Tag: Anglo-Saxon poetry

  • Bookylicious season 3Bookylicious season 3

    Sian Hughes, author of ‘Pearl’ (S3E2)

    In this episode Paul interviews Sian Hughes, the Booker-longlisted author of 'Pearl', in her beautiful bookshop Magpie Books in Malpas, Cheshire. Sian talks about the long process of writing 'Pearl', Old English poetry in the Cheshire dialect, being longlisted for the Booker prize, the Wales/Cheshire border and much more!

  • Gwyneth MarshmanGwyneth Marshman

    The Natural World in Old English Literature

    Gwyneth Marshman revisits her past by exploring the natural world in Anglo-Saxon poetry.