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In this episode of the Alternative Stories podcast we're chatting with poet, novelist and audio drama writer Madeleine F White about the two books she is publishing in the first part of 2025; the poetry collection 'The Horse and The Girl' and the verse memoir 'Maiden Mother Crone'

We have a full length interview with Madeleine and excerpts from the collections read by Madeleine. We also hear a clip from Madeleine's audio drama 'The Ark' based on her debut novel 'Mother of Floods' and an excerpt from an episode of the 'Write On! Audio' Podcast.

You can follow Madeleine f White on social media here

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The Horse and The Girl and Maiden Mother Crone are both published by Sea Crow Press. You can find out more and order copies here

https://www.seacrowpress.com/

Find out more about the Write On! suite of publications which Madeleine edits here

Write on! https://pentoprint.org/write-on-features/

Listen to the Write On! Audio Podcast from Pen to Print here https://open.spotify.com/show/4IG6ODY67eJjTXFmC5nFP5?si=3c9f3ebcfd9d4be3

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There are hundreds of Blue Plaques on buildings around London commemorating the famous people who lived there at some time in the building’s history . But only one building has three plaques for three different people who lived in the building at the same time. Chiltern Court on Baker Street was home to novelists HG Wells and Arnold Bennett and composer Eric Coates in the early 1930s.

In this new audio drama by Brian Hipkin we imagine a pivotal meeting between the three in December 1930 and a modern day investigation into events from the 30s.

In A Blue Plaque Mystery by Brian Hipkin you heard

Ewan Bailey as Arnold Bennett

Jon Glover as HG Wells

Zephryn Taitte as Eric Coates

Charlie Richards as The Concierge

Grace Savage as Cassie

Ria Knowles as Sunday

Tom McEnery as Voice on the recording

Maya Cohen Gregory as Phyllis Coates

And Samira Ahmed as herself

A Blue Plaque Mystery was directed by Chris Gregory

It was produced by Brian Hipkin and Chris Gregory and recorded at Orpheus Studio in London by Richard “Orpheus” Campbell

Production sound-design and editing were by Chris Gregory

The studio assistants were Holly Hughes and Maya Cohen Gregory

The music tracks in this production are

Saint James Infirmary Blues by Cab Calloway

By a Sleepy Lagoon by Eric Coates

You can find out more about Brian Hipkin and his work by following him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/brianhipkin/

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In this short episode Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen introduce two new Alternative Stories audio drama series. You can hear trailers for our two new shows Wasteland and Burnout which are both available on their own podcast platforms.

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If you would like to listen to Burnout you can find it by searching "Burnout Alternative Stories" in your favourite podcast app or click here to find it https://pod.link/1798982875

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