Sleepless Creatives
Florence St Leger
We are a bedtime Podcast for Performers and Creators, drift off to sleep to the words you love to perform.
Hosted by Florence St Leger, produced by Canary Studios.
The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse
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Today we will be reading The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, a children's story by 18th-century writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter.
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The Goblins' Christmas
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For our Christmas episode this year I will be reading The Goblins’ Christmas, a poem written in 1908 by Elizabeth Anderson.
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Nim McQuin: The Fairy Green by Rose Fyleman
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For this month's Guest Reader episode, we have Nim McQuin, an Actor and Director based in Edinburgh who will be reading us some enchanting poetry from The Fairy Green by Rose Fyleman.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Part 1/2
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For this year's Halloween episode, we will be reading the first half of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.
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Carmilla Part 3
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Today we will be reading chapter three of Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu.
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Stacia Keogh: Shrendi Vashtar by Saki
Hello Creatives,
Today's Guest Reader in Stacia Keogh, Stacia is an American voice actor, podcaster and speaking coach.
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Also go and listen to her podcast Finding My Voice on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other platforms.
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The Fair Youth Sonnets Part 4
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Today we will be reading part 4 of The Fair Youth Sonnets by William Shakespeare.
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Pride Poetry: Lord Byron
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Happy Pride Month! Today I will be reading a small collection from the 17th century satirical poet, Lord Byron.
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Abbie Atkinson: Welcome to the Bells by Kit Dando
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Our guest reader for this month is Abbie Atkinson, actor and host of the podcast Don’t Let Dave Win - she will be reading us an original short story called Welcome to the Bells by Kit Dando.
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Don Quixote Part 7
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This month, we're reading chapter 7 of Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes.
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The Poetry of Aphra Behn
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This month, for international womens day, we are reading some poems by the 17th century feminist poet and dramatist Aphra Behn.
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Nicole Chan: Cantonese Poetry, Sonnets and Short Stories
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This months guest reader is Nicole Chan, who will be reading us a selection of poetry in Cantonese and English, a sonnet and a short story.
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The Jungle Book Part 3
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Happy New Year! We’re starting off 2024 with a continuation of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.
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The Phantom of the Opera
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TRIGGER WARNING: this episode contains disturbing imagery and talks about suicide.
Happy Halloween! Today we are reading chapter one of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
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Yaiza Freire-Bernat: Spanish Poetry
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Today’s guest reader is Actor and Writer Yaiza Freire-Bernat who will be reading us a selection of poetry Joaquin Abati Diaz and Rosalia De Castro in both the original Spanish and English translations.
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Poems About Snow
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As we wind down for Christmas I thought I would keep it nice and simple, 10 poems about snow from authors Walter De La Mare, Robert Lee Frost, DH Lawrence, Charles Bertram Johnson, James Russell Lowell, Hannah Flagg Gould, James Thomson, Emily Dickinson and Francis Thompson.
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Don Quixote Part 6
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Today we are continuing with with our favourite classic, chapter 6 of Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes.
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Jordan Blair: The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap
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Today we are joined by this months guest reader, Jordan Blair from the Dreamful Bedtime Stories podcast who will be reading The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap by Lord Dunsany.
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Carmilla Part 2
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Today we’re going to be biting into chapter 2 of Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
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Pride Poetry: Federico Garcia Lorca
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Happy Pride month! Today we are continuing our Pride Poetry theme with the Spanish poet, Federico Garcia Lorca.
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Giulia Del Fabbro: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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For our second episode in the Guest Speaker series we have Italian Actor, Giulia Del Fabbro who is reading a few chapters from The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.
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Don Quixote Part 5
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Our episode this month is chapter 5 of your favourite classic, Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes.
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Carmilla Part 1
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For international womens day which we celebrated on March 8th I have chosen the gothic novella, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
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Josh Anderson-Grey: Poems & Short Stories
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The first episode of our Guest Speaker Series; Writer and radio presenter, Josh Anderson-Grey reads us a collection of hand-picked Poems and short stories.
