On Silence Podcast Letter Five: Beth Parker

Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Our fifth letter, read by MA Creative Writing graduate Beth Parker, takes us to the grim fringes of nineties’ London where we meet Matthew, Lucia’s brother.

Credits (Freesound): 02102 Slovakian Folk Band by Robinhood76, Train by Progrez, Street London Traffic People Busy by Alexkandrell, Flower Market Columbia Road by Petewyer2, Park Pigeons Cooing Flapping Wings by Newlocknew, Sundown Meadow by Llexi, Fujara by Ondrosik.

Episode URL: https://onsilenceliterarypodcast.podbean.com/e/letter-five-beth-parker/
Also published: https://www.lincolnreview.org/onsilence

On Silence Podcast

Eleven writers, four months, one podcast – the brief was simple. Our aim was to recreate the dynamics of a writer’s room to produce an original literary podcast series. During the second half of 2023, we engaged in regular meetings with our groups of writers who worked in collaboration to produce thirteen episodes. We chose to write On Silence in the epistolary form – a series of letters – in order to explore hidden conversations between family members, friends, strangers and confidants. Our writers were presented with the first letter, then instructed to continue the story. Each writer wrote, edited end recorded up to two letters; each contribution was rigorously reviewed by the other members of the team to create, what we hope to be, a cohesive, well-crafted narrative. The process – like the story – led us to surprising discoveries. Whether the experiment worked or not is up to you to decide…

Contributors

Dorsa Daneshvar Khoshkar Vandani, Burcu Güney Yılmaz, Shivang Ambardar, Martyn Rosser, Ellie Wilson, Beth Parker, Abbie Laycock, Tori Wood and Jo Major.

Project Leads/Producers

Sherezade García Rangel and Amy Lilwall.