The Poetrygram is poetry podcast offering news, views and prompts to use in your writing. The show is hosted by romance novelist and category bestselling poet Helen Cox. Episode one is themed around finding writing inspiration in your local area.

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In the news portion of the show, Helen discusses the shortlist for the T.S. Eliot prize. The shortlist can be found here.

The first guest on the show is poet Hannah Stone, who discusses which local landscapes have inspired her work and how they have done so. Hannah reads from her second poetry collection called Missing Miles. You can find out more about Hannah's work here.

Our second guest is Yorkshire folk singer and harpist Sarah Dean. Sarah talks about her writing process and explains why the Yorkshire area is such an incredible inspiration to her. Sarah has kindly granted permission for us to use her music on the show. You can buy her EPs here.

In the course of the show Helen reads from her debut poetry chapbook Water Signs which has been a bestseller in several Amazon categories and has charted alongside Nikita Gill, Rupi Kaur and Atticus in the Love Poetry category. You can find the book here.

Fancy an extra kick-start to your writing this month? Click here and you can download a free ebook featuring 100 poetry prompts.

The next episode will feature actress Alexis Strum  who will be offering advice on performing your poetry.

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