westwords radio 2006

4pm - 6pm	Literature Lounge - hosted by Anjan Saha and Dzifa Benson Magazine style show crammed with chat, music, features and reviews. Guests include the novelist and playwright Courttia Newland and clarinettist Arun Ghosh and features on Jean Binta Breeze, Tabla Virtuoso and Pandit Sharda. Plus an interview with Beth Cinamon, Performing Arts Officer for Hammersmith & Fulham.
6pm - 7pm	Following the Dream - hosted by Charlotte Baldwin Show focusing on young writers who are chasing their dream. Guests include Gurpreet Rai, talented young rap artist and winner of the *westwords* Asian Lyrics Live Contest. The show also features monologues written by students of Swakeley’s High School, plus the monologue ‘Imogen’s Powers’ written and performed by Julia Buckley.
7pm - 9pm	Winning Words - hosted by Siobhan Curham Winners of the various *westwords* competitions Sonya Weiss, Ron Balsdon, Larry Dainty, Charlotte Baldwin and Sue Hubberstey will be in the studio to read and talk about their work. The show will also feature two winning plays - ‘Bringing Dad Home,’ by Wally Robson and ‘Last Stop’ by Phil Lawder - and two winning monologues - ‘Who Cares’ by Sonya Weiss and ‘The Musings of Morecambe’ by Charlotte Baldwin.

4pm - 4.30pm	Literature Lounge - hosted by Anjan Saha Magazine style show crammed with chat, music, features and reviews.
4.30pm - 5.30pm	Reporting the Festival Siobhan Curham and guests introduce reports from *westwords* festival events around the boroughs. Including interviews with authors Lionel Shriver, Diana Evans, Karolyn Shindler and Katharine McMahon; plus a report on the first performance of 'A Healthy Legacy', written and performed by members of the Centre for Filipinos in Hammersmith (click here to listen - 6 mins).
5.30pm - 7pm	Poetry Hour - hosted by Alice Curham A special programme looking at how poetry has featured in this year’s festival. Special guest Cicely Herbert from ‘Poems of the Underground’ talks about her role as judge of the *westwords* ‘London Lives’ poetry competition. Other guests include performance poet Anjan Saha talking about his show ‘Lost Luggage’ taking place on 3^rd April at the Lyric Hammersmith and Amit Kothari who is in the process of finding a book deal for his first collection of poems. There will also be live readings from Charlotte Baldwin, Theresa George, Wally Robson and Sonya Weiss. Budding writer Monique Edgar, 10, will read some of her work and talk about her plans for the future.
7pm - 9pm	The Write Opportunity - hosted by Julia Buckley and Steve O’Toole. Show highlighting the many opportunities westwords has provided for West London’s aspiring writers. Guests include Stuart Berry talking about having his work showcased at the ‘Write Laugh’ comedy night. The show will also feature professionally produced monologues ‘The Safety Inspector’ by Matthew Snoding and ‘In the Black’ by Frances Low and winning plays ‘Bringing Dad Home’ by Wally Robson and ‘Last Stop’ by Phil Lawder. There will also be an interview with Vesna Petkovic from Pro-Art about the event 'Medieval Poetry and Music' taking place at Barons Court Library on Tuesday 4th April.
9pm - 9.30pm	‘Let’s Get It On’ – special report from Suzann Sime One of the highlights of this year’s festival has been the new theatre writing project ‘Let’s Get it On’ co-ordinated by the internationally renowned Bush Theatre, giving 24 brand new writers the chance to work with professional writers and directors developing their work from the page to the stage. We sent a reporter along to the opening night of the week-long showcase to talk to those involved.