Radiophonics

Radiophonics is an online creative writing project focussing on writing for radio.

One of the first radio broadcasts goes on air in  Uganda.

The original online workshop ran from 16 - 26 October 2006 with writers from Uganda. Two mentors and eight participants developed a series of short stories for the radio on the Crossing Borders website interactive area. The stories were then featured by a local radio station and podcast on this site during 2007. In 2008 the Ugandan Radiophonics project will concentrate on producing teaching materials based on their stories. The Writing for Radio workshops will take place in Nigeria with participants who have been selected by competition in January/February 2008.  

Listen to Radiophonics

The 'Under the Sun' series of recorded stories from the Ugandan Radiophonics workshop with the associated radio programmes were podcast every month until January 2008.

Podcasts

Radiophonics in Uganda

In 2007 we podcast the Ugandan Radiophonics stories and radio programmes. Once the Nigerian participants have written and broadcast their stories you will be able to sign up to receive the 10-minute Radiophonics' story podcasts or to the 30-minute Radiophonics' radio programme podcasts from Africa once each month.

The Project and resources

About the Project - Uganda Read all about the sucessful Radiophonics project in Uganda in detail and see the profiles of the writers and mentors who took part.

Radio Writing Library  This section contains a broad collection of useful websites, organisations, books and articles related to writing for radio.