Sheffield Libraries Podcast Sheffield Libraries

In this episode we chat with Sheffield based documentary photographer and filmmaker, Gemma Thorpe.

As well as chatting books, we also discuss local hero and Green Queen of Sheffield, Ethel Haythornthwaite, and how you can discover her story through a new augmented reality app, created by Gemma as part of the national Storytrails project.

 As part of the Lord Mayor’s Big Read, we’re interviewing some famous faces and other interesting local people about the books they love.

In this episode, I chat with Tim Cooper, the author of the excellent book, The Story of Sheffield.  As well as discussing Tim’s recommended reads, we delve into Sheffield’s  past, present, and future.

In this series, we’re interviewing well-known Sheffielders about the books they love. In this episode, we chat with novelist, academic and literary events organiser Yvonne Battle-Felton. We chat about representation in fiction, how libraries can be welcoming places in a crisis, and Yvonne shares three of her favourite reads.

The SheffReads podcast series is part of the Lord Mayor’s Big Read.

In this series, we’re interviewing well-known Sheffielders about the books they love.  In this episode, we chat with award winning author and illustrator, Lydia Monks. We hear about her journey to becoming an illustrator, learn about the process of creating a picture book, and Lydia shares three of her favourite reads.  

The SheffReads podcast series is part of the Lord Mayor’s Big Read.

We chat to bestselling author and mediaeval historian Elizabeth Boyle about her recent bestselling book, Fierce Appetites.

With dazzling accounts of ancient stories, she uses her historical learning to grapple with the raw and urgent questions that have bedevilled people in every age. Exploring grief, addiction, family breakdown, motherhood, love and sex, memory, class, education, travel (and staying put) with unflinching honesty, deep compassion, and occasional dark humour.

Please note that this episode contains some adult topics and strong language.

We chat with Sheffield's former Poet Laureate, Otis Mensah.

As part of The Lord Mayor's Big Read, listen to well-known Sheffield personalities chat about the books they love. Listen online and let us know about your favourite reads on social media, #SheffReads.

Discover more about the Lord Mayor's Big Read at https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries-archives/lord-mayors-big-read

Learn more about Otis and his work at https://otismensah.com/