Steve Schlam - Spoken Label, November 2025

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) making his debut is Steve Schlam.

Steve advises he first gained entry to the City of Words through the doors of the public library in Brooklyn, New York, where he was born and spent a good part of his childhood; and has maintained his residency ever since while living in cities and towns across the United States and in Mexico. An actor as well as an author, he has performed on stages in all the places he has called home, and earned a Master's Degree in Creative Writing and English under the tutelage of Joseph Heller, renowned author of "Catch-22." He lives currently in Southern California in a pretty little Craftsman bungalow with orange and lemon trees growing in the backyard, in the company of his wife, Liora. His debut novel, "The Harvesting of Haystacks Kane," was released in March 2024.

More about Steve can be found at: https://www.steveschlam.com/

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Podcast can be downloaded from the following places including::

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Steve-Schlam-Spoken-Label--November-2025-e39to42

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/steve-schlam-spoken-label-november-2025/id1501847969?i=1000736407511

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/b241c4a4-910a-4e4c-8ad4-7760c537a36b/spoken-label-steve-schlam-spoken-label-november-2025

https://youtu.be/WM41JKEHRpY (Chat)

https://youtu.be/3CXvZ_1PVu0  (Reading)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4If9owWv35HE0vDzhF4NWZ

Ray Whitaker (Spoken Label, November 2025)

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) features making his debut, Ray Whitaker .

Ray advises he has been writing both prose and poetry since he was seventeen. What Ray is writing now is very different from what he wrote those so many years ago. All writers and poets are writing out of "the Self" however there are directions that the self speaks into, that change. Now Ray is attempting to put foremost in his work, just who he is writing for. He intends on writing for the everyday man and woman. He firmly believes that poems need to reach into the everyday person's pictures in their minds, and engage with those. This is where he aims to make a difference in his creative writing. Ray does readings around the state of North Carolina [USA], and is a member or the North Carolina Poetry Society, the Winston-Salem Writers, and The North Carolina Writer’s Network. He has thrice been a ‘Writer-in-Residence” at the North Carolina Center For The Arts and Humanities, at Weymouth, in Southern Pines,NC. He is the father of two daughters. Originally from the South, he now lives in Colorado, where he is seeking venues.

More details can be found at:

https://raywhitakerblog.wordpress.com/

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ray-whittaker-spoken-label-november-2025/id1501847969?i=1000735380723

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Ray-Whittaker-Spoken-Label--November-2025-e3aclra

https://youtu.be/2v8FQPGwgA4 (Chat)

https://youtu.be/Ihiah6rLNl0 (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/1d9255b8-5114-4ae8-9320-5dcbba53cf07/spoken-label-ray-whittaker-spoken-label-november-2025

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Ray-Whittaker-Spoken-Label-November-2025/B0FZVHC93Y?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=1GW7WYQC8W14V4WBANY2&plink=9yeff8OfASL1tEVE&pageLoadId=g9sw9ITZR5u4gz2f&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1P9s1MjrTBveahw31RGR74

Speak Easy thank you's and how to book for December 2025

 

Thanks to everybody who attended our latest Speak Easy (Spoken Word Open Mic night) at Chorlton’s always welcoming Dulcimer Bar, Chorlton.

We had a great night; there were somewhere around 55 people there, hosted magically by the wonderful Lindy Newns (Thanks, Lindy).

Thanks to everybody who attended to watch, and we want to thank the following for reading:

1. Lindy Newns
2. Luke Piercy
3. Alison Knowles
4. Michael Hulley II (Volodya Gorky)
5. Karen Kendrick
6. Natasha Morris
7. Noemi Scotellaro Massimi
8. Mark Quinn
9. Andy N
10. Gordon Zola
11. Amanda Nicholson
12. David Bond
13. Olga Gerke
14. Andy Cash/ Anson Clark
15. Sophie Gannon
16. Ella Holmes
17. Martin Elder
18. Piper Cusmano
19. Jeremy Pak Nelson
20. Kai Luckman
21. Martin CM (Martin Corlettmoss)

Amanda has uploaded the pictures from last night here in full: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=speakeasymanchester&set=a.1364151092170338&__cft__[0]=AZWeBLIJzVafXDsp0nSSymYjxPIMJhmNGf3DRS9FkZsYKPCqQlzw6zwBB2f8-UDq_g2zhOuywxR71gS0HrslKKJPD7KdA49m87ZYwdKevBmT92653KshwSueyBgJaqs2C-jSidpQCB7_B1B3I1rH9Ihi2vq0uzEOa1dybDRJcmiyjsO9IVB7jmYC12SzIqnlQdg&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R

Next Speak Easy will be our Xmas special on Thursday 04 December 2025, and bookings shall open this Sunday 09 December from 12 Noon by emailing Andy N on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

Please note that there will be no Speak Easy in January 2026 and we shall be back in February 2026 as normal.

Catherine Holland Bax - Spoken Label, November 2025

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features making her debut, Catherine Holland Bax.

Catherine is the Author of Little Viking House and the Badger Resistance Army.

Catherine lives in Shropshire with two cats, several chickens, and three Icelandic horses. She created EponaWise to support her writing and her desire for better leadership in the world.

Catherine has always loved telling stories and has never stopped believing that she can talk to animals. So when she began to write her stories down, they had animals at their heart.

A graduate of the prestigious Golden Egg Academy, Catherine published her first novel, Little Viking Horse, in October 2021.

