Podcasts and audio treats from Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh's International Poetry Festival.
A Break in the Waves
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Podcasts and audio treats from Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh's International Poetry Festival.
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11/9/2020
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Recent Episodes
May 21, 2026
In Conversation with Len Pennie
In this episode, recorded live at Push the Boat Out in November 2025, Len Pennie joins Festival Director Emma Collins to discuss her acclaimed collection poyums annaw, exploring themes of patriarchy, gender-based violence and social injustice through poetry and humour. Featuring readings from the collection and reflections on the power of Scots language, this episode offers a fierce, funny and deeply personal conversation.
February 12, 2026
The Mythic and the Familiar: Fiona Benson and Pascale Petit
In this special episode, recorded live at Push the Boat Out in November 2025, two of the most compelling voices in contemporary poetry come together for a haunting and illuminating conversation, chaired by Jenny Niven, Director of Edinburgh International Book Festival. Pascale Petit and Fiona Benson – shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize seven times between them – read from and discuss their darkly beautiful latest collections, offering insight into the creative forces that shape their work. In Midden Witch, Fiona Benson enters a world of familiars, fables and hedge-magic, allowing the women accused of witchcraft to speak back across the centuries. Her poems give voice to artists, dreamers and outcasts, confronting the deep-rooted fears that surface in the face of the unknown. Pascale Petit’s Beast, meanwhile, roams through landscapes both mythic and familial, peopled with creatures that are at once intimate and untamed. Even as they question the possibility of survival, her poems insist on art-making as an act of defiance and hope. Together, in conversation, they explore myth, memory, wildness and the transformative power of poetry.
September 10, 2025
On Fatherhood with Raymond Antrobus and Niall Campbell
Becoming a father is not an easy process: the sleepless nights and burden of new responsibilities can weigh heavily. But amidst the challenges, there’s an untold joy that comes with meeting your child and discovering a new kind of love that can reshape your world. Raymond Antrobus and Niall Campbell have written extensively about fatherhood, love, and masculinity. Antrobus’s most recent collection, ‘Signs, Music,’ reflects on imminent fatherhood and stepping into this role, while Campbell’s collections ‘Noctuary’ and ‘The Island in the Sound’ are filled with the discoveries of what it is to become a father. Recorded at Push the Boat Out 2024. Recording by EHFM.
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