Maskwork by Gregory Leadbetter

Alternative Stories and Fake Realities

Season: 4 Episode: 20

Published on Aug 15th at 4:00am

Maskwork is a 2020 collection by poet and academic Gregory Leadbetter.  Themes of folklore, ritual, theatre and nature combine in these vivid and resonant poems brought to life by the voices of our actors and with a commentary by Greg himself. 

 In Maskwork by Gregory Leadbetter you heard the following poems 

 Musician read by Charlie Richards 
Doe read by Charlie Richards 
Lapse read by Tiffany Clare 
Engine Pool, Earlswood Lakes read by Lewie Watson 
At English Bicknor read by Charlie Richards 
Unconscious Minister read by Tiffany Clare 
Tuisto read by Lewie Watson 
Sky Burial read by Tiffany Clare 
Sakadas at Delphi read by Tiffany Clare 
Scenery read by Sally Walker Taylor

 You heard a commentary and introductions to the poems by Gregory Leadbetter
Sound design, music and soundscapes were by Chris Gregory
Sound effects were from freesound.org
And the presenter in this podcast is Marie-Claire Wood.

 We would like to thank Jane Commane and Nine Arches Press for allowing us to recreate poems from Maskwork and Greg Leadbetter for his participation in the preparation and recording of this podcast.

 To find out more about Nine Arches Press and to hear more poems by Greg Leadbetter and other Nine Arches Press poets please listen to our special podcast featuring the work of the press which we put out in season 3 episode 19

Find out more about Gregory Leadbetter here https://www.versopolis-poetry.com/poet/323/gregory-leadbetter
And follow Greg on twitter here https://twitter.com/GregMLeadbetter

 Here’s a link to the Nine Arches Press website where you can find out more about the collection and buy a copy  https://ninearchespress.com/

 We would like to draw our listener’s attention to the Future Places Environmental Essay and Poetry Prize, a UK wide prize for environmental literature.  There is a top prize of £1500 for the writer of the winning essay and £800 for the winning poem. If Alt Stories listeners and contributors are interested in entering, you have until Midnight on 19th September to do so Find out more and enter here 

https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/future-places/activities/the-future-places-environmental-essay-and-poetry-prize/#d.en.496220

 You heard the voice of Karen Lloyd from the Lancaster University Future Places Centre. Visit Karen’s website here  https://karenlloyd.co.uk/ And follow her on twitter here https://twitter.com/karenlloydwrite

Book for our audio drama writing workshop with London Lit Lab here  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-online-audio-drama-writing-for-sound-tickets-164463923021

 Book for our free Read Fest event about broadcasting in the pandemic on September 11th  https://pentoprint.org/eventbrite-event/readfest-broadcasting-through-the-pandemic-an-audio-perspective/

 And our read Fest introduction to writing for audio drama workshop https://pentoprint.org/eventbrite-event/readfest-an-introduction-to-audio-drama-with-alternative-stories/