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The Maple Moon Podcast
by Courtenay Schembri Gray ✰
Courtenay Schembri Gray writes from an eldritch womb: ft. poems, plays, diaries, and essays. themaplemoon.substack.com
Episodes
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The Maple Moon Podcast Needs Your Help! ✨
I have been extremely unwell since the New Year; on top of my existing health issues. Beyond that, finances are really quite dire for my household and we need help. This country really keeps you in the gutter and food is growing increasingly expensive. I’m existing on tins / cartons of soup and...
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#9: A Corpse Waiting to be Washed
In this episode I provide some much needed updates; such as what I’ve been reading and watching. I also discuss my feelings on approaching the end of my ‘20s. Mentioned: - Complete Plays by Aristophanes - The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter - Summerfolk by Maxim Gorky - The Way We Live Now by...
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#8: The Gold Star Effect ⭐️
In this episode I discuss the issues with writing competitions, why I don’t care to follow them, why I no longer enter poetry prizes, and the culture surrounding writing prizes. Mentioned: - Mslexia’s Instagram Post - Hallowe’en Ghazal by Kit Buchan - We Blue Stars by Courtenay Schembri Gray…
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#7: Bright Stupid Confetti
Mentioned: - The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath (ed. Ted Hughes) - Sylvia (dir. Christine Jeffs, 2003) - The Letters of Ted Hughes (ed. Christopher Reid) - Winter Landscape, With Rooks by Sylvia Plath - Bucolics by Sylvia Plath - Faun by Sylvia Plath - Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art…
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#6: The Way We Live Now
In this episode I discuss the problems with Arts Council funding, rewarding mediocrity, and the privileges of those with all the power in the writing world. I urge all my fellow writers listening to hear this message and speak out on the corruption going on in the arts. If we don’t fight for what...
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#5: Ghost Cries Under the Stage
In this episode I talk you through my paranormal experiences. As someone who has had plenty, I find it fascinating to talk about. I enjoy reading about other paranormal experiences; especially when it comes to literature. Mentioned: - Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Act I, Scene V) - Two Girls One...
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#4: Neurodivergence is a Solar System 🪐
In this episode, I discuss my experiences as an autistic person seeking diagnosis. Recent events have only made it more important to speak out about neurodivergence. I recently wrote a Facebook account about my own experiences; something I have been relatively quiet about. I wanted my family and...
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#3: Who's Afraid of Daphne du Maurier?
In this episode, I discuss the short story, my own experiences of writing them and review After Midnight: a collection of Daphne du Maurier’s short stories, published by Virago Press. - Pain, Parties, Work by Elizabeth Winder - After Midnight by Daphne du Maurier - Virago Press - Rebecca, dir....
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#2: The Dream Was Always You
In this episode, I discuss the concept of recording dreams, read from my journal, discuss my long distance relationship experience and mysticism in general. Mentioned: - The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Saturday 29th June 1667) - Insomniac Dreams: Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov - Notes to…
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#1: Labour Like a Beast, Die Like a Worm
Podcast Recommendations: Ear Biscuits After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal Not Just the Tudors BBC Front Row Weird in the Wade TV Recommendations: The Newsreader Masterchef UK Ancient Autopsy w/ Suzannah Lipscomb Get full access to The Maple Moon at themaplemoon.substack.com/subscribe
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