Have A Kind Word With: Nick Barley

from Have A Kind Word With Yourself: The Podcast · host rosecondo

"Poetry comes from that kind act of observation." I chat with Nick Barley, founding Director of the National Poetry Centre. We talk about facilitating other peoples’ creativity, the value of modelling kindness, meeting angelic cyclists in Spain, and how we write poetry to make sense of ourselves in the world. National Poetry Centre: www.nationalpoetrycentre.org.uk Edinburgh International Book Festival: www.edbookfest.co.uk International Booker Prize: www.thebookerprizes.com/international-booker-prize Joséphine Bacon: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/josephine-bacon We recorded in May 2026 at Amped as part of the 20th Anniversary Huddersfield Literature Festival. www.ampedhudd.co.uk www.huddlitfest.org.uk About Rose: Website: www.rosecondo.net Website artwork is by Niamh Wood: www.etsy.com/shop/LittleBadgerArts Podcast music by Eleonora Rosca: www.instagram.com/eleonorarosca

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