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Don Quixote Part 4
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This is chapter 4 of our beloved series, Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes.
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The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg
Hello Creatives,Merry Christmas! For the last episode of 2022 I will be reading the festive German fairytale, The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg by Frances Jenkins Olcott.Need more?Access premium episodes in your Spotify feed with Supercast membership https://sleeplesscreatives.supercast.com/Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesYou can also listen, learn about the show and
The Poetry of WWI
Hello Creatives,Here in the UK, on November 11th we observe Armistice and Remembrance Day which marked to end to the first world war in 1916, so this month I will be reading poetry from World War I.Need more?Access premium episodes in your Spotify feed with Supercast membership https://sleeplesscreatives.supercast.com/Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesYou can also lis
The Hound
Hello Creatives,For this years Halloween episode we will be reading The Hound by H.P Lovecraft, beware: this one is extra spooky!Need more?Access premium episodes in your Spotify feed with Supercast membership https://sleeplesscreatives.supercast.com/Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesYou can also listen, learn about the show and fill out our listener’s survey on our o
Don Quixote Part 3
Hello Creatives!Join me for chapter 3 of the tale of Don Quixote.Need more?Access premium episodes in your Spotify feed with Supercast membership https://sleeplesscreatives.supercast.com/Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesYou can also listen, learn about the show and fill out our listener’s survey on our official websitewww.sleeplesscreatives.co.uk Sleep Tight, Floren
Seasonal Poetry: Summer
Hello Creatives!A continuation of our Seasonal Poetry series, this time looking at poems of Summer.Need more?Access premium episodes in your Spotify feed with Supercast membership https://sleeplesscreatives.supercast.com/Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesYou can also listen, learn about the show and fill out our listener’s survey on our official websitewww.sleeplesscr
Don Quixote Part 2
Hello Creatives,This is part 2 of the classic tale of Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes.Need more?Dreamful Bedtime Stories podcast Dreamful (dreamfulstories.com)Access premium episodes in your Spotify feed with Supercast membership (and get your first month for just $3!) https://sleeplesscreatives.supercast.com/Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesYou can also listen, l
Pride Poetry: Sappho
Hello Creatives!Today I'm doing a continuation of our Pride Poetry series, this time focusing on the ancient Greek poetess named Sappho.Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesYou can also listen, learn about the show and fill out our listener’s survey on our official websitewww.sleeplesscreatives.co.uk Sleep Tight, Florence xThe music in this episode is Stars & Trees by Outside The
The Fair Youth Sonnets Part 3
Hello Creatives!I decided to pull this episode out of the Patreon archives and make it a regular episode, Part 3 of The Fair Youth Sonnets by William Shakespeare.Need more?Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesYou can also listen, learn about the show and fill out our listener’s survey on our official websitewww.sleeplesscreatives.co.uk Sleep Tight, Florence xThe music in this epis
Don Quixote Part 1
Hello Creatives!Today we are telling the whimsical and much-loved story of Don Quixote by Spanish author Miguel De Cervantes.Need more?Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesSupport us on Patreon from £1.50 per month and gain bonuses like episode shout outs, stickers, polls and bonus episodeshttps://www.patreon.com/SleeplessCreativesYou can also listen, learn about the show and fill
The Women of Shakespeare
Hello Creatives!We've just celebrated international women's month, so today I am reading a selection of monologues and soliloquies from Shakespeares' most notable women. Need more?Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesSupport us on Patreon from £1.50 per month and gain bonuses like episode shout outs, stickers, polls and bonus episodeshttps://www.patreon.com/Sleepless
The Poetry of Frances Harper
Hello Creatives!For Black History Month I will be reading a handful of poems by the poet, writer, suffragist and abolitionist Frances Harper.Need more?Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesSupport us on Patreon from £1.50 per month and gain bonuses like episode shout outs, stickers, polls and bonus episodeshttps://www.patreon.com/SleeplessCreativesYou can also listen, learn about th
The Girl Without Hands
