In this episode, I recite one of my Christmas themed poems. In this episode I read my poem “Mad Rush” written in 2022.
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Christmas Poems: My Poem “Jingles”
In this episode I recite one of my Christmas themed poems. In this episode I read my poem “Jingles” written in 2021.
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Christmas Poems: My Poem “There Is Always Hope”
In this episode, I recite one of my Christmas themed poems. In this episode I reads my poem “There Is Always Hope” written in 2020.
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Christmas Poems: My Poem “The Merry Go Around”
In this episode, Mark recites one of his Christmas themed poems. In this episode Mark reads his poem “The Merry Go Around” written in 2020.
Christmas Poems: My Poem “Beacons of the Season”
In this episode, I recite one of my Christmas themed poems. In this episode I read my poem “Beacons of the Season” written in 2019.
Christmas Poems: Lights
In this episode, I recite one of my Christmas themed poems. In this episode I read my poem “Lights” written in 2018, which was included in my 2020/2024 poetry collection ‘The Rambler’.
A Journey Through Poetry #38: Begin Again
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and an author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Begin Again’, from his poetry collection The Sound of Mark, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
Christmas At Mistletoe Cottage – December 24
On December 24th (Christmas Eve), my short story ‘Christmas At Mistletoe Cottage’ will be available to buy from Amazon as an ebook for Kindle.
“A heartbreaking short-story of a woman, a mother, a friend, a daughter, a werewolf, Olivia Hunter, as she faces spending Christmas alone, in her home of Mistletoe Cottage, and as she reflects upon feelings of loss, sadness, loneliness, and regret that plague her, and so many others, over the festive period.”
And accompanying my short story, there will also be a Subscriber Exclusive audio version available on Spotify via my podcast “The Mark Hastings Podcast”; and there will also be a special Spotify playlist, called “Olivia Hunter’s Christmas Playlist”, that you can listen to which ties into the short story.
You can preorder ‘Christmas At Mistletoe Cottage’ now from Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/e1D4dun
Christmas At Mistletoe Cottage (An Olivia Hunter Short Story) – Coming Soon
A heartbreaking short-story of a woman, a mother, a friend, a daughter, a werewolf, Olivia Hunter, as she faces spending Christmas alone, in her home of Mistletoe Cottage, and as she reflects upon feelings of loss, sadness, loneliness, and regret that plague her, and so many others, over the festive period.
Preorder Now for Kindle: Here!
Podcast Episode: Conventions and Conversations
In this episode I talk about recently attending Birmingham Comic Con and getting the opportunity to talk to English writer, director, television producer and author, Doug Naylor (best known as the co-creator of the cult British sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf) about his new book Sin Bin Island and about writing, storytelling, and inspiration – including how we both approach writing a story. And I also talk about the three books that I currently plan to publish in 2026.
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