The Gabriela Houston Project: Storytelling in all its forms

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Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyday life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers, marketers, activists and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life. gabrielahouston.substack.com

  1. 01/22/2025

    The Gabriela Houston Project: Storytelling in All Its Forms EP 27. Teika Marija Smits

    Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! As an author, it's my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyone’s life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel!Today’s guest is Teika Marija Smits, a UK-based freelance editor and the author of the speculative short story collections, Umbilical (NewCon Press) and Waterlore (Black Shuck Books) for which she won the British Fantasy Society’s Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.You can find our more about Teika here: https://teikamarijasmits.comYou can look up her collection here: http://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=229&referer=Catalogue This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com

    The Gabriela Houston Project: Storytelling in All Its Forms EP 27. Teika Marija Smits

  2. 01/08/2025

    The Gabriela Houston Project EP 26: Dance and Storytelling with Historian Susan De Guardiola

    Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyone’s life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel! Today’s guest is Susan de Guardiola. Susan is a social dance historian, teacher, and caller and the author of the dance history blog Capering and Kickery. Check out her blog here: https://www.kickery.com We talk about storytelling through dance and the difficulty in creating a realistic period dance in shows such as Bridgerton or Pride and Prejudice. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com

    The Gabriela Houston Project EP 26: Dance and Storytelling with Historian Susan De Guardiola

  3. 11/27/2024

    The Gabriela Houston Project EP 25: Caroline Hardaker

    Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyone’s life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel! Today’s guest is the Author,  Poet, Novelist. Librettist and Sporadic puppeteer, Caroline Hardaker. Caroline’s debut poetry collection, Bone Ovation, was published by Valley Press in 2017, and her first full length collection, Little Quakes Every Day, was published by Valley Press in November 2020. Caroline’s debut novel, Composite Creatures, was published by Angry Robot in April 2021. Her second novel – Mothtown – was published by Angry Robot in November 2023. She has Work featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian, and New Scientist. Shortlisted for a Golden Tentacle Award (The Kitschies). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com

    The Gabriela Houston Project EP 25: Caroline Hardaker

  4. 11/13/2024

    Tiffany Yu: Anti-Ableism, Storytelling and The Empathy Gap. The Gabriela Houston Project: EP 24

    Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyone’s life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel!Today’s guest, Tiffany Yu is an American entrepreneur and disability rights advocate who founded Diversability, which is a social enterprise to advocate for equality for people with disabilities.She is also the author of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto, which is out now and available now. You can find out more about Tiffany here: https://www.tiffanyyu.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com

    Tiffany Yu: Anti-Ableism, Storytelling and The Empathy Gap. The Gabriela Houston Project: EP 24

  5. 10/30/2024

    EP 23 Folklore and Fantasy Writing: R R Virdi & Shauna Lawless: The Gabriela Houston Project, Storytelling

    Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! I'm a writer and author of Slavic-folklore-inspired novels. Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyone’s life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel!Today for something different, I have invited two authors known for using mythology and folklore in their writing: Shauna Lawless and Ronnie(RR)VirdiR.R. Virdi is an American urban fantasyauthor. Two of his novels have been nominated for a Dragon Award: Grave Measures in 2016 and Dangerous Ways in 2017. His novelette, "Messenger" (co-authored with Yudhanjaya Wijeratne), was nominated for a Nebula Award in 2019.You can learn more about his writing here: https://www.rrvirdi.com Shauna Lawless is an author and lover of magical, historical fantasy fiction. Inspired by her childhood passion for Irish history and mythology, she has spent the last six years learning the craft of writing, and obsessing about Irish myths, famous druids and warriors, and Irish traditions. The Children of Gods and Fighting Men, her first novel in The Gael Song Trilogy, was published by Head of Zeus in 2022. The second instalment, The Words of Kings and Prophets, was released in Autumn 2023. The trilogy will be completed with The Land of the Living and the Dead (2024).You can learn more about her here:https://shaunalawless.com You can find out more about Gabriela Houston's writing here: https://www.gabrielahouston.com/category/journal/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com

    EP 23 Folklore and Fantasy Writing: R R Virdi & Shauna Lawless: The Gabriela Houston Project, Storytelling

  6. 10/16/2024

    A Gothic Cookbook and history of food with Alessandra Pino!: EP 22 The Gabriela Houston Project

    Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyday life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every other week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel!You can also check out my website/books/subscribe to my newsletter here:https://www.gabrielahouston.com Today’s guest, Dr Alessandra Pink is an expert on the intersections of the Gothic, food, and cultural memory. Alessandra is the co-author of A Gothic Cookbook coming in Autumn 24 , which digs into food themes and motifs in a series of classic and contemporary novels from the 19th century to the present day and the co-host of Fear Feasts, a podcast which analyses the horror genre- films and books- through the lens of food.You can order her book here: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781524894085?gC=5a105e8b&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADsTpATvz-eLZ2Nfyzt97Fip1nXzy&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgrO4BhC2ARIsAKQ7zUmingGcguksO4gxM5NdeE8_XDbKZD_9VpFTrP93scQtqM7opJu10dwaAh1gEALw_wcB This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com

    A Gothic Cookbook and history of food with Alessandra Pino!: EP 22 The Gabriela Houston Project

  7. 10/02/2024

    Life Coaching and Storytelling with Meehir Patel The Gabriela Houston Project EP 21

    Hi all, I’m Gabriela Houston, welcome to my show, where we talk about storytelling in all its forms. On the show I talk to, artists, journalists, researchers, other writers of course and more about how they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Todays guest is Meehir Patel, a Personal Leadership Coach and Facilitator. He has dedicated his career to helping extraordinary leaders defy expectations to transform the status quo. You can find out more about Meehir here: https://www.meehirpatel.comIntro song: Dance of LeavesGioele Fazzeri This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com

    Life Coaching and Storytelling with Meehir Patel The Gabriela Houston Project EP 21

  8. 09/18/2024

    Interview with Dr Lorraine Wilson! The Gabriela Houston Project; Storytelling in All Its Forms Ep 20

    Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyday life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life.Every week there’s something different, so click like and subscribe for more! It really helps the channel! This week’s guest is Dr Lorraine WilsonShe is an award-winning writer, biologist, herder of cats and drinker of tea. Having spent years working in remote corners of the world she now lives by the sea in Scotland and writes stories full of the wilderness and folklore, exploring themes of family, belonging and the legacy of trauma. Her debut novel won the SCKA for Best Debut and was a finalist for the Kavya Prize and the British Fantasy Awards for Best Fantasy Novel & Best Newcomer. Most recently her Novella The Last to Drown came out from Luna Press in February 2024https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lorraine-Wilson/e/B095PQ8P7F This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabrielahouston.substack.com

    Interview with Dr Lorraine Wilson! The Gabriela Houston Project; Storytelling in All Its Forms Ep 20
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Hi, I’m Gabriela Houston! Welcome to my channel where we discuss storytelling in all its forms! It’s my belief that storytelling is an intrinsic part of everyday life as well as an important part of many professions. On the show I talk to writers, artists, journalists, researchers, marketers, activists and more about they use storytelling in their jobs and life. gabrielahouston.substack.com

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