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Glasgow Zine Library co-director Chris Yeoh talks to Olivia Juett from our volunteer collective during a visit to the Glasgow Zine Festival about zines, sharing and giving yourself permission to make.

Kirsty Crawford spoke to Lucy Cameron about her creative process and postpartum poems after winning the Poetry and Jury prizes at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2025.

Lucy Cameron from the SMHAF Volunteer Collective spoke to writer Kim Campbell after she was shortlisted in the Fiction category at the SMHAF 2025 writing awards for her short story ‘Skin’.

Lily Bell caught up with Erin McGrath to reflect on her autobiographical comic inspired by her experience of new motherhood, commissioned for the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2025.

Dan Shay interviews Inesa Velaviciute from Community Justice Scotland about their exhibition Restorative Voices: Seen and Heard at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival.

Duncan Cowles (Silent Men) and Clare Prenton (Men Don’t Talk) compare notes about why men can be so reluctant to talk about mental health.

Ahead of the upcoming Bridging the Gap: Outsiders film screening in Glasgow at SMHAF, filmmakers Meray Diner and Riad Arfin spoke to Dan Shay to share reflections on their experiences during the filmmaking process and the questions their films provoke.

Hazel Mclean spoke with Amanda to talk about her song ‘One Last Spin’ and the importance of shedding light on gambling addiction ahead of the screening and performance at SMHAF 2023.

To mark the opening of Rebirth & Revolution, Kirsty Anne Watters sat down with Dr Cheryl McGeachan to discuss the life and legacy of Mary Barnes.

Dr Antje Bothin spoke to Martin Stepek about his inspiring Mindful Voices podcast, produced for SMHAF 2023 in Lanarkshire.