We cross over from our 1000 Better Stories Blog today as Joana Avi-Lorie interviews another one of our mini-grant recipients, Jo Gilbert. Jo is a spoken word artist and writer from Aberdeen, who writes in Doric and English. They talk about their journey into poetry, class, challenges in connecting to nature, and the importance of diversity of voices in conversations about climate action.

This is a companion interview to the “No Nature to Nature” poem which will be published in full Doric and English versions on our 1000 Better Stories blog in April.

Credits
Interview and recording: Joana Avi-Lorie
Sound edit: Kaska Hempel
Poem: “No Nature to Nature” by Jo Gilbert

Resources
Jo Gilbert https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/jo-gilbert
Poetry at Parliament event https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/poetry-in-parliament/
Jo’s poetic inspirations:
Loud Poets https://www.iamloud.co/about
Katie Ailes https://katieailes.com/
Jen Hadfield https://twitter.com/hadfield_jen
Katrina Naomi https://www.katrinanaomi.co.uk/
Alycia Pirmohamed https://alycia-pirmohamed.com/