First Graft Podcast
Join writer Heidi James as she chats with a special guest to explore the creative process from scratch. From the first idea, the first marks on the blank page, wrong turns, successes, making a mess and completing the first draft. Listen to conversations about craft, the creative process, fear, procrastination and the hard graft behind the artwork we love.
First Graft Podcast
First Graft with Kirsteen McNish
In this episode I talk to Kirsteen McNish about writing grief, place and writing as an act of vulnerability.
Kirsteen writes a regular column for Caught By The River, and was long listed for the Nan Shepherd Prize in 2023. She is also an events curator who works with writers, filmmakers, musicians and artists on special one off events in unusual places often outdoors. She curated the album "Mirry" around lost work by a female musician with musicians Simon Tong and Tom Fraser. She is interested in the micro and the macro and stories of lesser heard people and how that interpolates with place.
https://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2023/01/shadows-reflections-kirsteen-mcnish/
https://www.littletoller.co.uk/the-clearing/aqua-vitae-by-kirsteen-mcnish/