Joanne Coates
In this episode of Biblioscapes In Discussion I am joined by Joanne Coates to discuss her work and her book North Sea Swells.
Fishing has always been a part of my existence. Trips to the shore every weekend with my Nanna and Grandad. Obsessing over tales told from family maritime connections. I started this body of work in 2012, my links with the fishing industry were limited to the Yorkshire coast. I managed to get some connections in Orkney. . . I was a working-class lass studying in London, this wasn’t going to be easy. The journeys were long, and mainly by bus and freight ferry. Nervous about being an outsider, wanting to connect, and to learn, not to take and to leave.
