Alternative Stories and Fake Realities

• An Interview with Poet and Novelist Madeleine F White

  Send us a textIn this episode of the Alternative Stories podcast we're chatting with poet, novelist and audio drama writer Madeleine F White about the two books she is publishing in the first part of 2025; the poetry collection 'The Horse and The Girl' and the verse memoir 'Maiden Mother Crone'  We have a full length interview with Madeleine and excerpts from the collections read by Madeleine.  We also hear a clip from Madeleine's audio drama 'The Ark' based on her debut novel 'Mother of Floods' and an excerpt from an episode of the 'Write On! Audio' Podcast.  You can follow Madeleine f White on social media here https://bsky.app/profile/madeleinefwhite.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/madeleinefwhitehttps://www.instagram.com/madeleinefwhite/ The Horse and The Girl and Maiden Mother Crone are both published by Sea Crow Press.  You can find out more and order copies here https://www.seacrowpress.com/ Find out more about the  Write On! suite of publications which Madeleine edits hereWrite on! https://pentoprint.org/write-on-features/ Listen to the Write On! Audio Podcast from Pen to Print here https://open.spotify.com/show/4IG6ODY67eJjTXFmC5nFP5?si=3c9f3ebcfd9d4be3If you have enjoyed this podcast you can listen to more from our production company Alternative Stories including our new science fiction drama 'Burnout' here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStoriesSupport the show

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• A Blue Plaque Mystery: An Audio Drama by Brian Hipkin

  Send us a textThere are hundreds of Blue Plaques on buildings around London commemorating the famous people who lived there at some time in the building’s history .  But only one building has three plaques for three different people who lived in the building at the same time.  Chiltern Court on Baker Street was home to novelists HG Wells and Arnold Bennett and composer Eric Coates in the early 1930s.  In this new audio drama by Brian Hipkin we imagine a pivotal meeting between the three in December 1930 and a modern day investigation into events from the 30s.  In A Blue Plaque Mystery by Brian Hipkin you heard  Ewan Bailey as Arnold BennettJon Glover as HG Wells Zephryn Taitte as Eric Coates Charlie Richards as The Concierge Grace Savage as CassieRia Knowles as Sunday Tom McEnery as Voice on the recording Maya Cohen Gregory as Phyllis CoatesAnd Samira Ahmed as herself  A Blue Plaque Mystery was directed by Chris Gregory It was produced by Brian Hipkin and Chris Gregory and recorded at Orpheus Studio in London by Richard “Orpheus” Campbell Production sound-design and editing were by Chris Gregory The studio assistants were Holly Hughes and Maya Cohen Gregory The music tracks in this production are Saint James Infirmary Blues by Cab CallowayBy a Sleepy Lagoon by Eric Coates  You can find out more about Brian Hipkin and his work by following him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/brianhipkin/ To find out more about Alternative Stories, listen to our other dramas and contact us you can find all our links here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStoriesSupport the show

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• Introducing New Alternative Stories Audio Dramas: Wasteland And Burnout

  Send us a textIn this short episode Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen introduce two new Alternative Stories audio drama series.   You can hear trailers for our two new shows Wasteland and Burnout which are both available on their own podcast platforms. To listen to Wasteland you can search "Wasteland A Dex Legacy Story" wherever you listen to podcasts or you can click here to find it https://pod.link/1790863463If you would like to listen to Burnout you can find it by searching "Burnout Alternative Stories" in your favourite podcast app or click here to find it https://pod.link/1798982875To follow Alternative Stories on social media you can click the links below to find and follow us on your social platform of choice https://www.instagram.com/stories.althttps://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/StoriesAlthttps://www.threads.net/@stories.altFollow us to learn more about upcoming Alternative Stories productions including upcoming podcasts in our ninth series. Support the show

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• The Earth Serenades: An Audio Drama by Emma Griffiths

  Send us a textIn orbit around our planet, an alien creature is listening in on Earth noise.  One sound in particular seems to have a greater significance than others but what does it mean and how will Skim and Beta find out more about it?  In our final Alternative Stories episode of 2024 we are bringing you the winner of the 2024 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition “The Earth Serenades” by Emma Griffiths.    In “The Earth Serenades” by Emma Griffiths you can hear Tiffany Clare as SkimEmily Inkpen as Beta Sophie Macnair as Pree And Chris Gregory as ShakarnOther voices were played by Sophie Macnair and Emma Griffiths  The Earth Serenades was Directed by Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen and recorded at Orpheus Studio in LondonThe sound engineer was Richard CampbellMusic, sound design and editing were by Chris Gregory The script for the earth serenades is copyright Emma Griffiths and may not be used in whole or in part except with the permission of the author If you would like to enter the 2025 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition you need to be an unpublished audio drama writer and resident in the United Kingdom.  The competition is open to entries until 5pm on Friday 21st March.   You can find out more and download entry terms and conditions via the link belowhttps://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions/The interview in this episode was conducted by Emily Inkpen and the presenter was Chris Gregory To find out more about Alternative Stories and our work you can follow us on social mediahttps://x.com/StoriesAlthttps://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/or visit our website https://alternativestories.com/and Linktree here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStoriesContact us by email at [email protected] the show

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• Storytelling in Games with Oscar Clark and Emily Inkpen

  Send us a textIn this episode we look at the world of gaming and discuss the many and varied storytelling styles and approaches within games.  Our guests are games industry expert, actual-play podcaster and author Oscar Clark and novelist, audio drama author and game writer Emily Inkpen. If you would like to watch a video version of this conversation you can find it on the Alternative Stories YouTube channel here Find out more about Oscar Clark and his work in the games industry by following him Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarclark/Twitter / X  https://x.com/AthanateusBluesky https://bsky.app/profile/athanateus.bsky.socialYou can watch Oscar's actual play podcast Anything Can Happen on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/@AnythingCouldHappen-showand listen via Spotify here https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anything-could-happenYou can find out more about Emily Inkpen and her work by visiting her websitehere https://www.emilyinkpen.com/Find out more about The Dex Legacy herehttps://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-homeFollow Emily on social media Twitter / X https://x.com/emilyinkpenBlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/emilyinkpen.bsky.socialInstagram https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/To find out more about Alternative Stories and our work you can follow us on social mediahttps://x.com/StoriesAlthttps://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/or visit our website https://alternativestories.com/and Linktree here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStoriesContact us by email at [email protected] the show

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