A treat for the ears! It's Anna Jordan (Yen, Lost Atoms, Succession, Killing Eve)!

Anna made her name as a scriptwriter, but has now also published her debut poetry collection DECADE.

She co-runs runs Support Playwrights with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm; a group of theatre artists finding ways to support playwrights and create community - which can be found on Substack.

Join Anna and Molly for a conversation about CREATIVE FLOW. Find out what the optimum conditions are to find and help us figure out how to maintain it. Hear Anna's theory on 'us' writers versus 'them' writers. We also discuss alcohol, painting, approaches to planning and how to have a hobby over the age of 40.

Lovely stuff! Enjoy! Buy Decade this week - it's brilliant.

Generous, visceral and darkly comic. I love Anna’s huge-hearted writing — Sara Pascoe

These poems of love, of loss, and of longing are at once extraordinarily moving and exhilarating. There is an energy in the language and a richness of feeling that consistently move you forward and lead you inexorably from poem to poem. It’s called Decade for a reason but this collection seems to encompass lifetimes. I found it totally compelling — Timberlake Wertenbaker

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It's Harry Baker day! Harry is a poet with a background in MATHS. His poems have been watched by millions of people online, and his new collection TENDER was an instant Sunday Times Best Seller.

Join Harry and Molly for a chat about self belief. We need it as artists, even when we don't know where to get it or how to sustain it. What do we do when we're the only ones who believe in our work during those early days of being a maker? What do we do when others believe our work should be different to how it is in order to be more 'successful'? How do we sustain self belief in a light, easy way? All this and lots more.

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It's Benedict Lombe (Shifters! Lava!) day!

Bene is an award-winning Congolese British playwright and screenwriter. Her work includes the hit play Shifters, which transferred to the West End in Summer 2024, marking a ground-breaking moment as Benedict Lombe became the third Black British female playwright to have a play staged in the West End. Shifters went on to have another sell-out run at the Duke of York’s Theatre, earning two Olivier Award nominations in 2025, including an Olivier nomination for Best New Play - making Benedict Lombe the first Black British woman to be nominated in this category.

Join Bene and Molly for a chat about isolation. How we balance the time we need to spend alone as makers with not going stir-crazy or alienating ourselves from community. We talk about how to bounce back from rejection, the impact of getting to be in the room where it happens, white chocolate and much more.

Molly also reveals her biggest kink.

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