poet and an artist for over 40 years. In 2018 she had a stroke and now lives with Aphasia, a condition shared by over 350,000 people in the UK and affecting their ability to speak, write and read. Join artist Hazel Ha…

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Writing in collaboration - with poet, creative coach and founder of Poetry Machine - Beth Calverley 20:14

3y ago20:14

20:14

In this episode Helen talks with Beth Calverley - Poetry Machine. exploring collaboration poetry in places of work including: learning, care and play, helping to express what matters. Bio: Beth Calverley is a poet, creative coach and founder of The Poetry Machine. Her poetry lives and breathes, holding your hand through crisp emotional landscapes. …

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Producing poetry. Creative Mental Health - 'Sadness & Joy in the Cracks of Life', with poet, performer and producer T.S. Idiot 25:27

3y ago25:27

25:27

In this episode Helen talks with T.S. Idiot. Exploring creative poetry production and our writing through journeys in mental health. Recorded outdoors with background sounds of the city. 'Sadness and joys are congealed in the cracks of life' - T.S. Idiot Tom Stockley (AKA T.S. IDIOT) is a queer artist, writer, performer and producer, working across…

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Storytelling - putting on a show 'Dry Season' exploring menopause with poet and performer Kat Lyons 17:42

3y ago17:42

17:42

In this episode Helen discusses storytelling and menopause with storyteller poet and performer Kat Lyons. They explore the craft of storytelling and putting on a show 'Dry Season' exploring perimenopause. Kat is a Bristol-based poet, storyteller, writer and performer. They won both the 2019 Milk Poetry Superslam and the 2019 Lyra: Bristol Poetry Fe…

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Therapeutic writing - 'Give Sorrow Words' with poet and librettist Claire Williamson 20:36

3y ago20:36

20:36

In this episode Helen is delighted to talk with poet, librettist Claire Williamson about creative writing and health. Claire generously shares a masterclass on writing through and writing slant to express our words for therapeutic purposes. These times tough times of sharing sorrow in our words can be insightful and uncover joy. Claire Williamson h…

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Writing performance - Characters of grief and mental health with poet Callum Wensley 21:29

3y ago21:29

21:29

In this episode Helen discusses with performance and slam poet Callum Wensley about writing and performing the many characters of grief and mental health. Bio: Callum is a non-binary poet and performer. They are representing Bristol in the next Hammer and Tongue National Slam Finals alongside Jemma Hathaway, and later this year they will be working…

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Creativity, cancer and reading poems to goats with poet, conservationist and NHS worker JT Lewis 30:41

3y ago30:41

30:41

In this episode Helen is in conversation with J T Lewis, poet, conservationist, spoken word artist and NHS worker dog borrower and tea-drinker. They discuss Jessi's 'Take' on Poetry and Health... What inspires our writing, 'Creativity is the last rope to hang onto, not just in the times we can 'write well' but those bruised, desperate times when mu…

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Stories, Work, Family - How to write, craft & care with poet and healthcare worker Pauline Sewards 20:26

3y ago20:26

20:26

In this episode Helen is talking with poet Pauline Sewards about writing about people in our care without appropriating their stories. they also discuss the linguistics of work. Pauline currently lives between Lincolnshire and Bristol. She founded Satellite of Love Spoken Word events. Her two published poetry collections are This is the Band publis…

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Performing; fairy tales, desires, addiction with performance poet Sam J Grudgings 23:43

3y ago23:43

23:43

In this episode frenetic poet Sam J Grudgings talks with Helen about finding poetry through fairy tales, horror, punk and addiction... Listen in to a lively discussion on performing tales and truth. "Sam J Grudgings is a queer poet from Bristol, England. His debut collection “The Bible II” is due out with Verve Poetry Press in November 2021. Until …

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Narratives in life and poetry with poet and wheelchair user Stephen Lightbown 24:15

3y ago24:15

24:15

In this episode Helen is talking with Stephen Lightbown about poets shifting access to online events, and writing authentic human endurance stories. Stephen Lightbown is a Bristol based poet who writes extensively but not exclusively about his life as a wheelchair user. His debut collection, Only Air, was published in 2019 and his follow up collect…

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Writing, performing - Trauma & Comedy with stand up actor poet Angie Belcher 28:05

3y ago28:05

28:05

In this episode Angie Belcher a stand up, actor, poet and comedy educator talks with Helen about writing and performing comedy. Join us for Angie's lively discussion on, 'Trauma is a natural bedmate to comedy'. Our interview took place in the garden with a background of city sounds... Angie is an expert communicator she regularly compere’s Glastonb…

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'Not The Same Poet, Always An Artist' - Exhibition with Artist Hazel Hammond 31:23

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Writing in collaboration - with poet, creative coach and founder of Poetry Machine - Beth Calverley 20:14

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Producing poetry. Creative Mental Health - 'Sadness & Joy in the Cracks of Life', with poet, performer and producer T.S. Idiot 25:27

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Storytelling - putting on a show 'Dry Season' exploring menopause with poet and performer Kat Lyons 17:42

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Therapeutic writing - 'Give Sorrow Words' with poet and librettist Claire Williamson 20:36

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Writing performance - Characters of grief and mental health with poet Callum Wensley 21:29

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Creativity, cancer and reading poems to goats with poet, conservationist and NHS worker JT Lewis 30:41

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Stories, Work, Family - How to write, craft & care with poet and healthcare worker Pauline Sewards 20:26

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Performing; fairy tales, desires, addiction with performance poet Sam J Grudgings 23:43

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Narratives in life and poetry with poet and wheelchair user Stephen Lightbown 24:15

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Writing, performing - Trauma & Comedy with stand up actor poet Angie Belcher 28:05

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