Bare Fiction Podcast Bare Fiction

This track is from Jackself: the Album, coming soon, with sound by John Alder and words by Jacob Polley. The poem 'Lessons' was first published in Issue 8 of Bare Fiction Magazine (August 2016, www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk/buy/issues…gust-2016/). Jacob’s new collection ‘Jackself’ is out November 2016 from Picador (wordery.com/jackself-jacob-poll…47290445#oid=1160_1).

Subscriptions to Bare Fiction Magazine — a tri-annual literature journal of poetry, fiction & theatre — can be ordered from our website: http://www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk/buy/subscriptions/bare-fiction-magazine-subscription/

This track is from Jackself: the Album, coming soon, with sound by John Alder and words by Jacob Polley. The poem 'Every Creeping Thing' was first published in Issue 8 of Bare Fiction Magazine (August 2016, http://www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk/buy/issues/bare-fiction-magazine-issue-8-august-2016/). Jacob’s new collection ‘Jackself’ is out November 2016 from Picador (https://wordery.com/jackself-jacob-polley-9781447290445#oid=1160_1).

Subscriptions to Bare Fiction Magazine — a tri-annual literature journal of poetry, fiction & theatre — can be ordered from our website: http://www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk/buy/subscriptions/bare-fiction-magazine-subscription/

A short play by Matthew Bulgo, performed by Joanne Ferguson and directed by Alice Malin.

In Matthew’s play 'On Hold' a woman’s routine falls into disarray as a tragedy besets her home life. The smallest things begin to take on whole new levels of significance and now that her schedule has been obliterated, she finds that the most agonising thing of all...is waiting.

The recording you’re about to hear was made on September 24th 2013 at the Dogstar, Brixton during the launch of issue 3 of Bare Fiction magazine.

The Bare Fiction Podcast is an occasional series highlighting the best in new poetry, fiction and plays.

You can purchase the magazine in print and digital formats by visiting www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk

The music for this podcast was "Sidewalk Shade" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Short story reading from Lindsay Waller-Wilkinson.

This week Lindsay Waller-Wilkinson reads extracts from her short story Chiaroscuro which appeared in Issue 1 of the magazine.

The recording you’re about to hear was made on December 19th 2013 at the Shrewsbury Coffeehouse during the launch of issue 1 of Bare Fiction magazine.

Make sure you check back every Thursday for the best in new poetry, fiction and plays.

You can purchase the magazine in print and digital formats by visiting www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk

The music for this podcast was "Sidewalk Shade" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Short story reading from Carly Holmes.

Carly Holmes reads her short story from Issue 2 of the magazine. The Black Night Long and shares an extract from her first novel, The Scrapbook (Parthian Books).

Katherine Stansfield called The Scrapbook “A beautifully crafted novel... a bittersweet exploration of family - the ties that bind, and the ties that bite.”

This recording was made on April 30th 2014 at the Gwdihw Cafe in Cardiff during the launch of issue 2 of Bare Fiction magazine.

Make sure you check back every Thursday for the best in new poetry, fiction and plays.

You can purchase the magazine in print and digital formats by visiting www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk

The music for this podcast was "Sidewalk Shade" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Poetry reading by Jemma L. King.

Jemma is a founding member of the Centre for Women’s Writing and Literary Culture and has read and published her work internationally. Her debut collection The Shape of a Forest (Parthian Books) was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2013. She was selected as a Scritture Giovanni Fellow in 2014 and she won The Terry Hetherington Award in 2011 for her poem on Amelia Earhart. Her new collection, The Undressed, is also published by Parthian Books.

This recording was made on December 19th 2013 at the Shrewsbury Coffeehouse during the launch of issue 1 of Bare Fiction magazine.

Make sure you check back every Thursday for the best in new poetry, fiction and plays.

You can purchase the magazine in print and digital formats by visiting www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk

The music for this podcast was "Sidewalk Shade" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/