Saskia Black
@saskia-black.bsky.social
Award-winning audio drama producer for Almost Tangible. Passionate about audio storytelling, whippets and children's books.
🎧 LISTENING TO - Lion, Witch + Wonder
📚 READING - Catherine Called Birdy by K Cushman
📖 READ - Thomas Cromwell by D MacCulloch
🎧 LISTENING TO - Lion, Witch + Wonder
📚 READING - Catherine Called Birdy by K Cushman
📖 READ - Thomas Cromwell by D MacCulloch
ACOTAR was an absolute slog… ‘Thomas Cromwell’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch on the other hand is quite the read 📖📖📖
March 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ACOTAR was an absolute slog… ‘Thomas Cromwell’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch on the other hand is quite the read 📖📖📖
Currently slugging my way through ACOTR. I like Feyre, but it feels like a poor knock off of Beauty and the Beast and the same things seem to happen in everyyy chapter. I’ve been assured that it’s the worst one in the series and only makes sense once you’ve read the others, so I shall continue. 📕✨
February 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Currently slugging my way through ACOTR. I like Feyre, but it feels like a poor knock off of Beauty and the Beast and the same things seem to happen in everyyy chapter. I’ve been assured that it’s the worst one in the series and only makes sense once you’ve read the others, so I shall continue. 📕✨
Ok, IMO Bletchley Park Riddle lacked magic and emotional weight. But it’s a perfect high-interest book for 9-12s. It’s an interactive page-turner and immerses you in war-time Britain… but yes, I didn’t fall in love with the characters or the story and that’s a-okay. WHAT TO READ NEXT…
January 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Ok, IMO Bletchley Park Riddle lacked magic and emotional weight. But it’s a perfect high-interest book for 9-12s. It’s an interactive page-turner and immerses you in war-time Britain… but yes, I didn’t fall in love with the characters or the story and that’s a-okay. WHAT TO READ NEXT…
Finally decided what to read next - gone for the tween thriller, Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinken.
January 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Finally decided what to read next - gone for the tween thriller, Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinken.
Marriage Portrait is an astounding read. So evocative and absorbing. Only criticism is that Lucre seems far older than a 15 y/o… And now I am not sure what to read next 😱
January 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Marriage Portrait is an astounding read. So evocative and absorbing. Only criticism is that Lucre seems far older than a 15 y/o… And now I am not sure what to read next 😱
Pride and Prejudice was a deliciously spiky and exceedingly wholesome read. Should have read it yonks ago. Have moved onto Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell - enjoying it more than I did Hamnet so far. Perhaps it’s the tiger.
January 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Pride and Prejudice was a deliciously spiky and exceedingly wholesome read. Should have read it yonks ago. Have moved onto Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell - enjoying it more than I did Hamnet so far. Perhaps it’s the tiger.
Hyped to be on the reading panel for The Reading Agency… will be helping select children’s books for their Summer Reading Challenge!✨✨✨📚📚 p.s. my whippet is not on panel, but will be assisting me throughout the process (it’s not clear exactly how yet)
December 17, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Hyped to be on the reading panel for The Reading Agency… will be helping select children’s books for their Summer Reading Challenge!✨✨✨📚📚 p.s. my whippet is not on panel, but will be assisting me throughout the process (it’s not clear exactly how yet)
Going to read Pride and Prejudice next…. despite being obsessed with the 1995 tv version (basic I know), I’ve never read it. May the literary lords now forgive me of my sins!
December 13, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Going to read Pride and Prejudice next…. despite being obsessed with the 1995 tv version (basic I know), I’ve never read it. May the literary lords now forgive me of my sins!
Finished Intermezzo. Ivan was such a wonderful character, also ♥️’d the ending and how it captured the nuances of living with complicated relationships, finding beauty in their tensions. But, gotta say, I still prefer R’s previous book - the letters perfectly punctuated her prose and I missed them.
December 13, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Finished Intermezzo. Ivan was such a wonderful character, also ♥️’d the ending and how it captured the nuances of living with complicated relationships, finding beauty in their tensions. But, gotta say, I still prefer R’s previous book - the letters perfectly punctuated her prose and I missed them.
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In defence of ‘radical listening’ - an especially timely read in the wake of the cancellation of Short Cuts current.org/2024/11/why-...
Why ‘radical listening’ is key to public radio’s future
"Building radical listening and field recording into our program offerings announces to the audience that we understand our public service role as custodians of culture and media representation."
current.org
November 27, 2024 at 9:57 AM
In defence of ‘radical listening’ - an especially timely read in the wake of the cancellation of Short Cuts current.org/2024/11/why-...
Reposted by Saskia Black
Fresh off of our big night at last week’s #APAs24, we’d love to remind you that FINDING SEAGLASS and HAMLET NOIR are available again on BBC Sounds. If you haven’t listened to these award-winning productions yet, please do pop on your headphones and let us know what you think 🎧🤍
November 26, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Fresh off of our big night at last week’s #APAs24, we’d love to remind you that FINDING SEAGLASS and HAMLET NOIR are available again on BBC Sounds. If you haven’t listened to these award-winning productions yet, please do pop on your headphones and let us know what you think 🎧🤍
Reposted by Saskia Black
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November 22, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Audiobooks count as reading.
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YAAAAAAS!
Hello, Blue Sky!
We are so excited to be here at the end of a very big week – we were awarded Production Company of the Year at the Audio Production Awards 2024 on Wednesday and believe we are the first female-led company to have received this honour in the APA's history! 😱
We are so excited to be here at the end of a very big week – we were awarded Production Company of the Year at the Audio Production Awards 2024 on Wednesday and believe we are the first female-led company to have received this honour in the APA's history! 😱
November 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM
YAAAAAAS!
Oh hi! I'm a producer for AudioUK's Production Company of the Year, Almost Tangible. We pioneer immersive audio dramas. My favourite creative stage is ideation and development. Outside of audio, I love learning about history (fave era is English Civil War) and I’m passionate about children's books!
November 22, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Oh hi! I'm a producer for AudioUK's Production Company of the Year, Almost Tangible. We pioneer immersive audio dramas. My favourite creative stage is ideation and development. Outside of audio, I love learning about history (fave era is English Civil War) and I’m passionate about children's books!