Conversation with Annie Ridout - Author, Journalist, poet and founder of The Robora

In this episode I chat to Annie Ridout: journalist, author, poet and founder of the business community for women The Robora When I listened back to this conversation, recorded in July, I realised that Annie is such a natural coach that I had accidentally ended up talking more about myself than I usually would. Thankfully I managed to shut up long enough for Annie to find the space to talk to me about her varied career, starting from a very young age washing cars, passing through nightclubs in her early twenties and internships at newspapers to where she is now. We also talked about the idea of all art as connection, her book Shy, where she explores the value in being the quiet person in the room and what it was like to go viral with her poetry, Welcome to my very chatty chat with the endlessly lovely and fast thinking Annie Ridout. Warning, this episode contains swearing. You can find Annie online here and at therobora.com And on intagram with the following accounts: @therobora @annieridout @annieridoutpoetry Annie’s books Shy and The Freelance Mum are available in all good bookshops. Thank you to Fly Me to the Bloom for sponsoring this episode. You can also find Fly Me to the Bloom on instagram @flymetothebloom Thank you for listening to On the Irrregular, please make sure you review and subscribe as it helps other listeners find us! Support the show This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit javacbere.substack.com