In 2021 Setareh started her podcast, Etcetera, available on YouTube, to have fun and laid-back discussions with other poets and creatives.
Episodes
11 - Jake Nathan
For this episode I was joined by Jake Nathan and had a very interesting conversation with him regarding accessibility in poetry and the impact of poetry on working class boys.
Jake Nathan is a multiple time slam-winning spoken-word poet and artist from East London. He is the current Genesis Slam Grand Champion and Kent Poetry Champion. He headlines poetry shows across London, Kent and Essex and he recently won the award for ‘Nicest Man on The Internet’ from Process Productions. Jake’s spoken-word Bear Necessities EP is available on most streaming platforms. He has featured at the Faversham Literary Festival, Essex Writers’ House Festival, Margate Bookie Festival and the Medway River Lit Festival. His poems have been featured on BBC Radio multiple times as well as The Dead Darlings Podcast and other podcasts. His page poetry has been published by Anti-Heroin Chic, Thanet Writers and elsewhere.
10 - Gary Studley
For this zainy 10th episode I am joined by Gary Studley; teacher, mental health worker, foodbank worker, former primary school teacher, exhibitor, tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. What hasn't he done? He's only been running well-attended poetry events in Canterbury and beyond for the last ten years at least. A natural comic, Gary talks about a wide range of topics, from music, to punk, to Radiohead and even poetry! A really joyous podcast to make, hope you enjoy.
9 - Mithago Craze
mithago (it/its) is a mad crip tranny dyke poet, perfomer and activist. it is the 2023 UK slam poetry champion and has represented england at both the european and world slam finals. beyond the world of slam, mithago has performed its work extensively across the uk and europe including supporting hip hop artist b. dolan on their uk tour in 2023 and releasing a video poem directed by scroobius pip for the anniversary of brianna ghey’s murder. mithago’s work often centres identity, how it shapes and is shaped by the worlds around us and the ways in which those worlds intersect.
8 - Tree Carr
Tree is a published author and TEDx speaker who works in the field of Transpersonal Psychology with a focus on dreams, death, altered states of consciousness and psychedelic assisted therapy. She holds a professional certificate in Psychedelics, Altered States & Transpersonal Psychology with the Alef Trust and is a CPD Crossfields Institute Certified Death Doula. A high priestess witch and master of Wicca she has studied at the world-renowned Arthur Findlay College of Psychic Science, is a faculty member at The Magickal Path School of Witchcraft and a teacher at the acclaimed College of Psychic Studies in London, UK.
As a Psychedelic Therapist, Tree currently guides people through integration sessions to help them make sense of their psychedelic experiences, address any challenging emotions or thoughts that may have emerged, and apply the insights gained to personal growth, mental well-being, and behavioural changes. With a focus on intuitive inquiry, storytelling, mind mapping, meditation, art therapy and creative expression, Tree’s person centred approach to working with unconscious material in her clients, helps to bring them into cohesive wholeness after an ego dissolving psychedelic experience.
In her role as a transpersonal Dreaming Guide, Tree helps those seeking to activate, explore and further understand their dream realms by cultivating a bespoke daily dreaming practise. Her workshops, courses and retreats have ventured from London throughout the UK, Europe, Canada and USA. She is also booked for one on one dreaming guidance where the session delves into dream interpretation, meditations, rescripting of recurring dreams and methods for lucid dreaming. Tree works closely with oneirogens ( dreaming plants and herbs) as part of her conscious dreaming practise and facilitates workshops and retreats to connect people more deeply into their dream-work vis-a -vis the world of plants and herbs.
Her work as a Death Doula involves helping people spiritually, emotionally, existentially and practically at the end of their lives. Tree holds the space for healing, peace, grief support and compassion during the profound and sacred time of death and dying.
As a published author, her book ‘DREAMS: How to Connect With Your Dreams to Enrich Your Life’, was released in 2018 with Octopus Publishing. Her second book '‘Conscious Dreamer’’ published in 2021 by Quarto Publishing Group, guides the reader through 30 days of capturing dreams for creative practise. Her third book "The Artists' Oracle" which captured the dreams of 30 artists in the form of an Oracle deck saw publication in 2021 with White Crypt. Her latest book “A Spell a Day’ was internationally released June 2023 with Watkins Publishing.
A Wiccan High Priestess, Tree facilitates coven circles, moon rituals, Pagan Sabats, Hand- fastings, Funerals and baby naming ceremonies. She also facilitates healing sessions and Tarot sessions.
As a writer, Tree is a regular esoteric columnist at Woman&Home magazine and has also contributed to The Wild Alchemy Journal.
Tree has been featured in a wide variety of press, TV and news outlets including: Sky History Channel, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The New York Times, ES Magazine, Stylist Magazine, Grazia, VICE, Daily Star and Express
Her clients and collaborations include: The Freud Museum London, Virgin Media, The Psychedelic Society, Presencing Institute, Awake Academy and Guerilla Science.
