Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar
Episodes
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X PBS - Sarah Howe
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week is another PBS special. We are joined by the brilliant Sarah Howe. She is a British poet, academic and editor. Born in Hong Kong moved to E...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society - Mona Arshi
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mona Arshi's third collection of poems, Mouth was published in July 2025 by Chatto and Windus, and is the PBS Choice. So we decided to sit down ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 48 - Erica Hesketh
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sorry about the poor frequency of this podcast at the moment. I'm doing a lot of stuff at the same time and believe it or not I have a tendency to...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society with Fiona Benson
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy to be back for another PBS Special. Featuring a chat with the brilliant Fiona Benson.She has published three previous collections of poetry, all...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society with Richard Scott
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's another PBS pickle jar special this week featuring Richard Scott's new book.Richard Scott's poems have appeared widely in magazines a...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society - A conversation with Ian Duhig
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back again. This week I'm joined by Ian Duhig, a poet who has won the Forward Best Poem Prize, the National Poetry Competition twice and been sh...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 47 - Charlotte Shevchenko Knight
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
She's the winner of the Eric Gregory. Her new debut book Food for the Dead was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for best first collection and was the...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society - A conversation with Raymond Antrobus
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Raymond Antrobus MBE FRSL was born in London, Hackney to an English mother and Jamaican father. He is the author of Shapes & Disfigurements (Burni...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 46 - Gail McConnell
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So proud to get Gail McConnell into the studio today. She's the writer of two pamphlets and one amazing book. The Sun Is Open was brought out on P...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 45 - Ellen Cranitch
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Very happy to be back with Ellen Cranitch in the Pickle Jar. She is a poet and lecturer. Her first collection, The Immortalist, was shortlisted for t...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 44 - Salena Godden
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With two books on the horizon, I'm extremely excited to bring Salena Godden into the Pickle Jar. Salena Godden is an English poet, author, activi...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 43 - Bryony Littlefair
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Very excited to bring Bryony Littlefair into the Pickle Jar. Partly because her debut poetry collection Escape Room (Seren, 2022) was excellent. Also ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society - A conversation with Paul Muldoon
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Immensely proud and thankful to PBS for bringing Paul Muldoon into the studio. Paul Muldoon is so big he's off the charts. I don't think the...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep.42 - Yomi Sode
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He's a tour de force for poetry. The pioneer of some ridiculously good live poetry events. A workshop facilitator, a father and the author of a brilli...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 41 - Golnoosh Nour
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're finally back. This week I'm joined by Golnoosh Nour. A Tehran born poet who has two fantastic collections. The most recent was Rocksong ...
Uni_Slam Live Pickle Jar Special
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are taking a trip to Birmingham to celebrate with the crew from Uni_Slam. Uni_Slam is a huge event that takes place yearly in The Birming...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society - A conversation with Victoria Kennefick
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone. I'm working on a new series so please subscribe and support by sharing. Happy to be back here to present another special speaking ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society - A conversation with Kwame Dawes.
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am so massively excited to bring Kwame Dawes into the Pickle Jar. He is the author of twenty books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society - a conversation with Daljit Nagra
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Yes. Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar are so excited to collaborate with Poetry Book Society to bring you this exclusive interview with Daljit Nagra. Da...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 40 - Rachel Long
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a pleasure it is to be here for the 40th Birthday. This week we have the brilliant Rachel Long. She is the author of My Darling from the Lions ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 39 - Sarah Fletcher
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
an American-British writer. Her work has appeared in The Poetry Review, Poetry London, The White Review, and other publications. Today she speaks abou...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep.38 - Emily Berry
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm over the moon to have Emily Berry in the Pickle Jar. She is a poet, writer and editor living in London. She is the author of three books of po...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 37 - Jacqueline Saphra
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqueline is T.S. Eliot Prize nominated, award-winning poet, a playwright, editor, agitator, teacher and organiser. She is the author of ten stage pl...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 36 - Joe Carrick Varty
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
So excited to be back in series 4. To open this series we have the brilliant Joe Carrick-Varty. He's a British-Irish poet, writer and founding editor ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 35 - Emma Jeremy
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Jeremy is the author of Safety Behaviour (Smith|Doorstop, 2019) and a former winner of the New Poets Prize. Her poems have featured in publicatio...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 34 - Dean Atta
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Such a pleasure to invite educator, novelist and poet Dean Atta into the studio. He's had his second collection out with Nine Arches called There is (...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 33 - Meryl Pugh
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are joined by poet and writer Meryl Pugh. She is the author of three pamphlets; The Bridle (Salt Publishing, 2011), Relinquish (Arrowhead...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 32 - Will Harris
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are joined by the brilliant Will Harris. Will's debut poetry book RENDANG (2020) was a Poetry Book Society Choice, shortlisted fo...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 31 - Liz Berry
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another series of Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar. Today we are joined by a wonderful woman and poet named Liz Berry. Her first book of poems,...
Pickle Jar Special - Improvised Explosive Device
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the research for my new book I interviewed a number of people affected by radicalisation, extremism and violence. These interviews were so ...
