On Silence Podcast Letter Three: Martyn Rosser

Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. On our third letter, written and read by Martyn Rosser, explores the perspective of Kaja, one of the mysterious characters in this story of family, history and secrets. This research project and literary podcast was written in collaboration with MA in Creative Writing students at the University of Lincoln.

Credits (Freesound): 808 Kings Cross Underground 7 by ERH, 02102 Slovakian Folk Band by Robinhood76, Mind the Gap by doubletrigger, Festival Inner by Tessa_Elieff, Inside London Underground Train by Joe DinesSound, Slovakia by Ondrosik, Fujara by Ondrosik.

Project Brief: 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.