Quick & Quirky Questions is a regular monthly feature on the Autumn Voices website.
Each month, we’ll ask a member of the Autumn Voices community – and maybe one or two well-known names and faces – some (you guessed it) quick and quirky questions. There will be six regular questions that we’ll ask every person, and depending on what themes we’re championing at Autumn Voices or activities we’re involved in, we might throw in one or two extra. The responses will be published each month along with a little bit about who they are.
To keep track of who our interview subjects are each month, follow us on Facebook or Twitter and look for the hashtag #QQQ
Jane Campbell grew up in Zambia and Cape Town and read English at Oxford. She has worked as a Group Analyst, teaching and training and lecturing internationally, for nearly forty years. She lives in Bermuda and Oxford, England. She published her debut short story collection, Cat Brushing, at the age of 80. Tell us 4 … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Jane Campbell
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I’ve been a journalist/writer, yoga teacher, bookseller and publisher. What is your favourite age that you’ve been so far in life, and why? Tough one – I was a teenager at the time of punk and new wave which was amazing but I’m happiest now. Who is your … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Jayne Baldwin
Stewart edited the fantastic Other Worlds: An Anthology of Scottish Island Poems, published recently by Polygon. We’re looking forward to publishing a review of this book later this month, and possibly taking a sneak peak at Stewart’s new pamphlet with Mariscat Press, Underwood. Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I am married to Judy. My being … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Stewart Conn
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself I don’t think there is anything important about me, I’m just the usual mixture of moods and thoughts and desires. I read very quickly; I can cook up a storm in a tin can with whatever’s in the cupboard; I like languages, and have a few words in … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Hilary Hawker
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I was an unmarried mother (as they were then known) in the sixties I grew up in London and still think of myself as a Londoner I am still unmarried but have lived with my partner, the artist Colin Robertson, for thirty-four years I am left-handed What is … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with A C Clark
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I don’t have a favourite colour. I love them all. If I was a bird, I’d want to be an albatross. When I was little, I wanted to have a prehensile tail. My favourite author is Charles Dickens and has been since I was a child. What is your favourite age … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Lindsay Oliver
Cameron McNeish is an award-winning writer and television presenter whose fields of interest include mountaineering, hillwalking, backpacking, cycle touring, mountain biking and Scots and Irish traditional music. He is also an avid campervan man! For twenty years Cameron was editor of The Great Outdoors magazine, and he now edits Scottish Walks and Scottish Cycling. He also … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Cameron McNeish
Peter was the winner of our monthly flash prize for his entry on Dance, entitled “Take Your Partners”. Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: My family lived behind my uncle’s butcher shop in the Rhondda Valley in the 1940s when I was 9 years old. An important part of my education. I loved playing … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Peter Davies
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I value my family and friends. I love adventure and trying new things. I lost almost 7stone in weight, and try and maintain a healthy lifestyle. I try and promote self-belief in others. What is your favourite age that you’ve been so far in life, and why? I … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Marilyn Bersey
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I left my teddy bear on the Norfolk Broads (aged 3). I found him again in my 30s (his name’s Ed). I’m a prolific poet, and love form and free. As a keen gardener, I write lots of nature poems. What is your favourite age that you’ve been … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Wendy Webb
This week’s Quick and Quirky Questions are answered by David Thompson, who won our February flash entry competition with his wonderful poem entitled Language Love. He’s from Frome in Somerset and has recently turned 89. He also published a poetry collection recently – Days of Dark and Light – with Hobnob Press. Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with David Thompson
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I’ve been married for over 57 years I have two children I love our beautiful garden and especially our ducks, buying plants and bird watching I enjoy helping people to manage their tinnitus (something I have done since 1986) as well as producing, along with my daughter, our … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Audrey Carlin
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I was born in Glesca and brocht up in Lumphinnans, Fife. My wife is Deif and we hae twa bairns, yin Deif and yin hearin. I’ve spent mair than 30 year producin TV programmes in British Sign Language (BSL) Nae regrets, but … Gin it had been possible … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Robert Duncan
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: Although I am 80 years of age I feel (and tend to act) as if I were decades younger. I am still one of the five directors running the Welfare team at Glastonbury Festival and it would have been my thirtieth year there two years ago if not … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Christine Williams
Toyah Willcox should really need no introduction to you all – she’s a prodigiously talented singer, composer, writer and actress, as well as the co-creator and host of the hugely entertaining Sunday Lunch videos and Agony Aunts podcast with her husband, Robert Fripp. You can read more about her here. Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I am … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Toyah Willcox
