Monday, 4 August 2025

Echoes of August - The End of Summer II

 













The season ends. The story continues.

Celebrating the 10th year anniversary of his second full length poetry collection, Andy N has returned to this series of poetry with a brand new collection called ‘Echoes of August (The End of Summer II).
Told again in taut, flickering fragments, these pieces map the fading edges of summer through memory and dying lights, geographic imprints and love, loss, and abolescence to be read over and over in the wind.
'The End of Summer II' as well as being a direct sequel to ‘The End of Summer’ deepens the emotional arc begun in the first volume, leaving readers adrift in beauty, haunted by nostalgia, and quietly changed.
For fans of Epic 45 and July Skies, Hugo Williams, and the delicate melancholy of watching a gate blow gently in the breeze of late August.

Out on Amazon with more places to follow. 









Sunday, 3 August 2025

Martin CM - Spoken Label (New Podcast, August 2025)

 










Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) features making his debut is the wonderful Martin CM.

Martin tells his work are "are written to make people smile—or better yet, laugh. They’re intentionally different from the well-meaning, earnest, intense, political kind. His work leans towards the disrespectful: often irreverent, occasionally rude, and usually self-deprecating.

These are poems with little in the way of hidden meanings — written to be performed, not puzzled over. That said, they do often carry a thread of social commentary.Martin has performed across various venues in the North West. A career highlight? Making the Top Four at the Liverpool Fringe—something he proudly (and constantly) reminds his family of.

His book Poems for People Who Don’t Like Poetry is available on Amazon—and has sold dozens!

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/martin-cm-spoken-label-august-2025/id1501847969?i=1000719600621

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Martin-CM-Spoken-Label--August-2025-e34j3if

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSPQ6ond9Gc (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_CuNqIIMqA (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/b7b2b9b2-040f-4e29-afec-4b7bfca16f82/spoken-label-martin-cm-spoken-label-august-2025

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VellOwtfZd8l7QomQsCrl

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DM4nK69NATw/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DM4nVmUuNrW/ (Reading)

The tik tok preview is at: https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7533350873435540758

Sunday, 27 July 2025

Anthony Doyle - Spoken Label New Podcast July 2025

 









Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry/Spoken Word Podcast) features the return of our friend Anthony Doyle in a full-length Podcast.

Anthony Doyle was born in Dublin and raised in Wicklow, Ireland. He has been living in São Paulo, Brazil, since 2000, where he works as a translator of fiction, non-fiction and film scripts from Portuguese. 

In addition to short stories and poems, he published the children’s book O Lago Secou (Companhia das Letrinhas, Brazil, 2013) and the novel Hibernaculum (Out Of This World Press, USA, 2023). 

He is a member of the Old Scratch Press short-form collective.This Podcast talks primarily about his new book Jonahs Map of the Whale and other poems which is described as "Dive into the mythic in Jonah's Map of the Whale and Other Poems, a daring and dazzling collection from Anthony Doyle (author of Hibernaculum). 

In the submerged world of Flounder- part everyman, part flatfish-shipwrecked longing, philosophical wit, and lyrical precision converge.Doyle's sea-born metaphors shimmer with heartbreak, absurdity, and revelation across the tide pools of memory and myth. From underwater boathouses to data-streamed cubicles, Doyle threads ancient voices through postmodern pulses. Featuring Flounder, Blundra, Alex Iden Gray, and more, this collection drifts between high poetry and sly humor, from trenches of despair to flickers of grace. Jonah's Map of the Whale and Other Poems is a poetic deep-sea dive into the soul accessible to poetry and literature fans alike."

Podcast be streamed / downloaded from: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/anthony-doyle-spoken-label-july-2025/id1501847969?i=1000718566111

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Anthony-Doyle-Spoken-Label--July-2025-e34j2h6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzpzZAS1zLY (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmW3yJumv-8 (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/1b98ded2-616b-4b90-a0d9-d7d3dc5d6870/spoken-label-anthony-doyle-spoken-label-july-2025

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMnE-g2NCQV/ (Chat Segment)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMnFETBOY-5/ (Reading Segment)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Anthony-Doyle-Spoken-Label-July-2025/B0FJLJBX2H?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=4M9XAAGFWTSDNMHMWX8B&plink=6VNaZPt8bLMRA3sk&pageLoadId=gfTRMdiPOmcppmih&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rP6gXNu2YT2qtpan2njgW

The tik tok preview is at: https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7530704671648877846




Sunday, 20 July 2025

New Spoken Label - Peter Humphreys

 














Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Poet Podcast), the long overdue return of our friend,  Peter Humphreys. 

Peter is a writer of speculative fiction and poetry; editor and podcaster based in Lancaster, UK. 

New novel Adrift (2025) sees couple Leighton Tiding and Serena Brinks torn between Covid-ravaged 'broken' Britain and a new life in South America before their lives are upended by an old schoolfriend and the US businessman he tried to kill. Released on Pine Goat, 13 March '25.

Buenos Aires-set 'Justice' longlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2021.

Satirical thriller Hong Kong Rocks (Proverse, 2019), shortlisted for the Proverse Prize and released as an audiobook in 2023.

First novel the Blaggard (2004) won the Dawson Jackson Prize. Other novels include Oblivious (2016) and In English (Please!) (2006). 

