# Lemn Sissay

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Butter Chicken with Poet Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay is a lifeforce. A poet, three times Sunday Times bestselling author, memoirist playwright curator and broadcaster. Lemn also has some of his poems embedded as landmarks in the physical architecture of Manchester, London and the British Council Offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Brought u…

#500 EPISODES: Lemn Sissay & Lisa Faulkner

This is one of most beautiful and most emotional episodes we've ever made. It's actually from later in the first year of the podcast (October 2019) but we really wanted to play it again for you - here's how we described it at the time. Original billing for this episode: In one of our favourite ep…

Lemn Sissay: What Happens When Home Rejects You?

Lemn Sissay is a poet, playwright and broadcaster. Few people have thought more deeply about the meaning of home than Lemn.  As a baby, Lemn was separated from his Ethiopian mother and placed into foster care with a white family. He grew up believing he had been abandoned, not even knowing his rea…

Pod Extra: Poet Lemn Sissay and the many foster children of literature

A podcast special edition of the Bookshelf, in which English poet and writer Lemn Sissay reveals his life and history as a child in care, and connects it to the many foster children of literature.

Series 5 Ep 7 - Myleene Klass, Lemn Sissay, North East Independent Book Fest & Dean Midas

In this episode Sam chats to Myleene Klass about children moving to university, Lemn Sissay comes on to discuss his live show at Gala Durham and discuss his career. We also chat to Ryan and Karen Crear about Durham Indie Book Festival. Stuart chats to local film maker Dean Midas about his latest pr…

Kicking Off | Careless Ep 2

Nkechi is frustrated by the lack of clarity and delays from the council. She seeks advice from the poet, Lemn Sissay, who also grew up in care. A lawyer recommends she should go bananas. Reported by Ashley John-Baptiste and Madeleine Parr Produced and written by Madeleine Parr Sound design by Simo…