Ella Frears

Alternative Stories and Fake Realities

Season: 2 Episode: 29

Published on Jun 9th at 6:00am

In this edition we feature poems from Cornish Poet, Ella Frears.  Ella is one of the most prominent young poets in Britain at this time with her collection "Shine Darling" attracting praise from many quarters including the Guardian Newspaper in its selection of the best recent poetry books.  Readers are asked to note that this episode contains strong language and explicit content which some readers may find offensive.  Please avoid if this is likely to be the case.

All poems are by Ella Frears and recreated here with Ella's permission
Poems are read by Tiffany Clare with soundscapes and music by Chris Gregory
Sound design and editing are by Chris Gregroy
The presenter is Hollye Sangster
A quote from poet and critic Mark Waldron from the Offord Road website is recreated in part in this edition of the podcast.

You can follow Ella Frears on twitter where she posts as https://twitter.com/EllaFrears

Ella Frears is published by the excellent Offord Road Books who also publish Will Burns who was featured in an earlier edition of this podcast. 
You can follow Offord Road on twitter here
https://twitter.com/OffordRoadBooks
and visit their website here
https://www.offordroadbooks.co.uk/
You can purchase Shine Darling, Ella's acclaimed new poetry collection from which these poems are taken directly from Offord Road via this address

This has been the third in our series of short podcasts featuring female poets from Cornwall. 

You can listen to the Sarah Cave edition here
https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/3662434-sarah-cave-poetry

And the Mary J Oliver podcast here
https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/3755186-mary-j-oliver-and-cornwall

Still to come in the series Lesley Hale and Angela Stoner. 
 
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