Pickle Jar Special - Wayne Holloway-Smith's Living room Series
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A special today recorded live at Wayne Holloway-Smith's house. Three wonderful poets share new work many of which have never been heard before! Presen...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 30 - Clare Pollard
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The final episode of this series features the wonderful Clare Pollard. She's a poet with more than 6 books under her belt, she's a novelist, she's a c...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 29 - Deryn Rees-Jones
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Another instalment this time with a poet so bloody brilliant it feels almost pointless to give her an introduction. She was named as one of Msle...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 28 - John McCullough
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by award-winning poet John McCullough whose poems have appeared in magazines including Poetry Review, The Guardian, ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep27 - Paula Harris
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Managed to take a trip across the sea to New Zealand where I'm joined by the delightful Paula Harris. Her poetry has been published in various journal...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 26 - Fran Lock
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So excited to do this episode. Fran Lock is the author of several poetry collections, including Contains Mild Peril (2019), Raptures an...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Episode 25 - Maia Elsner
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Excited to bring you yet another instalment of the Pickle Jar. A place where we invite the best poets to talk about their favourite poems. This week w...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep24 - Daniel Sluman
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's a pleasure to be joined by the brilliant Daniel Sluman. Daniel’s writing first began to be published whilst studying at University, and in 2012...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep23 - Kim Moore
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by the brilliant Kim Moore. Her first full length collection The Art of Falling (Seren) won the Geoffrey Faber memorial prize ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 22 - Chrissy Williams
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by the super woman Chrissy Williams. She is the author of Bear (Bloodaxe Books, 2017) and more recently Low. She's had an...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar Ep. 21 - Jack Underwood
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So proud to be back, not least because now I have a child and am doing some extreme juggling. To open this series I've got the amazing Jack Underwood....
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 20 - Ella Frears
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The final episode of the second season and it is a special one. We are joined by the wonderful Ella Frears. She is a poet and artist based in London. ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 19 - Indran Amirthanayagam
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
this week we are off across the waters again joined by Poet, essayist, and translator Indran Amirthanayagam. He is a Sri Lankan born poet raised in Co...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 18 - Charlotte Ansell
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another brand-spankingly new episode of the Pickle Jar. This week we speak to Charlotte Ansell. Charlotte performs her poems regularly and her work ha...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 17 - Deborah Alma
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah Alma is a UK poet, with an MA with distinction, in Creative Writing from Keele University. She is editor of Emergency Poet-an anti-stress poet...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar Ep 16 - Amy Acre
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by poet and performer Amy Acre. She has two pamphlets both of which were Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choices, she also won th...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 15 - Lewis Buxton
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another week Arji’s pickling the poems you'll love. This week’s guest is a poet, producer and workshop leader. His poems have appeared in&nbs...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 14 - Carlos Andrés Gómez
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we travelling to the states to hit you up with Carlos Andrés Gómez. He's a Colombian American poet, speaker, actor, author of Fr...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 13 - Vidyan Ravinthiran
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's Pickle Jar we're joined by Vidyan Ravinthiran. He's a poet who grew up in a mixed area of Leeds (in the North of England), studied at Oxfor...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 12 - Natalie Whittaker
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show we are joined by Natalie Whittaker poet and secondary school teacher from South East London. Her debut pamphlet Shadow Dogs ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 11 - Katrina Naomi
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Back for series two. This week we are joined by Poet, Mentor and Facilitator Katrina Naomi. She has four collections under her belt. these include Wil...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 10 - Cecilia Knapp
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this tenth instalment of the Pickle Jar we invite Cecilia Knapp into the jar. She's a poet, playwright and novelist and the current Young People’...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar Ep 9 - Jo Bell
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are joined by poet, performer, playwright, project manager, programmer, producer and former Canal Laureate of the UK, Jo Bell. She devised th...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 8 - Abi Palmer
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are joined by artist and amazing human being Abi Palmer. She is an artist and writer exploring the relationship between linguistic ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep 7 - Carole Bromley
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by Carole Bromley. Carole’s pamphlets (Unscheduled Halt and Skylight) and collections (A Guided Tour of the Ice House, ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar Ep 6 - Anthony Anaxagorou
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's Pickle Jar we are joined by the brilliant Anthony Anaxagorou. His recent collection After the Formalities (Penned in the M...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar Ep 5 - Jonathan Edwards
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we travel to Wales to talk to Poetry Wales Editor and amazing poet Jonathan Edwards. He's a Costa Prize winner for his debut collection and ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar Ep 4 - Simon Mole
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's Pickle Jar we are joined by Children's Poet Simon Mole. Simon has shared the bill with Simon Armitage, John Cooper Clarke and Kate Tempest....
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar Ep 3 - Hannah Lowe
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's Pickle Jar we are joined by the brilliant Hannah Lowe. She is a poet, memoirist and academic. Her first poetry collection Chick (Blood...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar Ep 2 - Peter Kahn
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Another instalment of the Pickle Jar, this week we are joined by amazing teacher and poet Peter Kahn. Peter Kahn was commended in the National Poetry ...
Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar Ep 1 - Rishi Dastidar
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The opening episode of Arji's Poetry Podcast. Each week we bring in some of the world's best poets to discuss the poems they truly love. Today w...