First Graft Podcast

• First Graft with Cauvery Madhavan

  Send us a textIn this episode I talk to Cauvery about self doubt, claiming your voice, and the importance of naming in finding your characters. Born in India, Cauvery Madhavan moved to Ireland 38 years ago and has been in love with the country ever since. Her books Paddy Indian and The Uncoupling were published to critical acclaim. Her last novel, The Tainted, was chosen by Laureate Sebastian Barry for his Laureate Picks 2020. It was one of An Post Irish Book Awards’ Top Summer Reads. The book was chosen by The Times for their list of top 40 Historical Fiction novels and won the runner-up prize for the SAHR Prize for Military Fiction. Cauvery was an  Ambassador for the Play It Forward Fellowship and served as a judge for the Irish Novel Fair 2022. Her new book, The Inheritance, has been widely hailed as a sumptous, moving evocation of landscape, history and the human spirit. A very keen golfer and cook, she has three children and lives with her husband in County Kildare.https://cauverymadhavan.com

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• First Graft with Annabel Dover

  Send us a textIn this episode I talk to Annabel about her painting, writing in fragments, the value of small things and writing with and through depression.Through a variety of media including painting, photography, video, cyanotype, and drawing. Annabel Dover engages the viewer in untold tales of wonder. Throughout her practice she finds herself drawn to objects and the invisible stories that surround them. Her work is part distillation, part peripatetic ramble through her influences which range from archaeological illustration, archaic scientific techniques and the enthusiasms of a Victorian lady to the theories of Freud and anthropological research. Dover was born in Liverpool, educated in Newcastle and London. Her PhD at Chelsea College of Art explored a practice-led response to the cyanotype albums of Anna Atkins. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally.  https://www.annabeldover.uk

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• First Graft with Kirsteen McNish

  Send us a textIn this episode I talk to Kirsteen McNish about writing grief, place and writing as an act of vulnerability. Kirsteen writes a regular column for Caught By The River, and was long listed for the Nan Shepherd Prize in 2023.  She is also an events curator who works with writers, filmmakers, musicians and artists on special one off events in unusual places often outdoors. She curated  the album "Mirry" around lost work by a female musician with musicians Simon Tong and Tom Fraser. She is interested in the micro and the macro and stories of lesser heard people and how that interpolates with place. https://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2023/01/shadows-reflections-kirsteen-mcnish/https://www.littletoller.co.uk/the-clearing/aqua-vitae-by-kirsteen-mcnish/

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• First Graft with Luke Seomore

  Send us a textIn this episode I talk to filmmaker and musician, Luke Seomore, about finding your own style as an artist, collaboration, falling in love with image and our mutual love for the Werner Herzog film, Stroszek.Luke Seomore is an award winning filmmaker whose thought-provoking work spans commercials, features, documentaries and art installations. Working alongside his directing partner Joseph Bull, their debut fictional feature, BLOOD CELLS premiered at Venice Film Festival. It was released by Picturehouse following its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Michael Powell Award. A hypnotic road movie that offers a distinctive look at contemporary Britain, the drama found wide critical acclaim following its release. Their previous film, the feature documentary ISOLATION (about the experiences of ex-soldiers, seen through the eyes of paratrooper turned photographer, Stuart Griffiths), premiered at Edinburgh and was described by the Guardian as "a beautifully attuned piece of work." Luke composes their music and soundtracks under the guise BLESSED ARE THE HEARTS THAT BEND, and released his debut album through Berlin label Vaagner in 2020. He has performed live scores to their lauded feature documentary ISOLATION in a series of sold-out shows at venues including the Roundhouse and the Barbican in London.Blessed Are the Hearts That Bend's latest album is 'A gentle death / a sudden birth' released in December 2024.https://www.unit9.com/director/luke-and-josephhttps://www.instagram.com/lukeseomore/https://lukeseomore.bandcamp.comhttps://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-stroszek-1977-online

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• First Graft with Amanda Mason

  Send us a textIn this episode I talk Amanda Mason, author of The Wayward Girls, about writing the uncanny, fear, nostalgia-washing, and art as reciprocity. https://greyhoundliterary.co.uk/authors/amanda-mason

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