Aug 25, 2026 · 25 min · 9 segments
This week, Helen and Chrissie explore how they find the funny and the power of humour when the world can sometimes feel so dark. How do you write comedy when everything around you feels heavy? They…
Hello, welcome to Writing Funny, a series about the art, craft and business of witty writing, somehow wrangled into a podcast.
I'm Helen Ledra, author, older comedian, so-called personality, B-team, and marginally angry founder of Comedy Women in Print.
a prize that both enables unpublished authors to become published and celebrate the best of published witty writing out there.
Luckily, I'm joined by my old friend Chrissie Mamby, who seems to write a book a month and absolutely knows everything about publishing.
And also, how long is a piece of string? So today, to be cheerful, extra cheerful, we're talking about writing comedy in dark times.
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