Little Viking Horse is based on the character of Catherine’s Icelandic horse, Fleygur, her detailed observations of her horses, and the horse-human interactions she has witnessed, which, sadly, are not always positive. Inspired by Black Beauty, Catherine hopes that Little Viking Horse will promote greater understanding and empathy towards horses, and hopefully people too!

Catherine’s second book, The Badger Resistance Army, was published in June 2025. Badgers are an iconic but often controversial animal. In The Badger Resistance Army, Catherine explores the threat to our wild habitats through the eyes of a badger, lives her fantasy of being able to talk to animals, and imagines a world where space is made for all to live.

More details at: https://eponawise.com/

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/catherine-holland-dax-spoken-label-october-2025/id1501847969?i=1000734113560

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Catherine-Holland-Dax-Spoken-Label--October-2025-e39o9vl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ina07h-PyIw&pp=0gcJCQMKAYcqIYzv (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh3n9K1WWfE&pp=0gcJCQMKAYcqIYzv (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/09fdf40b-5eb3-486a-8542-633f69d1ac44/spoken-label-catherine-holland-dax-spoken-label-october-2025

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Catherine-Holland-Dax-Spoken-Label-October-2025/B0FY6ZBDVW?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=Y1TVZ7D2DXG845H6Q88V&plink=LunWk16xEriM4ScD&pageLoadId=9OKYpgijqTjAdbyA&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rbjNga2ZQMJ8eBGS4jN9U

Speak Easy readers 06 November 2025

 

Enclosed below is a list of readers for the next Speak Easy night at Dulicmer, Chorlton on Thursday 06 November 2025.

We should be starting around 7.30pm (Free admission, all welcome) where the following readers will entertain with their work spread out across 4 minute segments:

(NB. This is not the running order)

Andy N

Amanda Nicholson

Lindy Newns 

Sophie Gannon 

Andy Cash 

Jeremy Pak Nelson 

Gordon Zola 

Martin CM 

Noemi Scotellaro 

Ella Holmes 

Michael Hulley 

Mark Quinn 

Joe Tetley 

Anson Clark 

Luke Piercy 

Emilia Rachael 

Martin Elder 

David Bond 

Natasha Morris 

Karen Kendrix 

Piper Cusmano 

Lindy Newns  

Olga Gerke 

Alison Knowles 

Mark Rawlins 

Subs List / Cancellation list - aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

 

Speak Easy Guest Host Announcement November 2025 - Lindy Newns

 

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Full list of readers to follow next few days to follow,  but we can announce that our guest host for November's Speak Easy (Our Spoken Word Open Mic night) at Dulicmer, Chorlton will be the wonderful Lindy Newns.

Lindy Newns appears in open mics around Greater Manchester and facilitates Mostly Manchester, an online Stanza group. She is part of Chorlton Arts with special responsibility for artists in schools, so if anyone wants to visit a local school , or perform  during next year's festival in May, let her know and sign up online as an artist. Lindy's poetry and flash fiction has appeared in various journals and anthologies and she runs writing workshops in Yorkshire and Wales as well as locally. She is currently shortlisted for the Hysteria flash fiction prize. 

We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday 06 November 2025.

Free admission. Start around 7.30pm. To go on the subs / cancellation list - email Andy N on

aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

Deborah Weitzman (Spoken Label, October 2025)

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author Chat Podcast) features Deborah Weitzman making her debut to talk about her debut novel ‘The Sinking of the Leonardo Da Vinci’.

“The Sinking of the Leonardo Da Vinci’ is described as “Itis 1976, in New York. Joanna, a dreamy and sensitive young woman, suffers deep loneliness and a sense of never belonging. The world of music, of songwriting,draws her toward something deeper, if only she had permission to enter that world.

When she meets Luca, onboard The Leonardo da Vinci, her wildest dreams come true. He-the young navigator of the ship, rebellious and passionate-gives her that permission. They fall hopelessly in love, and against all odds, shetravels to Rome to be with him. When she arrives, he has drastically changed.

Never knowing what turned him so callous, this dark seed contaminates the rest of her life.

Back in NY, she runs into her former professor, Stuart, avisionary environmentalist, and they marry. Older than Joanna, he is her anchor and benevolent father figure. To never be burned again, she vows to stay far from the rocky shoals of passion. To keep that vow, she buries her creativesoul, her real voice, and her music. When Stuart unexpectedly dies of a heart attack, her unlived self awakens with a vengeance. Hoping to heal, she travels to the walking trails of Cinque Terre, where she unexpectedly reawakens bothpassion and comfort in her relationships, finding herself along the way.

Her book is on Amazon etc

Substack link:
⁠https://open.substack.com/pub/deborahjeanneweitzman⁠

Facebook:
⁠https://www.facebook.com/deborahjeanneweitzman⁠

Instagram
⁠https://www.instagram.com/deborahjeannew/⁠

Her website is:
⁠https://deborahjeanne.com/

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Podcast can be streamed etc from:

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/deborah-weitzman-spoken-label-october-2025/id1501847969?i=1000731849318

creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Deborah-Weitzman-Spoken-Label--October-2025-e39hipl

youtu.be/pi3WwsHgMY0

music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/e97fd432-7cf2-478c-b8ce-b39600d62026/spoken-label-deborah-weitzman-spoken-label-october-2025