Rosalind Hudis : 'Restorations'

 Welcome to The Seren Poetry Podcast, a series of conversations and readings with Seren poets. In this edition we speak with poet Rosalind Hudis about her collection Restorations. Rosalind Hudis grew up in Suffolk but now lives in West Wales with her partner and family. A one-time accordion player in a gypsy band, Rosalind now works as a freelance writer, editor, reviewer and tutor.  Restorations is a journey into what it means to preserve – a monument, a moment, a life-story, a poppy. It’s about the hunger to possess and the need to let go. Welding themes from art and history with the contemporary, there are poems about pigments and dictators, glue and glass houses, collections, crinolines, and barometers, and the vagaries of memory itself. Entwined, is a more personal story that tracks the loss of a parent to dementia. Also running through, is a theme of women eroding the straitjacket of gendered roles. Linking all is a play with colour, particularly blue, in all its stages from vital to decayed. The podcast is presented by Rhian Edwards  The interviewer is Chris Gregory  Recordings, production, sound design and editing are by Chris Gregory of Alternative Stories Recordings of Rhian Edwards are by Sarah Johnson  This conversation was recorded on Zoom. As with all video calls, the sound quality may not always be perfect. but we hope you’ll enjoy listening. You can find out more about Rosalind’s poetry on her website https://rosalindhudis.wordpress.com/  Find out more about Seren and purchase books featured in this podcast by visiting the Seren website here https://www.serenbooks.com/ Follow Seren on social media  Twitter https://twitter.com/SerenBooks Instagram https://www.instagram.com/serenbooks/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SerenBooks Contact them by email at seren@serenbooks.com  This podcast is produced by Alternative Stories, a spoken word production company specialising in literary podcasts and radio programmes. To find out more about Alternative Stories, follow or hire them please follow the links below https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories Contact them by email office@alternativestories.com   Please join us next week for a conversation with Eric Ngalle Charles, about his collection Homelands, which will be released on Thursday 24th November. Subscribe in your favourite podcast app to have all future editions delivered to your podcast feed the moment they are released.   Don’t forget to leave us a review if you like what you hear.