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Penny Pepper's Penny Thoughts
by Penny Pepper
Penny Pepper is an acclaimed wheelchair-using author, poet, performer & disabled activist. A genre-defying and versatile writer, Penny Pepper’s work is a blend of the quirky and the saucy, with a focus on the examination of difference, inequality and identity. She tells stories we haven’t heard, connecting her experience of the world to the universal experience, making others see the world differently.Praise for Penny 'A wonderful memoir, this is the great untold tale of our times told with passion, humour and a compellingly visceral energy. Essential reading.'-Jake Arnott, best selling British novelist and dramatist, author of The Long Firm and six other novels, on reviewing “First in the World Somewhere”."Penny Pepper's work is a virtuoso display of wit, invention and courage. It's thought-provoking and funny and moving and makes us see the world differently" - Dame Margaret Drabble Penny is also a singer-song writer who recorded under the name Kata Kolbert and Spiral Sky (1992-
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Penny Thoughts Three: Interview with Jo Cox, acclaimed electro cellist and collaborator
The latest issue celebrating women - writers, artists, musicians and friendships - with my regular featured poem, from my poetry collection Come Home Alive (available here) and a reading from my memoir First in the World Somewhere (available here) This time recounting the day I met the super talent that is my dear friend Liz Carr. (insert Liz's website) The interview this month is with the glorious mistress of the electric cello Jo Cox, (insert Jo's website) musician and soundscape artist, including short extracts that Jo wrote for me, an evocative representation of my (secret) novel. Enjoy and I'd love to hear your thoughts on Penny Thoughts!
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Episode 2 The Love Issue
Penny Thoughts. Episode 2# A Valentines Special. With Liz Carr Here's the podcast, sneaking to your ears for a Valentine's love-in with Liz Carr, a poem and a story extract from Desires... A bit naughty but I know you'll enjoy it 🥰🥰❤️
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Penny First Podcast
Penny First Podcast by Penny Pepper
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Marriage Of Inconvenience
A punky driving pop tune of anger from my LP Spiral Sky in the late 90s. Rage against the isolation, the taboo of relationships for disabled people. Recorded as Kata Kolbert. Written and sung by me, arrangements by the band.
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Kingdom For A Meaning
A song from the 90s, from my LP album 'Spiral Sky'. A folky tune with political lyrics. Some things have not changed and I can sing this now without it seeming dated. Then it was Thatcher, now it's her spawn in the shape of Cameron, IDS and his ilk.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Penny Pepper is an acclaimed wheelchair-using author, poet, performer & disabled activist. A genre-defying and versatile writer, Penny Pepper’s work is a blend of the quirky and the saucy, with a focus on the examination of difference, inequality and identity. She tells stories we haven’t heard, connecting her experience of the world to the universal experience, making others see the world differently.Praise for Penny 'A wonderful memoir, this is the great untold tale of our times told with passion, humour and a compellingly visceral energy. Essential reading.'-Jake Arnott, best selling British novelist and dramatist, author of The Long Firm and six other novels, on reviewing “First in the World Somewhere”."Penny Pepper's work is a virtuoso display of wit, invention and courage. It's thought-provoking and funny and moving and makes us see the world differently" - Dame Margaret Drabble Penny is also a singer-song writer who recorded under the name Kata Kolbert and Spiral Sky (1992-
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