Regular reader at poetry events in northwest England. 'Anti-Algorithm Technique' appeared in Wordarium Journal (2024). More poems in Lancaster Textures (2025).

Co-editor of fiction anthologies Another Hong Kong (2014) and Hong Kong Future Perfect (2016). Short fiction has been published by Comma Press, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal and Far Enough East. 

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Can be downloaded/streamed from:

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMSQ1w_R06i/?hl=en (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMSlFKuurH9/?hl=en  (Reading)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwsKPUKJzXA (Reading)

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Peter-Humphreys-Spoken-Label--July-2025-e355u01

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/peter-humphreys-spoken-label-july-2025/id1501847969?i=1000717457702

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/a0e0d56c-1211-4336-80db-22e18a15ab24/spoken-label-peter-humphreys-spoken-label-july-2025

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Peter-Humphreys-Spoken-Label-July-2025/B0FHP5KJDG?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=CQWZE8KZFAPNHJ5BN3NE&plink=OeRmHNoGl5fYh1VS&pageLoadId=iAaWddEI5XhphNK4&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jxwaifFWCc2kAAlD3Xvgv




Saturday, 19 July 2025

The Writing Way Podcast Episode 2

 











New episode from the Writing Way with Andy and Amanda, our writing podcast.

This month, we open up the podcast to our first guest.

Phil Woodford is an experienced trainer and lecturer, specialising in marketing communications, media, business psychology, copywriting and creativity. His company, Here Comes the Cavalry Ltd, helps to develop the potential of businesses and organisations across a variety of sectors.

Phil writes/talks about the reality of AI and the risk to jobs on his Substack page Redundant Human and has written the book AI and The Redundant Human.

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/the-writing-way-podcast



Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Polly Ocean radio interview a year ago

 











This was me and Polly Anna Rose as Polly Ocean on the lovely Ruth O'Reilly show for ALL FM, somehow a year ago. The masters are now done for the second album which has a title of 'War Within', with hopefully two singles to come before the album, the first before summer finishes, nd the second just after and the album to follow in early Autumn I hope.





Saturday, 12 July 2025

New Spoken Label Podcast - Richard Sparks

 












Latest up from Spoken Label Tik Tok (Author / Artist Podcast) features making his debut, Richard Sparks.

Richard's bio advises "One morning in 1979 I got a call from an understandably excited Rowan Atkinson. “John Cleese just called. He’s asked me to be in his new charity show – and can I do The Schoolmaster?”

Er, yes.

I’d written The Schoolmaster for Rowan the previous year, for a revue at the Hampstead Theatre (Rowan with Elspeth Walker and Peter Wilson). John and his co-producer, Martin Lewis, had seen it; and a year later, Rowan and I were backstage at Her Majesty’s Theatre, meeting John and other members of the cast of The Secret Policeman’s Ball.

Rowan went on stage an unknown, with his gown and clipboard and pen, and came off a star. The Schoolmaster became his signature piece, the encore of his live shows. Eventually, he got tired of doing the same old routine and wrote another (ruder) version, generously giving me half the royalties.
By that time, I’d cut my teeth on various TV shows, from HTV (Wales) to ITV (Southern and Central) to the BBC. I’d also written some stage shows (reviews, original plays, and adaptations of Goldoni comedies), and done a lot of freelance script editing. In 1992, I was hired by Columbia Picture Television to work with Blake Hunter and Marty Cohan, the creators of Who’s the Boss?. My wife and I moved with our young daughter to her parents (converted) garage and we’ve lived in Los Angeles since.

I’ve written a number of libretti for operas, almost all for the LA Opera – some original pieces, some translations from German or Italian. My writing partner, the composer, Lee Holdridge, was – in a way – once G.R.R. Martin’s ‘writing partner’ in that he composed the scores for the TV series Beauty and the Beast, for which Martin was a script writer.

I’d been a hard-core RPG gamer for years when the idea for these books just fell out of the sky one morning, and I started writing. I have hardly had a moment to log on to any game — I’m too busy exploring the New Rock stories as they unfold.

My publisher, Caezik SF & Fantasy, is a company of enthusiasts who love these genres. I am delighted to join their family of authors, and to be working with their executive editor, Lezli, Robyn.
Three sequels – New Rock New Realm, New Rock New Rules, and New Rock New Roads, have been completed and will be published in due course. I’m currently working on the fifth book."

More details including where to buy Richard's books can be found at: https://richardsparks.com/

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Podcast can be downloaded from / streamed:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/richard-sparks-spoken-label-july-2025/id1501847969?i=1000716437677

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMAcXNTt1MU/ (Chat)

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

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Richard-Sparks-Spoken-Label-July-2025/B0FH4HW27J?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=1PH2F9EQMGMTNT42YSDK&plink=LM0c6lWyBQgV9UZD&pageLoadId=BdrKfB5NjcPPqVS4&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDWyHrxoX0o&t=71s (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac7UpQQOhCQ&t=29s&pp=0gcJCb4JAYcqIYzv (Reading)

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Richard-Sparks-Spoken-Label--July-2025-e34j194

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Richard-Sparks-Spoken-Label-July-2025/B0FH4HW27J?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=577WDZP2Y5RKRT0C4K0A&plink=LQWtSgthyKfqHIsu&pageLoadId=HliJJUeGt4B7qEOT&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7525187448696065302  (Podcast Preview on Tik Tok)