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

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Health Beat Poets

Helen Sheppard

11 episodes

2 weeks ago

Helen fell into writing whilst climbing out of burnout. She worked as a midwife and writes about life, family, health, loss and those whose voices are often unheard. Come and listen to inspiring writers, performers and spoken word artists share their 'take' on Poetry and Health. Expect lively discussions and masterclasses including comedy and trauma, creativity in cancer, writing our grief, addictions, mental health and smiles. Co-runs Satellite of Love Spoken Word Events. Poetry collection - Fontanelle - Burning Eye Books 2021 Interview and editing Helen Sheppard | Write Out Loud

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

Health Beat Poets

21 minutes 29 seconds

4 years ago

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

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 on a poetry and music collaboration with their friend Tom Robertson. Their candid and emotive poetry performances are available on-line including BBCUpload - What to Do When Your Child is Hurting Themselves. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07vsc9c , Sunshine - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07vsbhj

Callum is a performance and spoken word event host.

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Instagram - @callumthepoet

Twitter - CallumThePoet

Interviewer and editing - Helen Sheppard | Write Out Loud