Sarah Wylie In Conversation

09/06/2026

SWIC with frontman Kenny Smith is out now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts!

Hear .smith.22 & I chat songwriting, the impact loss has had on Kenny’s lyrics, the role hit song ‘Lighthouse’ has had on allowing people to open up, an exciting festival season, marking 20 years of & their recent signing with 🩵

Follow to see where they’re performing next, look out for their new music & merch too.

08/06/2026

Reading glasses on & getting ready for book event at the Caberfeidh book shop in Kingussie on 20th June. 📚

Looking forward to interviewing Helen on her latest historic fiction novel ‘Disappearing Acts’.

Event starts at 18:00 complete with wine and cake too!

We hope to see you there x

07/06/2026

Festival season has started & on this week’s episode of I get to chat to founder & front man of , Kenny Smith. .smith.22

Kenny & I recorded the day after got back from there performance so adrenaline was still high. We talk backstage stories, the challenges of the music industry, being true to your identity, the power of live music, when songwriting started for Kenny, the depth of his lyrics and his important role as ambassador for &

Since our conversation have headlined & have coming you too. So get your tickets!

This episode will be out TOMORROW on Spotify & Apple Podcasts and will be broadcast on Speysound Radio later in the Summer too! 🩵

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04/06/2026

Me trying Tì Òrach as part of my first Gongfu tea ceremony.

Tì Òrach is a black tea grown on the Guisachan Estate here in the Scottish Highlands. You can learn more about its properties & processes by following founder, Donna

You’ll also get to hear more insight into a traditional tea ceremony & the exciting things Donna is doing with tea in Scotland on this week’s episode of 🩵

01/06/2026

This week’s episode of SWIC is out TODAY on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Scottish tea pioneer & founder of , Donna Ferenth shares on her first traditional Chinese tea ceremony, finding stillness in the mastery of tea, using her intuition to create new blends & creating moments for others to experience the magic of tea too.

Give Donna a follow She’s doing amazing things in the Scottish Highlands. 🩵

31/05/2026

Looking forward to interviewing Helen Graham on the 20th June in Caberfeidh Horizons as part of Helen’s book tour. We hope to see you there x 🩵

On June 20th I'II be up in the Highlands in the wonderful wee town of Kingussie - where I used to live - talking about my new novel, , with Sarah Wylie In Conversation in the Caberfeidh Horizons bookshop. Really looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting Sarah, who has a fabulous podcast you should check out if you haven't already. Her recent podcast Sarah Wylie In Conversation with Michael Pederson celebrates the Edinburgh Makar whose novel is one today!!
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31/05/2026

Did you know you can grow tea in Scotland? I didn’t until I met Donna, founder of at the festival earlier this year!

On this week’s episode of I get to sit down with Donna, literally, as I enjoy my first tea ceremony with her in her tea room.

We chat when tea was first introduced to Donna, discovering the rituals surrounding traditional tea ceremonies, its grounding properties, the desire to share tea experiences with others, founding , growing her own tea on the Guisachan Estate here in the Scottish Highlands & celebrating ten years of .

This episode is broadcast today at 17:00 on Speysound radio & can be enjoy on podcast platforms from TOMORROW!

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30/05/2026

Thank you Old Post Office Cafe Gallery 😍 x

Sarah Wylie In Conversation is back for Season 7! 🩷

We are delighted to in part sponsor our very talented friend and Kincraig neighbour Sarah Wylie in her brilliant podcast show.

Episode 1 kicks off with conversation with award winning poet, writer & Edinburgh’s Makar,

Micheal shares the power to embrace who you are from a young age, his upbringing in Portobello, being outed as a writer & we reminisce the bus routes we shared too.

Michael shares on the themes of wonder & friendship throughout his work and how he is using these themes to inspire young people to write, in his role as Edinburghs Makar.

They of course talk of his latest book Muckle Flugga, the wonderful characters, his current book tour & we are even treated to an expert recited by Michael just for us!

Do give them a follow and listen on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. There is a super library of previous episodes to choose from featuring many of our very own locally based creatives. ❤️

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25/05/2026

with senior producer Helen Needham is out TODAY on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. 🩵

Join Helen & I as we talk radio production, Helen’s love of the outdoors, capturing atmospheres, young musician award, & the creative curiosity that drives her.

‘ The most gratifying aspect of the type of broadcasting I like to be involved in, is when someone gets in touch to say, I was transported to that place, or …… you took me to that place I once was able to go to but I’m not able to any more’ Helen Needham

Follow the link in my bio to enjoy this episode today.

24/05/2026

On this weeks episode of I get to chat to senior producer Helen Needham.

Helen & I enjoyed recording our episode in the surrounded by .art landscape paintings for added inspiration.

We chat Helen’s road into producing, her equal love for making programmes on the outdoors & traditional music, celebrating 100 years of BBC Aberdeen, giving young trad musicians a platform, being recognised on the Women in Music & Culture list 2026, the programmes she produces and exciting new projects too.

This programme will be broadcast on Speysound Radio 107.1fm today at 17:00 and will be on podcasts platforms TOMORROW. 🩵

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