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Interviewing poet/translator Mark Statman about his 14th collection, Volverse/Volver leslietate.com/2025/09/22/m... “Volverse/Volver gives me the chance to plant a different flag in the earth, not one of a single nation but one that stands for a commitment to love, social justice, and beauty.”

Interview with Lisa Dart author of The Linguistics of Light (poems), Fathom (prose memoir), and This Thing of Darkness (illustrated book that won a British Arts Council Award). leslietate.com/2025/07/07/l...

thanks to @leslietate.bsky.social for this wonderful interview about late diagnosed #autism, the impossibility and necessity of writing unmasked #autistictexts, my #writing, #meditation and #yoga practices and how it all links to my obsession with water: leslietate.com/2025/06/23/j...

I interviewed Gillean McDougall, editor of community projects ‘Honest Error’ (on Charles Rennie Mackintosh/Margaret Macdonald) 'Writing The Asylum’ (on Gartnavel Royal Asylum) & led the group ‘the prescription’ at the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow. leslietate.com/2025/05/26/g...

I interviewed French writer Delphine de Vigan, whose book, No et moi, won the prestigious Prix des libraires. Other prizes: the prix du roman Fnac, the prix Roman France Télévisions, the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle, and the Prix Renaudot des lycéens. leslietate.com/2025/05/19/d...

I asked Giles Turnbull to guest blog about his blindness and his writing. A really interesting post from 2017 leslietate.com/2017/02/20/3...

I interviewed prolific author and poet Joanne Limburg. Her books include The Autistic Alice (poems) and The Woman Who Thought Too Much, a memoir about OCD, anxiety and poetry. leslietate.com/2025/05/05/j...

Interview with Katherine Magnoli about The Adventures of KatGirl, her book about a wheelchair warrior. leslietate.com/2025/04/14/1...

Interviewing Neil Gore & Louise Townsend of Townsend Theatre Productions who "Aim to reach audiences that don’t usually engage with the arts; tour to areas of economic deprivation & social isolation, perform in community centres, working people’s clubs, village halls.” leslietate.com/2025/04/07/t...

Sacha Coward talks about their work in museums, including building ‘escape rooms’, queering museums, and running family festivals as well as staging interactive exhibitions, films and events. leslietate.com/2019/04/01/6...

Interview with Jackie Thomas, who makes beautiful handmade books that tell complex stories about science in pictures. leslietate.com/2019/03/25/6...

Interview from my website with Deaf Irish author Lynn Buckle, whose second novel What Willow Says won the international Barbellion Prize leslietate.com/2025/02/17/l...

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Interview with Lathalia Song whose art and poetry asks questions inspired by the natural world. Lathalia also describes the importance of several charities she supports and questions the colonialist legacy of Australia. leslietate.com/2025/02/10/1...