Commonwealth Poetry Podcast
Poetry from around the world! A fortnightly celebration of Poetry and The Commonwealth - where award winning podcaster Gyles Brandreth and his daughter Aphra visit each of the 56 countries of the Commonwealth, meeting poets, performers and people who love poetry and discovering new poems each episode.
Commonwealth Poetry Podcast
Exploring Canada and its poetry with Dr Theresa Muñoz
In this episode Gyles and Aphra Brandreth meet Dr Theresa Muñoz a poet and researcher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Winner of the Muriel Spark Centenary award, RLS Fellowship & Creative Scotland Project Grant, Theresa’s poems have appeared in journals across the Atlantic. Her debut collection Settle (Vagabond Voices, 2016), shortlisted for the Melita Hume Poetry prize. Discussing Canadian poetry and sharing some of her own poems, join us as we explore the second largest country in the world.
Poems this episode include: Dark Pines Under Water By Gwendolyn MacEwen; Daddy Foucault by Theresa Muñoz; and Simpsons Dept Store, Toronto by Theresa Muñoz