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Spoken Label

By Andy N

Spoken Label is a podcast series designed to interview and record sessions from authors, poets, artists, musicians etc in North West England and beyond.

Formed in 2015 and ran / edited by Andy N, author of ‘Return to Kemptown’ and ‘The End of Summer’,it is always often to submissions from interested artists.

Email: aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk
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Adrian Slatcher (Spoken Label, March 2024)

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Mar 27, 202401:03:02
Danny McLoughlin (Spoken Label, March 2024)

Danny McLoughlin (Spoken Label, March 2024)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Pdocast) making his debut features from Glossop, the amazing Danny McLoughlin

More about Danny can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/betweenthisthoughtandthat/

More about Danny can be found at:
https://lnkd.in/ef3Z8rCS
Email: dannyomc@gmail.com
He advises he orginates from the Liverpool and appeared at a number of poet events including the Frog & Bucket, Hove, and Chorlton etc over 20 years ago but then for many reasons didn't perform since, and is so making his tentative way back. A mix of the contemporary and the ageless.
His email is: dannyomc@gmail.com

Mar 19, 202437:34
Lynn Walton (Spoken Label, March 2024)

Lynn Walton (Spoken Label, March 2024)

Latest Podcast from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features Lynn Walton.

Lynn advises "I am a Salford based poet and some of my work centres on this inspiring city and nearby Manchester.

My work moves from serious to amusing to risqué. One of my favourite styles is fusing topics that don’t normally belong together.

I perform at a variety of events  and venues and occasionally on Salford City Radio, and have been published in several anthologies including one by Virago Press. Recently, I published some of my work in three booklets."

All three of her collections be purchased from

https://www.lynnwaltonpoet.co.uk/

She is also on facebook at:

Mar 12, 202440:14
Nayma Chamchoun (Spoken Label, March 2024)

Nayma Chamchoun (Spoken Label, March 2024)

Latest up from Spoken Label features the wonderful Nayma Chamchoun.

Nayma Chamchoun is a British Moroccan, a self taught writer and poet. Her writing is influenced by her cultural duality. She is interested in female voices in the diaspora community, the challenges they face within both communities and the taboos around mental health within their ancestral communities.
Nayma is an active member of London's vibrant Poetry and Spoken Word community, the international Poetry community online and has performed her work at several Poetry Open Mike events including the Grenfell 5 year Anniversary and had her work featured on West Wiltshire Radio & BBC Radio London several times.
Her published poetry collection COVID: THE WORDY WILDS OF A MIND UNDER LOCKDOWN is a cultural fusion poetry collection which explores themes of identity, duality, displacement, loss, race, feminism, culture, family, love and the search for inner peace as experienced alongside the effects of mental health, menopause, the pandemic and world events.

Mar 05, 202454:39
Amy B Garrett (Spoken Label, February 2023)

Amy B Garrett (Spoken Label, February 2023)

* Poetry contains topics not suitable for all *

The latest Spoken Label Session (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features Amy B Garratt. Amy advises she is "I’m the creator/co-host of a spoken word group ‘Rabbiting On’ based in The Rabbit Hole Bookshop in Brigg North Lincolnshire. I collaborated with the bookshop to run/compere the spoken word stage at ‘No Limits Festival’ at Normanby Hall in September 2022/2023. My poetry was included in ‘Of Earth And Sky’ 2021 installation by Luke Jerram which won an award (Hearts for the Arts) for ‘Best Arts Project’. I have also performed at The Festival Of Love in 2022/2023 at D31 Gallery Doncaster, Scunny Pride Festival August 2023, and The Truth To Power Cafe at Cast Theatre with Jeremy Goldstein/London Arts Project. I have had poems published in Dreich Magazine, HNDL, Written Off Publishing ‘Ey Up Again’ Anthology (formerly BentKey), and my own indie publication through Partnership Publishing ‘Sunlight Stripping Shadows Bare’ in 2021. A book of modern poetry, micro poems and prose." Amy's book can be found on Amazon.


Feb 27, 202453:30
Richard Harries (Spoken Label, February 2024)

Richard Harries (Spoken Label, February 2024)

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Feb 20, 202447:17
Steve Pottinger - Spoken Label (February 2024)

Steve Pottinger - Spoken Label (February 2024)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Label Podcast) and making his debut is the amazing Steve Pottinger. Steve is a poet, author, and workshop facilitator, and a founding member of Wolverhampton arts collective ‘Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists’.

His work has featured in poetry magazines and anthologies and he is a regular contributor to online poetry platforms. He has performed at Ledbury and StAnza poetry festivals and the Edinburgh Free Fringe, and in venues across the country, from Penzance to Orkney.In this Podcast. we are talking about Steve's new poetry book "Snapshots from the fall of home'.


More about Steve can be found at: https://stevepottinger.co.uk/#poetrypodcast

Feb 13, 202453:20
Neil Bell - Spoken Label Feb 2024

Neil Bell - Spoken Label Feb 2024

Latest up from Spoken Label (Actor / Artist / Poet Podcast) features the amazing Neil Bell. Neil is an actor and performance poet born in Oldham, Lancashire UK in 1970. and raised in the border town of Failsworth. Made in Manchester. His credits include roles in Dead Men's Shoes, Dune, Peterloo and Perky Blinders. His poetry book 'Clog' is now out. Some links include: https://cliveisagoodguy.com/ https://www.livebythespin.com/ https://www.clog.live/ https://www.cameo.com/neil.bell44 https://www.instagram.com/neil.bell44/ https://app.spotlight.com/7214-7838-3370 https://www.clog.live/neil-bell-actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Bell_(actor) )

Feb 06, 202459:16
DK (Spoken Label, January 2024)

DK (Spoken Label, January 2024)

Latest Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) session featuring making his debut the amazing DK talking about his debut book "Off the Cuff" available from mini poetry press."Off the Cuff" is described as "a poetic gem that will strike a chord with readers of all ages. DK's compelling verse delves into the complexities of humanity, uncovering hidden truths and shedding light on what makes us human. Captivating and thought-provoking, this collection explores the nuances of our emotions and the depth of our connections. With a unique perspective and a gift for words, DK has crafted a collection that will linger long after the last page is turned. Off the Cuff is a must-read for anyone who values emotional authenticity and poetic mastery. Get ready to be inspired by one of the most exciting new voices in poetry today."

The book can be purchased from: https://shop.minipoetrypress.com/product/off-the-cuff

For more about DK go to: https://www.dk4poetry.com/

Feb 03, 202431:18
K Scott Fuchs (Spoken Label, January 2024)

K Scott Fuchs (Spoken Label, January 2024)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author Chat Podcast) making his debut is the wonderful K Scott Fuchs. K. Scott Fuchs is a novelist, poet, and performer. Time and Temperance is his first novel released; the follow-up prequel sequel, Mrs. Coleman of Coalbrookdale is set to be released in early 2024. He is also the author of the poetry compilations, Six Months in Wigan and Poetry from Ryecroft Hall which are also forthcoming. Time and Temperance is described as “Along the canals outside of Marple, England, a despondent and lonely soul crosses paths with Temperance Lee-a woman whose beauty and elegance is matched only by her warmth, intelligence, charm, and wit. Their connection is instant, a love that defies explanation. But Temperance harbours a secret, one that shadows her every step: she is not an ordinary woman and she is not from this time. In this electrifying split-time, dual-narrative saga that melds the Victorian era with the twenty-first century, love collides with the supernatural in a dramatic and action-filled tale of healing, redemption, and recovery. As a passionate and tumultuous romance unfolds, two souls from different times and places find that their love does not come without challenges and troubles; challenges and troubles that they must overcome together whilst they confront their past traumas. But it will take more than just time-it will take understanding, exploration, faith, and unwavering belief in the power of love. The book can be purchased on Amazon at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Temperance-K-Scott-Fuchs/dp/B0CQSRTF6X/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1704134383&refinements=p_27%3AK.+Scott+Fuchs&s=books&sr=1-2&text=K.+Scott+Fuchs

Jan 24, 202446:31
Spoken Label / lCloaked in the Shadows Episode 31 - What's wrong with A.I.?

Spoken Label / lCloaked in the Shadows Episode 31 - What's wrong with A.I.?

A joint episode with 'Spoken Label' (Author Chat Podcast) and Cloaked in the Shadows (Paranormal / Supernatural / Weird Podcast) about the changing face of society in relation to work with the added increase of A.I. in the workplace. Hosted by Andy N and Amanda Nicholson Contains backing music by Ocean in a Bottle

Jan 18, 202414:40
Jen Corcoran (Spoken Label, January 2024)

Jen Corcoran (Spoken Label, January 2024)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) features making her debut, the wonderful Jen Corcoran.


Jen Corcoran hails from Southport and describes herself as Northern, Feminist and Socialist. She is a mum of five, a local politician and the founder of Sefton Pride which saw the borough’s first march and festival in 2023. Her debut poetry collection Witch/Mother/Child/Lover was released via Bent Key Publishing later the same year and explores the different identities she, and women, hold and represent. Jen loves to write in many different forms and particularly enjoys writing work that inspires, entertains and informs. She has been sharing poems since October 2021 and has also been published in Bloody Hell Zine and Ey Up, an anthology of Northern poetry. You can find her on Instagram as @wrenverse

Jan 10, 202454:46
Charlotte Faulconbridge (Spoken Label, January 2024)
Jan 03, 202459:25
Clive Oseman (Spoken Label, December 2023)

Clive Oseman (Spoken Label, December 2023)

* Contains language and topics not suitable for all *

new on Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) and last for 2023 features the return of our friend Clive Oseman

Clive Oseman is a multi slam winning spoken word artist, comedian, satirist, surrealist, story teller and workshop facilitator from Birmingham but currently based in Swindon, UK He has headlined and featured around the UK and internationally, with appearances at the New York City poetry festival and on spoken word stages at several UK music festivals.

More about Clive can be found at:

Clive Oseman Spoken Word (Facebook)

Clive Oseman (Facebook)

Clive_Oseman (twitter)

Oseman Clive (Instrgaram)

Oh Beehive (Facebook)

https://www.cliveosemanspokenword.com/

Dec 27, 202336:36
Jackie Morrey Grace (Spoken Label, December 2023)

Jackie Morrey Grace (Spoken Label, December 2023)

The latest Spoken Label Podcast (Spoken Word Podcast) features the return of our friend, the wonderful Jackie Morrey Grace.

Based in the Isle of Man, Jackie is a writer of YA Fantasy Fiction, Trombonist and Story-telling Performance Poet.

In this Podcast, we talk about Jackie's latest collection " There are Worse Places to Hide than Inside Secrets".

What has been said about Jackie's work "

Jackie’s work is incredible. Sweet, satisfying and explosive all at once. It’s like each poem is its own honeypot set to detonate – with a flow so captivating that the audience just drops their guard.’ Mark Grist. Teacher, poet, international rap battler and star of internationally acclaimed podcast, Mark Can’t Rap.

‘Sometimes a poet gets right under you skin from showcasing a memorable way of looping words into a masterpiece. Jackie Morrey-Grace is exactly that uniquely beautiful artist.’ Kelly Van Nelson. No 1 bestselling author of poetry collections, Graffiti Lane and Punch and Judy.

‘I was moved by how it not only gives the feeling of discovering an old tale re-wrought as a modern myth, but also the power of this soul-searching journey that wracks the brain, heart and body.’ Story From Stone author, Vicky Lloyd-West, reviewing On Ravensdale Hill for Isle of Man Newspapers."

More details about Jackie and her work can be found here - https://jackiemorreygrace.weebly.com/

Dec 22, 202301:01:54
Gavin Prinsloo (Spoken Label, December 2023)

Gavin Prinsloo (Spoken Label, December 2023)

Latest up on Spoken Label (Poetry / Author Podcast) from Capetown, South Africa features the wonderful Gavin Prinsloo.


Gavin’s Profile on Amazon advises he was “Born in Port Elizabeth in South Africa in 1968, I was raised in the beautiful coastal city of Cape Town receiving my schooling at Bergvliet High School in Cape Town, I matriculated in 1985.

I was raised by a foster family from the age of four, as a result of our family fracturing,


During the compulsory two years of military National Service, I joined the permanent force in the middle of 1987, attaining the rank of Sergeant.


I served until 1995, then entered the private security industry, eventually the Logistics industry, and ended up owning a small logistics business in 2016.


Suffice it to say, I was NOT a good businessman, and the company folded, as it was also heavily impacted by the worldwide pandemic, where, like so many worldwide, I lost my livelihood, my self-respect, and I think, my sanity.


In December 2019, I was diagnosed as bipolar, and to be honest, I think that was the best thing that ever could have happened.
I started writing as a catharsis, but eventually, it became a way of life for my everyday expression.


I wrote about 1300 pieces from poetry to flash fiction during 2020 and 2021 and decided to publish them on Amazon.


Reviews may be harsh as I am not an English expert, I tend to create viscerally, and in many genres.


All I can really say as a writer is that if any piece of my writing touches you in any way, I have succeeded in some way of affecting someone's life.


Writing has become my passion. I hope some of that passion reflects in my work if you should read any of my books.


To date, I reside in Tableview, Cape Town.”


His books can be bought on Amazon and he can be found on Tiktok (
tiktok.com/@tiktoktok_35)  

Dec 19, 202350:58
Sam Rapp (Spoken Label, December 2023)

Sam Rapp (Spoken Label, December 2023)


Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) features the return of our friend, the neuro-diverse writer, poet and playwright, Sam Rapp gives us an update about what she has been up since we last spoke to.


Sam's book 'Rant Dyslexic me by Sam Rapp the dyslexic poet' is on Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rant-Dyslexic-Me-Sam-Rapp/dp/1726167941


She is on Instagram at:
https://www.instagram.com/s_rapp_the_dyslexic_poet_/


Her facebook page is here:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064684000014


Dec 16, 202349:49
Dr Vivien Sieber (Spoken Label, December 2023)

Dr Vivien Sieber (Spoken Label, December 2023)

Latest Spoken Label (Author Chat Podcast) features Dr Vivien Sieber.

Dr Vivien Sieber worked in biosciences and Higher Education and has published over 100 articles and scientific papers. Kino and Kinder: A family’s journey in the Shadow of the Holocaust is based on research into her family history and the lives of the Kinder cared for by her grandmother. It is her first book. She lives in Oxford with her husband and dogs.

This Podcast talks about her debut novel " Kino and Kinder: A Family's Journey in the Shadow of the Holocaust ".

Kino and Kinder the story of a European Jewish family's struggle to survive in the face of Nazi antisemitism and the Holocaust is brought into the spotlight. Vivien Sieber, reveals the terrible story through the lives and writings of the survivors, illustrating the struggle with more than eighty evocative historic photographs throughout. In 1915, Paula Ticho's family bought a cinema in Vienna. Run by Paula and her sister, Selma, two single Jewish women, the Palast Kino was a great success. As the Nazi Party rose to power in the 1930s antisemitism reared its ugly head and the wonderful cinema was forcibly taken over. Threatened by Hitler's rise to power, Paula sent her younger son, Peter, to safety in England to join his half-brother, Erich, before fleeing herself―a penniless refugee. As the world entered a state of war, Paula found herself a position as a matron at hostels in Tynemouth and Windermere, caring for twenty-five Jewish girls who had been evacuated from Europe by the famed Kindertransport. Sieber uses the girls' own descriptions of their lives and those around them to weave a heartrending tale. From the insidious rise of antisemitism during their childhood in Europe to the distress of leaving their families, adjusting to hostel life, and the trauma of surviving when most of their family perished, the accounts in this profound retelling are all at once distressing, enriching, and evocative. Combined with the myriad realities and experiences of the Tichos, a Jewish family fleeing from the atrocities of the Holocaust, and the eyewitness details about life in Vienna, Austria and Central Europe before World War Two and in post-war London, Sieber’s memoir/history of her own family provides the deepest, most powerful picture into what it was really like in those dark, deadly years.

More details about this can be found here: https://www.viviensieber.eu/

NB. Please note that this Podcast was recorded in two parts over successive weekends. Originally this was slated to be released separately but after some thought it was decided to release it all together as one Podcast to give it the context it deserved.

Dec 11, 202344:48
Ellen Butler (Spoken Label, December 2023)

Ellen Butler (Spoken Label, December 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author Chat) features a special chat with Ellen Butler in discussing the art of writing and the aspects of getting from the idea phase to the goal line of publication on books. Ellen Butler is the international bestselling author of the Karina Cardinal mystery series. Her experiences working on Capitol Hill and at a medical association in Washington, D.C. inspired the mystery-action series. Book critics call the Karina Cardinal mysteries, “intelligent escapism.” Butler also writes historical spy fiction. Her WWII spy novel, The Brass Compass, recently won a 2022 Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Award for historical fiction. Butler's latest release is the second book in the duology, Operation Blackbird: A Cold War Spy Novel. The novel is inspired by true events and recently won a 2023 Next Generation Indie Award for historical fiction. Reviewers call it “riveting " and “a thrilling adventure. More about Ellen can be found at: https://www.ellenbutler.net/

Nov 30, 202349:03
Julia Webb (Spoken Label, November 2023)

Julia Webb (Spoken Label, November 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) making her debut is the wonderful Julia Webb.


Julia's bio advises that she grew up in "Thetford, a small town in rural Norfolk. Her first poetry collection Bird Sisters was published by Nine Arches Press in 2016. Her second collection Threat was published by Nine Arches in May 2019. Her third collection The Telling was published by Nine Arches in May 2022.


Julia lives in Norwich where she is a poetry editor for Lighthouse, teaches online and real world poetry courses, mentors writers, runs Norwich Stanza and works for Cafe Writers. In 2012 she was awarded a TLC free read, which you can read about here. In 2011 she won the Poetry Society’s Stanza competition and in 2018 she won the Battered Moons poetry competition. Her poem “Sisters” was highly commended in the 2016 Forward Prize. In 2016 she spent a month as writer in residence on Norwich Market."


Julis's books can be purchased from Nine Arches Press at https://ninearchespress.com/


Her website is https://juliawebb.org/

Nov 24, 202344:07
Aakriti Kuntal (Spoken Label, November 2023)
Nov 18, 202330:36
Judy Foreman (Spoken Label, November 2023)

Judy Foreman (Spoken Label, November 2023)

** Contains topics not suitable for all * Latest up from Spoken Label (Author Chat Podcast) Podcast features the wonderful Judy Foreman. Judy is the author of “A Nation in Pain” (2014), “The Global Pain Crisis” (2017), and “Exercise is Medicine” (2020), all published by Oxford University Press, and “CRISPR’d” from Skyhorse Publishing (2022). She was a staff writer at the Boston Globe for 23 years and a health columnist for many of those years. Her column was syndicated in national and international outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Baltimore Sun and others. In this Podcast we talk primarily about her new memoir 'Let the More Loving One Be Me' which is described as "n this compelling tale, Judy Foreman reveals the terror she felt every night as a girl as she lay in bed frozen in dread, listening for her father’s footsteps coming down the hall. She recalls his mostly naked body, his stale smell, his silhouette in the bedroom doorway. Worse, in some ways, was her mother’s denial—her insistence that this man was wonderful, her refusal to acknowledge his drinking or his rage. It wasn’t until Foreman spent a high school summer as an exchange student with a Danish family that she began to see how unsafe her own family was; it wasn’t until she went to an all-women’s college that she realized that women had value. Ultimately, this book shows that with time and therapy, it is possible to heal from serious childhood trauma and lead a life of deep fulfillment, rewarding work and, most wonderfully, love. It is a book about the power of emotional courage to change one’s own inner and outer experience of the world, and about what matters most in life: cultivating healthy connections to other people." More about Judy can be found out on her website - https://judyforeman.com/

Nov 09, 202335:36
Trystan Lewis (Spoken Label, November 2023)
Nov 04, 202344:02
London after Midnight (Audio drama) Panel discussion – Spoken Label – November 2023

London after Midnight (Audio drama) Panel discussion – Spoken Label – November 2023

A special Podcast today from Spoken Label (Artist Podcast) features Lance Roger Axt, Kenton Hall and Jack Bowman from the crew behind this full-cast audio drama.


London After Midnight is a full-cast audio drama, resurrecting the lost silent horror classic, directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. Originally released in 1927, the film was lost in the notorious 1965 MGM vault fire.


Adapted here by Lance Roger Axt & Kenton Hall from the original screenplay by Waldemar Young & Tod Browning, it stars Art Malik in the role made iconic by Chaney, alongside a full cast.


This extra sized Podcast goes into the history of the original London After Midnight (An legendary lost silent film), the production of this audio re-imagining and so much more.


This shall be out as a Podcast shortly but it can be streamed/downloaded from

https://londonaftermidnightaudio.bandcamp.com/album/london-after-midnight

Oct 27, 202301:01:54
Emma K Lea (Spoken Label, October 2023)

Emma K Lea (Spoken Label, October 2023)

The latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) is the wonderful Emma K Lea.
Emma is a dyslexic poet, author and SEN specialist living in Stretford with her partner, daughter and rescue hens. She has started to record her writings as videos with the text on the screen to make her books more accessible to people who can't access them as traditional paperbacks for whatever reason. These read along audiobooks are available for free to anyone who wants them and has an internet connection. Emma has an MA in Inclusive Education and SEN. She works with home schooling families who's children cannot access either mainstream or specialist provision in schools and is incredibly proud of the progress 'her chiddlers' make. The chickens are a real conundrum. Emma doesn't like eggs.

Oct 18, 202335:25
Marigold Lately (Spoken Label, October 2023)
Oct 12, 202341:20
Rebecca Dharlingue (Spoken Label, October 2023)

Rebecca Dharlingue (Spoken Label, October 2023)

The latest Podcast from Spoken Label (Author Chat Podcast) sees us return to meet an returning friend, the wonderful Rebecca Dharlingue to chat about her new novel 'The Map Colorist'.

Rebecca advises " In writing my first novel, The Lines Between Us, I returned to an early love, Spanish literature, which I studied in graduate school. The idea of setting part of my novel in seventeenth-century Spain, their Golden Age of literature, offered me the chance to explore a time and place with which many readers are unfamiliar, and to show some of the challenges for women particular to that time and place.

For my second novel, I decided to stay in the seventeenth century, as I find it fascinating. I wanted to show a woman doing something unusual for the time, and I hit upon the topic of cartography. In my research I soon learned that Amsterdam was the capital of map-printing at that time, so I had my setting. It was while I was exploring that world that I came across the work of map colorists. My protagonist was born.

I have worked in hospital administration and as a teacher of English as a Second Language to adults. I have been lucky to be involved with the same monthly book group, sharing our enchantment with literature, for over thirty years. I live in Oakland, California with my husband, Arthur, where we are fortunate to frequently spend time with our children and grandchildren.

I am member of Paper Lantern Writers, an author collective, and the Historical Novel Society."

Rebecca's Website which contains details of where to buy her book is https://rebeccadharlingue.com/

Oct 05, 202333:34
Zainab Ahmad (Spoken Label, October 2023)
Sep 30, 202351:39
Fee Marshall (Spoken Label, September 2023)

Fee Marshall (Spoken Label, September 2023)

Over to Leeds (UK) today for Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) with the amazing Fee Marshall making their debut.


More about Fee can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/felixorfee/

Sep 22, 202340:55
Lilyth Coglan (Spoken Label, September 2023)

Lilyth Coglan (Spoken Label, September 2023)

* Containing topics not suitable for all * Making her debut today on Spoken Label (Author / Artist / Poet Podcast) is the wonderful Lilyth Coglan. Lilyth Coglan is a writer and poet from Hull in the UK. She writes short stories and poetry, about motherhood, mental health domestic abuse and life in general. Her work has been in local festivals and featured on BBC Sounds as well as her local broadcasting service BBC Look North. You can follow her on Twitter and on Instagram at Lilyth Poetry / Lilyth Coglan #poetrypodcast #podcast #spokenwordpodcast #spokenword .

Sep 19, 202338:02
Lou Ann Bardash (Spoken Label, September 2023)

Lou Ann Bardash (Spoken Label, September 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Artist Podcast) making her debut is a dear friend of ours, the wonderful - the singer and artist Lou Ann Bardash. Lou Ann's bio advises "Originally from Effingham, IL, Lou Ann attended Southern Illinois University, graduating with a degree in Music Business before moving to Nashville with her first series of original songs. She spent the next 18 years singing, playing music and making art. Since moving to Austin in 1999, she has exhibited and sold her work in coffee houses and restaurants, while also producing nonprofit workplace art installations at agencies such as Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid and United Way. Her 13-piece art series, Alzheimer’s Memories, was featured in a live tv show on Channel Austin, during which Lou Ann walked through the exhibit while discussing the story behind each painting. " Her website is https://www.louannbardash.com/ * As a bonus after the chat features - a song is included with Lou Ann and her husband Tom Ovans - a cover off Tom's song with Lou Ann singing 'Song for the Homeless' from an album both her and Tom are working on #TomOvans #LouAnnBardash #Artist #Art #ArtistPodcast #Podcast #ArtPodcast #SingerPodcast #Music #MusicPodcast #Texas

Sep 16, 202343:31
Mary Fucking Poppins. (Spoken Label, September 2023)

Mary Fucking Poppins. (Spoken Label, September 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Poetry Podcast) features the debut from Liverpool, Mary Fucking Poppins.

Mary is a working class writer/poet.

She makes the UK Literary zine Word Vomit and also hosts the Word Vomit Open Mic Poetry Night at Round The Corner, Liverpool.

She has recently bought out her debut collection "Hop on the Bad Foot and do the good thing'


Some links:

https://www.instagram.com/mary_fuckingpoppins/

https://strictlyunprofessional.bigcartel.com/

https://www.instagram.com/word.vomitzine/

https://falaun.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/falaunhc/

https://www.instagram.com/back_room_poetry/

Sep 05, 202352:56
Kate Wilson (Spoken Label, August 2023)
Aug 26, 202338:43
Tom Butterworth (Spoken Label, August 2023)

Tom Butterworth (Spoken Label, August 2023)

Today's Spoken Label (Poetry Podcast) featuring a newcomer to the Manchester (UK) spoken word scene, Ecologist, Physicist, teacher and Speak Easy regular, Tom Butterworth. www.instagram.com/poetry.and.plants/

Aug 25, 202333:56
Michelle Steiner (Spoken Label, August 2023)

Michelle Steiner (Spoken Label, August 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features the wonderful Michelle Steiner, Michelle Steiner is a disability, writer, advocate, and paraeducator. She published articles on The Mighty, Non-Verbal Learning Project, Dyscalculia Blog, The Reluctant Spoonie, Imagine the World as One Magazine, and Word Gathering. Recently she began a blog called Michelle’s Mission. Her photographs were featured in Word Gathering and Independent and Work Ready. She works as a paraeducator in a school with students with disabilities. She lives in The United States with her husband and two cats. Her website is: https://www.michellesmission.net/

Aug 22, 202329:48
Krystal Gypsy Orellano (Spoken Label, August 2023)

Krystal Gypsy Orellano (Spoken Label, August 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poet / Author Podcast) features our returning friend, Krystal Gypsy Orellano. A Tampa, Florida native, Krystal “Gypsy” Orellano Weldon is a spoken word poet, writer, and educator. She is known around the Tampa Bay community as an open mic artist, has been in features such as Pinot & Poetry: A Toast to Herstory and got her start at the USF Poets. Krystal is slowly transpiring as a creative nonfiction writer, being published in St. Petersburg College’s newspaper The Sandbox, Saint Leo University’s book the Sandhill Review and University of Westminster runner-up winner for the 2017 Mental Health Poetry competition. She has currently published three collections of poetry "The Evolution of Poetry", "Quench" and "Looking into the Reflection of a Biracial Afro-Latina". She is currently working on a novel called "The Lover’s Passion Lounge", her Memoir and a poetry / spoken word album. Her books can be purchased at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BRBMHTGG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Aug 15, 202347:27
Phoenix Andrews (Spoken Label, August 2023)

Phoenix Andrews (Spoken Label, August 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) and featuring Amanda Nicholson as special guest features the debut of a longstanding friend of ours, Phoenix Andrews.


Phoenix advises he is a "writer living in West Sussex, UK. I started out as a musician, playing piano, writing and recording songs, but soon fell in love with writing poetry and short stories. This has since progressed into novels. I am passionate about writing in the genres of crime fiction and horror and my first published book, Blood Cells is pure testimony to this. Based around a small group of central characters, I have included a a dark element of conspiracy which, I have to confess, is another guilty pleasure of mine, however farfetched! Don't worry, I don't believe everything I read.


Blood Cells is the first in a series of novels centered around these characters, with a dark, supernatural theme running through them which goes high up to the top levels of government. I hope you enjoy the thrilling ride!"


He can be emailed at ppapublishing@gmail.com


Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091862503703


Tiktok @phoenixandrews


His book can be purchased on Amazon etc.

Aug 09, 202350:37
Stephen G. Eoannou (Spoken Label, August 2023)

Stephen G. Eoannou (Spoken Label, August 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist / Poet chat) Podcast features from Buffalo, New York the amazing Stephen G. Eoannou.


He is the author off Yesteryear (SFWP 2023), Rook (Unsolicited Press 2022), and the short story collection Muscle Cars (SFWP 2015). He has been awarded an Honor Certificate from The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Best Short Screenplay Award at the 36th Starz Denver Film Festival, and the 2021 Eyelands International Book Award for Historical Fiction. Eoannou holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and an MA from Miami University. He lives and writes in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, the setting and inspiration for much of his work.


His website is: https://www.sgeoannou.com/

Aug 02, 202343:57
Margot McMahon (Spoken Label, July 2023)

Margot McMahon (Spoken Label, July 2023)

New from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features the amazong Margot McMahon. Margot is a lifelong environment, scuplter, paints human, plant and animals forms to say, through art that she hopes that help decisions be made be support life on earth. Margot is the author of 1) Mac and Irene: A WWII Saga, 2) IF TREES COULD TALK A National Book Award recipient (NFPW), and 3) AIRDRIE, and 4) RESIST!: A VISUAL HISTORY OF PROTEST that wERE published in 2021-22 (Aquarius Press.) She has been published in Chicago Magazine, World Book Encyclopedia, and Scholastic Magazine. In 2020, her essay, Sculpting Forms of Nature, was published in the Remembering Fifty Anthology: 50 Years of Women at Yale. The 2021 Anthology Shades of Positively Pandemic includes her short story Soul to Soul. Her THE FIFTH SEASON: THE CHICAGO TREE PROJECT, 2nd edition 2023 (2020 First Place Mate E. Palmer Book Award (IWPA)) is in its second edition and originates from Margot’s MIT Press published paper, Transforming Nature (2018). Soka Gakkai International (Tokyo, Japan) Arts and Culture award, National Sculpture Society and Barat College, and Rose Philippine Duchesne Society have awarded her. Margot has an Environmental Journalism degree from Hamline University and an MFA from Yale University. She has taught at Yale University, Yale Norfolk, The Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul University, and other institutions. More about Margot can be read at: https://margotmcmahon.com/ https://linktr.ee/margotmcmahon

Jul 26, 202346:41
Molly Garcia (Spoken Label, July 2023)

Molly Garcia (Spoken Label, July 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author Chat Podcast) features the awesome Molly Garcia. Molly Garcia lives in Spain with her partner of over 30 years, they have two grown-up children. Molly has worked in social care and the NHS since 1991 and uses her experiences to guide her writing and to create complex and realistic characters and backgrounds In this Podcast we talk primarily about her new novel "Willow Weeps" Willow Weeps is "It was 1993 when Andy last saw his sister, Willow, one minute he was holding her hand, and the next she was gone. Thirty years later, Andy has a family of his own, but he’s never forgotten his little sister. How could he? Her disappearance destroyed his family and ended his childhood, and with all the leads dried up and no new clues he’s had to accept that she’s gone forever. That’s until he’s contacted by a woman who claims to have a message for him from Willow, sceptical, but unable to resist trying anything Andy meets up with her. Cleo knows things that were never made public at the time, and Andy starts to think that just maybe, she really is in contact with Willow. When one of his childhood adversaries is found murdered Andy turns to the police officer in charge of the investigation at the time for help. DCI Unwin Phelps had reluctantly retired with Willow being his only cold, unsolved case. Offered the opportunity to finally find out what happened to her he agrees to get involved. Working with Cleo and Andy they don’t realise the danger they're in. Is Willow back and seeking revenge? If so, is she dead or alive, and why are those involved in the case being picked off, one by one? Andy will have to dig deep into a dark past he’d rather forget for the answers, but will finding out break him and those he loves?" We also talk about her short story collection 'Comeuppance: Dark & Twisted Tales' and talk about her series 'The Adam and Sarah series' and so, so much. Her websites include https://molly-garcia.square.site/. http://mollygarcia.com/ Her books can be purchased on Amazon and also heard on Audible.

Jul 17, 202337:28
Eve Ginnsberg (Spoken Label, July 2023)

Eve Ginnsberg (Spoken Label, July 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Writer Podcast) features the amazing Eve Ginnsberg.

Eve describes herself as "I'm a 36 year old queer, jewish, disabled creative writer from Manchester. I started my career off as a creative, going to drama school in London to study theatre production. I then sold my soul to the devil and abandoned my creative roots, and became a manager for various big co-oporate companies. Fast forward fifteen years, and I find myself in lockdown 2020 Manchester. I am struggling with my disabilities and begin to start writing again. I performed a small handful of online shows, which were received well, so I decided to give it a bash and make the transition to actually performing in real life! Got a few dates coming up so very exciting stuff!"

Her Instagram page is: https://www.instagram.com/eveginnsberg

Jul 10, 202340:50
Kenton Craig (Spoken Label, July 2023)

Kenton Craig (Spoken Label, July 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Writing / Artist Podcast) features the actor, the amazing Kenton Craig. In this Podcast, we discuss Kenton's acting career, his forthcoming radio play, the book "COMEUPPANCE - DARK AND TWISTED TALES" which he has just done the audible book on among so many other things. More about Kenton can be found at: https://www.spotlight.com/6691-6728-5978#podcast #radiopodcast #radio #acting #actorpodcast #actor

Jul 06, 202339:55
Jamie Woods (Spoken Label, July 2023)
Jul 04, 202301:06:08
J.P. Choquette (Spoken Label, June 2023)

J.P. Choquette (Spoken Label, June 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features the amazing J.P. Choquette.


J.P. Choquette writes suspense novels set in small towns and rural places. Her books, "turn pages, not stomachs," and frequently tie in the themes of art, nature, folklore, and psychology...along with an underdog theme. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and the Alliance of Independent Authors.


A Believer, wife, and mother (to one child and one psycho kitty), J.P. enjoys sipping hot beverages while reading great books, traveling, and spending time in nature when not writing.


For more information visit, https://jpchoquette.me/ Join the Reader's Club and get a free gift along with sneak peeks into her writing life, suspense book recommendations, and occasional book sales/freebies for club members.


Her website is: https://jpchoquette.me/

Jun 27, 202324:48
Alise Versella (Spoken Label, June 2023)

Alise Versella (Spoken Label, June 2023)

Latest Spoken Label (Author / Artist /Poetry Podcast) session features the return of our dear friend, the wonderful Alise Versella.

Alise Versella is a Pushcart-nominated, contributing writer for Rebelle Society whose work has been published in Circle Show, COG Magazine, Crack the Spine, Entropy, The Opiate, Penumbra Literary and Art Journal, Poydras Review, Ultraviolet Tribe, What Rough Beast, Steam Ticket, and Elephant Journal, among others As stated elsewhere by Kate Fuller "With dazzling formal range, these poems observe the social ills of the day, using images so beautifully real and painful that the line between the literal and figurative blurs in the way only art attuned to the universally truthful can. The rage and wildness observed and experienced in them, whether through the media or in a visit to the doctor’s office in a female body, serve as a balm to the injustices that only mortality might rectify: “perhaps the dead will breathe again,” writes Versella. Yet even in our “common stress dream” or the dream of “America,” the poet isn’t blind to the enduring spirit of not just the dead, but also the living: “the humpback whale returns to the Hudson, hope on his lips.” Hope–these poems, what these poems say–can be made from the wreckage."
More about Alise can be found on her website at: https://aliseversella.com/

Jun 20, 202341:20
Roz Ottery (Spoken Label, June 2023)
Jun 17, 202345:23
Yvonne Reddick (Spoken Label, June 2023)

Yvonne Reddick (Spoken Label, June 2023)

Today's Spoken Label Podcast (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features our returning friend, Yvonne Reddick.

Yvonne Reddick is an award-winning writer, editor, ecopoetry scholar and climber.

She has received a Leadership Fellowship from the AHRC, the Poetry Society’s inaugural Peggy Poole Award,a Northern Writer’s Award and a Creative Futures Literary Award. Her work has appeared in The Guardian Review, Poetry Review and New Statesman, and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC North West Tonight.

She has published four pamphlets, including Translating Mountains (Seren, 2017), winner of the Mslexia Women’s Pamphlet Competition, and Spikenard (Laureate’sChoice, 2019), which was a poetry recommendation in the London Review of Books.

Our chat today covers mostly her first book length collection, Burning Season, published by Blood Axe.

Burning Season is a book about fire and survival, climate change and nature’s defiance. Yvonne Reddick’s understanding of climate change is uniquely personal: her father was a petroleum engineer, and many members of her family worked in the fossil fuel industry. The collection speaks of the paradox that her Dad’s gift to her was her love of nature and mountain landscapes.

Burning Season includes a series of vivid, moving and heartfelt poems that explore her grief following her father’s death in a hiking accident. These are set against a wider backdrop of ecological loss and heartbreak.

Yvonne's website is: http://yvonnereddick.org/

Jun 14, 202348:14
Aqeel Parvez (Spoken Label, June 2023)

Aqeel Parvez (Spoken Label, June 2023)

New from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Author / Poet Podcast) features Aqeel Parvez. Aqeel Parvez is a poet who lives in Leeds, UK. He is the author of numerous chapbooks including "The Streetlights Are Beckoning Nirvana" (Analog Submission Press). His work has been published among other places in 16 Pages Press, Sludge Lit, Horror Sleaze Trash, Back Patio Press, Saturday Night Bombers and is also one of the committee members of Bone Down, the literary affinity group. He can be found on as Instagram @ap.writer, & twitter @aqeelparvez

Jun 07, 202342:05
Amy Langley (Spoken Label, May 2023)

Amy Langley (Spoken Label, May 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry / Artist Podcast) features the wonderful Amy Langley.


Amy has been writing poetry since she was 5 years old; her first experience of writing poetry was when she stayed at her grandparents, who lived in Wiltshire, in the summer holidays; she used to have a little book next to her bed; she would hear the birds singing and be inspired to write.

Amy continued my writing throughout her childhood and recalls writing a poetry book and gifting it to one of her favourite primary school teachers.

Amy used to perform on Manchester’s open mic night scene when she was 18, a lot of it was freestyling however there was some pre-written material.

There was a little hiatus from performing but the stage soon came back to being a spotlight in Amy’s heart in 2017 when she began performing at The Wonder Inn in Manchester City centre. Then followed The Old Abbey Tap House in Hulme to further expanding to Dulcimer in Chorlton, Mind Over Matter in Camden, BYOB at Box Park in Wembley, Mind Over Matter in Ancoats, Pull Up Bar in Ancoats and has spoken at Sale Write Out Loud a few times.

One thing Amy is sure of; her love of writing and performing poetry; expressing herself through word allows her to set free thoughts, feelings & share experiences that can benefit those that take the time to listen.


More about Amy can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/amythepoet_/

May 28, 202339:07
Caitlin Kendall (Spoken Label, May 2023)

Caitlin Kendall (Spoken Label, May 2023)

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) features the awesome Caitlin Kendall.

Caitlin's work is magical, melodic and homely, whilst retaining an air of politically-charged attitude. Currently firmly ensconced in the far reaches of Northern England, she got her first Bent Key publication as part of our first period zine, Bloody Hell, and is a valued member of the Bent Key community. With poetry that zips together the turbulent journey of motherhood with a deep connection with the earth and nature wrapped in human emotion, her words will grab you by the wrist and pull you into another world.

More about Caitlin can be found here - https://www.bentkeypublishing.co.uk/caitlin-kendall

Her debut collection 'Nothing is yours' can be purchased here:

https://www.bentkeypublishing.co.uk/shop?page=2

May 25, 202348:34