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Over the past few months, new writers from across London have been coming together to record examples of their work. 
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Wayne Boucaud
Wayne is a musician and member of Camden Community Radio.  He reads two poems which he originally wrote as songs.
Wayne Boucaud reads his poem 'Doctor' written in memory of Bernie Grant  'Doctor' - poem for Bernie Grant - 1m 31s  
Wayne Boucaud reads his poem 'Doctor' written in memory of Bernie Grant 'Americanism' - 1m 31s
  Marian Larragy
Marian Larragy is the Chair of Camden Community Radio.
Marian Larragy reads her poem about her visit to Northern Ireland in the 1980s  Poem about her visit to Northern Ireland in the 1980s - 2m 02s  
  Rashmi Meswani
Rashmi Meswani is a student on the PEARLS radio production and presentation course at Desi Radio in Southall.
Rashmi Meswani reads her poem   Poem about a man she saw in the traffic in Bombay - 3m 21s
  Sara Eliot
I am a poet and singer/songwriter.  My poem 'Space' was inspired by a friend, who talked about growing up in India. As he talked, he conjured up a feeling of freedom….
Sara Eliot reads her poem 'Space' 'Space' - 2m 02s  

  

 Anthony Malone
Anthony Malone is 34 and lives in South London. He has completed the two year Birkbeck Certificate of Creative Writing and is a member of The Writer’s Block, a group of Birkbeck certificate graduates. His fiction has appeared on the Guardian Online website and he has performed at the “Writloud” event at RADA.
Anthony Malone reads his story 'Ghosts of the Real Leather Jacket'  'Ghosts of the Real Leather Jacket' - 3m 44s

  Deborah Zucker-Boardman
I am a mature Creative Writing and Philosophy student at Middlesex University, Trent Park Campus.  My first poem is 'Women In War'. This is a poem about women all over the world and how war affects them. The second, 'Ina's Cannonballs', is about an old apple tree growing on my Grandmother's land and how she turned its hard old apples into delicious apple butter every year.
Deborah Zucker-Boardman reads her poem 'Women in War'  'Women in War' - 1m 43s
Deborah Zucker-Boardman readsher poem 'Ina's Cannonballs'  'Ina's Cannonballs' - 1m 11s
 
 Barbara Starling
Barbara’s first novel, the ten-volume Alois, the Talking Horse, written when she was seven, was an enormous success with friends and family. More recently, she’s written about self-made millionaires, musical stars and foot fetishists for several Austrian magazines. Her play Tosca Mortale was published by Theaterverlag Bunte Bühne, Vienna. She is currently doing an MA in Creative Writing at City University. 
Male voice: Michael Law.
Barbara Starling reads her dialogue 'Bad News'  'Bad News' - 3m 45s
Barbara Starling reads an extract from her novel   Extract from her novel - working title Leave the Cagedoor Open - 3m 21s
 
 Mark Skinner
 Mark has recently graduated from the Masters programme in Creative Writing at Kingston University. Throughout the course he has been working on Shadow Play, a thriller about a middle aged man's search for his missing daughter. One of his plays is due to be published by Magic Fox and he occasionally performs sketch comedy as part of Your Left Foot.
Mark Skinner reads an extract from his novel 'Shadow Play'  Extract from Shadow Play - 6m 18s
Mark Skinner reads his story 'Roadside'  'Roadside' - 2m 53s
 
 Paul Read
Paul Read graduated with a first in Fine Art from the Kent Institute of Art and Design before moving to the big smoke and finding work, at one time or another, in nearly every bookshop in the West End. He currently teaches three days a week in North London and devotes the rest of his time to fiction writing, of which 'Hardly an Overnight Sensation' is his latest work.
Paul Read reads from his novel 'Echoes'  'Echoes' - 3m 44s
 
 Caroline de Gier
Caroline de Gier lives in West London with her Dutch husband, her three children and a Jack Russell! She worked in film and television for over fifteen years. She started writing poems and short stories as a child. Currently at City University, London, on the MA Creative Writing course, her debut novel The Graffiti Tree will be launched this year.
Caroline de Gier reads her poem 'A Radio in Africa'  'A Radio in Africa' - 3m 44s

Annette Davis
Annette Davis, mother of 4, is currently studying radio production at Lambeth College. Her confidence to write poetry came from a creative writing course at the college. Her poem 'Turning Point' is about surviving a broken relationship.  Her second poem 'Mother' is a reflection of herself and the experiences of other women in the world.
Annette Davis reads her poem 'Turning Point'  'Turning Point' - 1m 02s
Annette Davis reads her poem 'Mother'  'Mother' - 2m 03s

Nadine George Caesar
 Nadine is a creative artist from London, who combines poetic forms and vocal melodies to create an inspiring demonstration of musicality. Continuously developing and growing within her art form, she is currently frequenting the open-mic circuit to establish herself within the creative industries and to also uplift and entertain those around her.
Nadine George Caesar reads her poem 'And I His Oracle'  'And I His Oracle' - 1m 51s
Nadine George Caesar reads her poem 'May I Be Beautiful'  'May I Be Beautiful' - 1m 22s
  Brigette Bennett
Brigette Bennett has been singing a long time but writing poetry even longer - since the age of 7, (a poem about Creation, now lost to posterity). The historical, cultural, scientific and the spiritual are her concerns and learning the lessons life and others teach are among her endeavours.
Brigette Bennett reads her poem 'Yesterday the Fridge'  'Yesterday the Fridge' - 2m 01s
Brigette Bennett reads her poem 'In the Garden'  'In the Garden' - 1m 36s
Brigette Bennett reads her poem 'You'  'You' - 0m 43s

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