at the Northern Writers' Awards 2023.
A special episode recorded at the Northern Writers' Awards, which celebrates works-in-progress.
with Victoria Bennett. Memoir, grief, and gardening.
Victoria's experience of grief as being unfinished, after going through the sudden death of a loved one.
with Dr Steve Kershaw. Atlantis, stopping mid-sentence, and English Springer Spaniels.
The ancient text telling the legend of Atlantis ends mid-sentence. Steve unravels the mystery of why that might be.
with Jo Moseley. Paddleboarding, rainbows, and crying on camera.
Jo was the first woman to paddleboard coast-to-coast along the Leeds Liverpool Canal. She tells the story of why she didn't publish her second book on paddleboarding.
with Faye Latham. Erasure, imposter syndrome, and Tipp-Ex.
Faye erases large sections of classic mountaineering literature to 'unfinish' it, creating a new story from the gaps that emerge.
with Rebecca Coles. First ascents, role models for men, and taking a judge up Kilimanjaro.
Becky's unfinished ambition is to climb all 82 of the 4000m alpine peaks with an entirely female team.
with Franco Cookson. Mental preparation, castles, and guaranteed failure.
Franco muses on the psychology of incomplete climbs, the personalities routes take on, and the world of professional climbers.
with Kendal Mountain Festival. Departure, therapy mountains, and music for crossing Iceland.
A special episode recorded at Kendal Mountain Festival, all about incomplete experiences in the outdoors.
with Lewis Hobson. Murals, buildering, sci-fi Geordies and sex in space.
Having the optimism to start new projects without knowing where they're going, and going from graffiti to murals.
with Anna Fleming. A climber’s Time on Rock: community, life changes, and vomiting seabirds.
Anna Fleming explains why being a rock climber is always an incomplete experience.
with Graham Oakes. Comedy vampires and Hugh Laurie.
The ongoingness of stand-up comedy, and having 'real' vampires as fans.
with Mark Antony Owen. Facts disguised as fiction and in-between places.
Mark tells me why he updates his poetry project every three years.
with Sophie Taylor. Writing Robots.
Sophie has a poetry collection she doesn't want to publish. She created it using AI about her experience of surviving revenge porn.
with Rishi Dastidar. Postcards for strangers.
Rishi turned his old Facebook updates into postcards, and made them into an exhibition.