Hello Creatives!In this episode, we will be reading a Grimms Fairytale called The Girl Without Hands.This story contains gore and physical violence.Need more?Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesSupport us on Patreon from £1.50 per month and gain bonuses like episode shout outs, stickers, polls and bonus episodeshttps://www.patreon.com/SleeplessCreativesYou can also listen, learn a
Seasonal Poetry: Winter
Hello Creatives!In our final episode of 2021 I am delving into some winter poetry from Emily Bronte, Robert Frost, Kathleen Jamie, Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy, Sylvia Plath and Miguel de Unamuno.Need more?Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesSupport us on Patreon from £1.50 per month and gain bonuses like episode shout outs, stickers, polls and bonus episodeshttps://www.patreon.com/S
Babouscka
Hello Creatives!This month brings us the story of Babouscka, a short but sweet Christmas story from Russia.Need more?Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesSupport us on Patreon from £1.50 per month and gain bonuses like episode shout outs, stickers, polls and bonus episodeshttps://www.patreon.com/SleeplessCreativesListen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6pJzFl1d7QMAqb2rcK59C
The Signal-Man
Hello Creatives!This is our first Halloween episode, a short ghost story called The Signal-Man by the Victorian novelist Charles Dickens - the creator of many well-loved stories.More from Sleepless Creatives! (all linked below)Need more episodes? Check out our Patreon page, you can support the show from as little as £1.50 per month and gain access to extras like bonus episodes, polls, behind the scenes extras and merch.Fill out our listeners survey, I created this a few months ago so that I can
Hamlet Monologues
Hello Creatives!In this episode, I will be reading a handful of monologues from Hamlet by William Shakespeare.Make sure you check out the Listeners Survey on our website, your feedback really helps me out - go to www.sleeplesscreatives.co.uk and scroll to the bottom of the homepage.Sleep Tight, Florence xSupport the showSleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway.
The Jungle Book Part 2
Hello again Creatives!This is part 2 of the much-loved story of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, in this part we will be introduced to the band of monkeys and Kaa the snake.If you want to support us further you can follow us on social media or visit our Patreon page! (all accessed through the Linktree below)Sleep tight,Florence xSupport the showSleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway.
Pride Poetry
Happy Pride month!In this episode I'm reading my favourite pieces of poetry written by LGBTQ+ writers from the 1900s to ancient Greece.Those authors are: Langston Hughes, Frederico Garcia Lorca, Aphra Behn and Sappho.Sleep tight,Florence xSupport the showSleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway.
The Poetry of Oscar Wilde
It's summertime!For todays episode I have picked out my favourite poems from our beloved Victorian playwright, Oscar Wilde.Sleep Tight, Florence xSupport the showSleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway.
The Fair Youth Sonnets Part 2
Hello Creatives,Today I will be delving back into The Fair Youth Sonnets by William Shakespeare, this will be a long series as there are 126 sonnets altogether so you can find part 3 on our Patreon page!If you want to give me your feedback and thoughts on the show, you can find our listeners survey on our website homepage, just scroll to the bottom to find it! - it will only take a few minutes to fill out and will help me keep the show sounding good.You will find all of our links below by clicki
A Room of One's Own
This month we celebrated International Women's Day so I asked my listeners to suggest their favourite feminist writers, this is the first part of A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (if it's popular I will release a part 2!)Sleep Tight, Florence xSupport the showSleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway.
The Jungle Book Part 1
Hello Creatives, in this episode I am reading the much loved story of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.We have a brand new website! go to www.sleeplesscreatives.co.uk where you can listen online, find out more about me and the show, take part in our listener survey and find links to our socials and Patreon page.Sleep tight,Florence xSupport the showSleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway.
The Fair Youth Sonnets Part 1
In this episode I am reading the first three Fair Youth sonnets by William Shakespeare.Thanks for listening and sweet dreams! Florence xSupport the showSleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway.
Sleepless Creatives Trailer
Welcome to Sleepless Creatives, we are a bedtime relaxation Podcast for Performers and Creators.Support the showSleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway.