New Spoken Label Tik Tok Podcast - Lisa O'Hare

 

New Episode from Spoken Label Tik Tok (Poetry Podcast on Tik Tok) features Lisa O'Hare.

Lisa O’Hare is a Saboteur Award shortlisted poet and 2023 BBC Words First Finalist and has been writing herself into existence since 2019. After two decades of letting her creativity lie dormant, Lisa who spends her time between Manchester and Wrexham, has resoundingly reclaimed it through live performances and readings and her debut collection of poetry. published today

Rhythmic, relatable, and reflective Lisa’s poems sit perfectly at the intersection of the personal and the universal. Exploring existing in the every day, within the pages of Proving I Exist you will find a range of works from the reflective to the ridiculous.

Lisa’s work has been featured on BBC Upload in the North West, BBC Radio 3 and she is a regular feature performance poet across the UK, including taking a one woman show to multiple fringe festivals including Greater Manchester, Camden, Morecambe and Edinburgh. Her work has taken her to Boardmasters festival and Worthy Pastures (aka Glastonbury in Lockdown) and iconic venues such as Band on the Wall, Manchester.

Her book 'Poet' Proving I exist can be bought on Amazon from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Proving-I-Exist-poetry-collection-ebook/dp/B0DN5F7JY5ref_=ast_author_mpb

Her Podcast on TikTok is here - https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7472131297280920854

Full-length session to follow in March with Lisa (Links to follow)

New Spoken Label Podcast - Karen Kendrick

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features Karen Kendrick. 

Karen is a writer and creative writing teacher from the North West of England.She writes poetry and fiction which straddle the boundary between reality and fantasy. 

She lives in Astley, Greater Manchester with her husband, two sons, a dog and a snake, and many plants. Afterwards is her first novel.

Afterwards is "She knows she is dead because she remembers dying. The afterlife is not what she had expected - she has awoken into a nightmare, in which everything seems hell-bent on killing her all over again. She is the only one who remembers what life was like before death and she has no idea why.

Also, Girl has a secret. A secret which could end this strange world she has found herself in, if she manages to survive for long enough. 

As she begins to learn the horrifying truth about Afterwards, she is propelled into a journey which will change everything she thinks she knows about herself.Grim in places, Karen Kendrick's 

Afterwards is also fast-paced and emotionally challenging.The only way to beat the game is to keep moving forwards, even if it means the end of the world."The book is available here - 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Afterwards-K-M-Kendrick/dp/1914199669

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Podcast can be downloaded/streamed from:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/karen-kendrick-spoken-label-february-2025/id1501847969?i=1000691176533

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast?fbclid=IwY2xjawId7fZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWMNI_FFczl0K_OSCLYKjxpP9kmXtkNjG55aq2uckr2xfvJcg1bljWhBlg_aem_O5KBr8m7iBfdwcFvG9Pqmw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXVS5V_R1v4&t=1s (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv28n4SamRU&t=1s (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/68049018-c981-482d-a022-591ad3896585/spoken-label-karen-kendrick-spoken-label-february-2025

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DGGdRDDN09jwAOVIX_0hkiY8IGQyRDGg91S6mE0/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DGGbNa2NPMJJPc2TKaxe8tokxaItMNjOsE25XE0/ (Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Karen-Kendrick-Spoken-Label-February-2025/B0DWV9F6RZ?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=E7W4MQAYD709QVCJ1TYB&plink=nDjW7cpfXPjuGy9P&pageLoadId=OvqcsfbTqyXkjHRL&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OTAzMN4N29I165gLFyAU3

Death my second novel is now out

Now out my second novel 'Death' 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Andy-N/dp/B0DW74QVGX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MZJHG7Y09Q2R&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yvC1RKAtBKJanOTtikd0nmLJFYRAElWSFWO7oqYc0Ta8UjAA7uSTEiO5Klf-GNVEVCbBajosDL4-GNVVuqoRS-AP6F8yfJGh-XGjBQPyg7g.6F8v7MWH2Gzqn32sIPnl_HHynMpnxFVdmI786_XF7Wo&dib_tag=se&keywords=andy+and+death&qid=1739616723&sprefix=andy+n+death+%2Caps%2C1046&sr=8-1&fbclid=IwY2xjawIdWmpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXsYiKlFPq_MB54nZAHfSa3kEqA2I0t6vpgLtp5O4SmHGdU9HUxyx3yDWw_aem_WPOFfSOT7mh6dkZMrtKc7Q

and all of the usual places

 

The End of Life (A Prologue to my new novel 'Death')

 

A cloud of thick fog surrounds me.

I cannot see beyond it.

I cannot move.

My eyes are open
but they see nothing. 

I do nothing
yet I do everything.

My mind sees beyond
opening up the world
inside my head
riding eastward
in the breeze
to a new start. 

I can see life.

I can see everything.

I understand now.

Now I can die. 

 

(A slightly rewritten poem originally when I was around 17 or 18 which for those interested is a kind of prologue to my second novel 'Death' which can be found here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Andy-N/dp/B0DW74QVGX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8AKUIGUW3PRG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yvC1RKAtBKJanOTtikd0nmLJFYRAElWSFWO7oqYc0TZnnmD6JXBrIoQbx6c-R_TUWNyPKRGnzEocd5TZfnF84CFInzJHXtvK0_Fn5-R0AVA.1fiqljKFONE-qUzomihSr35ouQRvLmCdVRm0hnrU0Hk&dib_tag=se&keywords=andy+and+death&qid=1739395661&sprefix=andy+n+death+%2Caps%2C235&sr=8-1)

New Podcast - Spoken Label Tik Tok - Sophia Elan

 

Latest up from Spoken Label Tik Tok (Author / Artist Podcast) making her debut, Sophia Elan.

Currently based in Turkey, but will be moving to France, Sophia, a University of Chicago Law School alum and former corporate lawyer, left her career to feed her soul. “Sicilian Seductions” is the first novel in Sophia’s 7-part Mediterranean-based "Happily Ever Now" collection, a testament to the power of following one's instincts and finding true happiness.

Sophia's full Podcast with Spoken Label will be out at the start of March

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7469457097483242785

New Spoken Label Podcast - Juliette Tomlinson

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) making her debut features Juliette Tomlinson discussing her debut novel "Longford".

Longford is set in 1864, and the great city of Manchester was Cottonopolis, rising with the sound of industry, and the boom of a hundred mills. At the heart of its energies was John Rylands. ‘the greatest merchant prince the world has ever seen’. This is the story of an empire built by a true Manchester man, given meaning and worth by the extraordinary woman Enriqueta, who loved him and a partnership that left a huge mark on the city.

Juliette can be found on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longfordjr/

The book can be purchased from Chorlton Bookshop directly, and also on Amazon, Waterstones etc

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Can be streamed/downloaded from:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/juliette-tomlinson-spoken-label-february-2025/id1501847969?i=1000688945139

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast?fbclid=IwY2xjawIXWL1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdRh0qets5lR980mhkuaGgK6MWzfm3XanryCsiXTmrVno0hvnjWxwdOyTg_aem_uPXuzwtfLvbDStcSoDx2Eg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRkIa8lCi0o&t=76s (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9vm3zmYFNw&t=7s (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/0e644c8a-d0d7-4409-810a-8ba56ee7e3ad/spoken-label-juliette-tomlinson-spoken-label-february-2025

https://www.instagram.com/p/DF2L_wtgYMNP0l0uTE8RLp2jnx8LoCvwEmTIuA0/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DF2Mv_5uiAdFpr4BaJjS_Bd_0-d4hyAptA9-NI0/ (Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Juliette-Tomlinson-Spoken-Label-February-2025/B0DVZQTBQP?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=R5X643T5M1KXFNKSTNRK&plink=AWeQ4qbOa0wdkZJK&pageLoadId=JALrbiwUv0uR3cPD&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/00vN4r8yGB0UVEwoYgtQH1 

Speak Easy - thank you Feb 25 / How to book Mar 25

 

Thanks to everybody who read out at Speak Easy, our spoken word open mic night at Chorlton’s Dulicmer last night.

A bumper turn out as I advised last night of over 75 – 80 people (See the pictures below) there, a heck of a night and there were a lot of people who came along I wasn’t expecting last night whom I will also be thanking personally.

Reader-wise, we wish to thank:

1) Darren Lea-grime (who did a sterling job of hosting)

2) Natasha Tingle

3) Andy Cash

4) Noemi Scotellaro Massimi

5) Mark Quinn

6) Wolfe McRourke

7) Anne Delargy

8) Roy Page

9) Steph Cater

10) Stuart Atkinson

11) Annie Acre

12) Amanda Nicholson

13) Steve Smythe

14) Martin CM (Martin Corlettmoss) 

15) Andy Npoet

16) David Hardy

17) Martin Elder

18) Norman Dearlove Scott

19) Lindy Newns

20) David Bond

21) Rachel Hill

22) John Clifford

23) Lynn Walton

Bookings for next show on Sunday 09 February 2025 from 12 Noon by emailing Andy N on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

Amanda has also done a little exclusive video of the night which will be available on her TikTok page 2moro (Saturday) 

https://www.tiktok.com/@amandanicholsonwriter

Amanda has took pictures of I think everybody from Thursday here

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=speakeasymanchester&set=a.1136820718236711

She has also done a little exclusive video of the night which will be available on her TikTok page 2moro (Saturday)