Born in 1972, Tree has explored the zones of spirituality and consciousness since she was a child. Tree is skilled in divinatory guidance: The Tarot and Astrology and has facilitated readings, rituals, classes and courses spanning a wide variety of esoteric subjects. As a Tarot scholar, Tree has taught masterclasses on the Rider-Waite Deck since 2016.
7 - Louisa Campbell
The poet Louisa Campbell talks about her latest book, Beautiful Nowhere.
Seb Reilly is a published writer, fiction author, journalist, award-nominated columnist, poet, and occasional musician. He writes long-form fiction along with short stories, poetry, essays, non-fiction articles and opinion columns for various publications, both online and in print.
In both 2018 and 2020, Seb Reilly was shortlisted as a finalist for Kent Columnist of the Year at the Kent Press and Broadcast Awards for his monthly column in the Isle of Thanet News. His fiction has been described as “a masterstroke of characterisation” (Storgy Magazine) and compared to “a how-to guide to duping gullible sods” (The Guardian), and his poetry has been referred to as “perfect” (Dissonance Magazine).
Seb Reilly’s short story ‘Stray’ was published in Shoal, an anthology by Thanet Writers, released in 2018. His article ‘All Hail Trump, Bringer of Armageddon’ was featured on the front page of the UK edition of the HuffPost as a reaction piece to the election of Donald Trump as US President. Seb Reilly blogs on Patreon, and he also writes about British folklore and reviews films on his website. Seb Reilly has been a regular writer for the Margate Mercury since its first issue, and he is currently writing a series of gonzo articles for the Broadstairs Beacon, the first being ‘The Suburban Exorcists’.
Outside of writing for publication, Seb Reilly occasionally performs poetry at local venues and events, and has read at the likes of Margate Soul Festival, Tongue Punch, Soul Food and Street Sonnets, and Dead Horse Festival. In 2018 Seb Reilly was Poet-in-Residence for the day at Margate Festival. He has been interviewed on Monocle 24 and BBC Radio Kent about writing, poetry, and the seaside, and has appeared at The Word Literary Festival and the Margate Bookie. His writing was exhibited in the Turner Contemporary as part of the installation artwork ‘Birds and Other Stories’.
For several years, Seb Reilly has invested in his local writing community, supporting authors and poets in their careers and running critique groups and community projects, and from 2015 to 2020 he was Editor-in-Chief of Thanet Writers. Seb Reilly offers editing services and writing classes, as well as a writer mentorship programme and regular writing craft essays.
As a seaside resident, Seb Reilly is passionate about living by the sea, a theme that often appears in his work. He lives by the coast in Thanet, Kent, in the United Kingdom, with his family and two cats, and when he is not writing he enjoys music and film.
5 - Barry Fentiman Hall
Barry Fentiman Hall is a writer of place and the people that you find there. He has published three books, the most recent of which is Sketches (Wordsmithery 2020). He is the editor of Confluence Magazine.
4 - Dee Dickens
Dee Dickens lives on a mountain with her husband and cats, writing poems and studying for her MA. Host of the Dickens and Quips poetry podcast, her upcoming collection is Fear of Drowning, published by Whisky & Beards Publishing.
3 - DrayZera
DrayZera is a spoken word performing poet, podcaster and music artist. DrayZera began in 2016 and since then has racked up over 200 performances across four countries, including San Francisco's 10th Annual Beat Poetry Festival. DrayZera released his debut poetry collection 'Broken Circuitboard' with an additional release 'Secret Diaries' pamphlet in 2017. In 2019, 'Psycho Lucy' - A Cinematic Spoken Word Film Series - mixed spoken word and horror filmed in the historical city of Bath. DrayZera has also released music with 'Cut Them Loose' and 'King Is Dead' released in 2020. The journey continues with the masked artist...
2 - Connor Sansby
Connor Sansby is a Poet, Festival Producer and Editor-in-Chief for Whisky & Beards Publishing. Since 2013, Connor has performed across the South of England, including Margate Soul Festival, Wise Words Festival and London’s Let’s Kill It. His work touches on themes of cultural waste, depression and the uncomfortable in the everyday. In 2016, Connor released his first short story collection, “I am not a well person”. His first collection of poetry, “Promise Me The Journey Back” was released in April 2018. In 2019, he spent a year as an Associate Artist at Open School East, studying neurodiversity in the arts and developing as a visual artist.
1 - Louise Farley
Kirsty Louise Farley is a writer, poet and editor born and raised in Margate. Her work can be found on the Thanet Writers website, in the Thanet Poetry Journal and on her Instagram, @KLFWRITER. More recently, Kirsty has had a short story published by Thanet Writers in their first anthology, Shoal. She is the poetry editor for Thanet Writers. Previously, she edited the second edition of the Thanet Poetry Journal, as well as headlined The Dead Island Poet’s Society in Margate. Inspired by the surrealism of artists like Noel Fielding, the Romanticism of writers like Lord Byron and the harsh reality of writers like Wilfred Owen, her work explores themes of mental health, relationships, nature and the macabre.