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Christian McEwen

June 2014

This podcast with author Christian McEwen was recorded in the summer of 2013. Christian talks about her book World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down, and about a life built around making the spaces to write and create. Christian works as a freelance writer and workshop leader. For many years, she taught poetry to teachers through the Creative Arts in Learning Program at Lesley University. A collection of her poems, In the Wake of Home, was published by Meadowlark Press in 2004.

Music composed by James Iremonger

Published 26 June, 2014.

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Christian McEwenb.1956

Christian McEwen was born in London and grew up in the Borders of Scotland. She has a particular interest in nature writing and the family memoir. Her latest book is The Alphabet of Trees: A Guide to Nature Writing,...
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