Andy N - Writer, Podcaster and Ambient Musician
Official Blog of Andy N - author of books such as 'The End of Summer' and 'Birth of Autumn', co-host of Spoken Word night 'Speak Easy', ambient musician with Ocean in a Bottle and Podcast host of Spoken Label and Reading in Bed among others
Sunday 17 March 2024
New Spoken Label Podcast - Lynn Walton
Thursday 14 March 2024
New Podcast appearance - Poetry Non-Stop
I'm on the Poetry Podcast 'Poetry Non-Stop' today, thanks to Patrick for featuring me which I of course do sneak in a reference to my novel 'Birth'
https://soundcloud.com/user-821268013/andy-n-poetry-in-all-places
Sunday 10 March 2024
New Spoken Label Podcast - Nayma Chamchoun
Friday 8 March 2024
Speak Easy - March 2024 thank you's and how to book our April 2024 show
A big thank you to everybody who attended Speak Easy (Our
Spoken Word open night at Dulicmer, Chorlton) last night. A great night with 20
readers and I somewhere around 54 or 55 people attending in total.
Special thank you to the following who read:
Chim Chirwa
Anne Delargy
Tony Rogers
Martin CM
Chris Platt
Cherry Eckel
Alan Griffith
Majella Whittaker
Sam Tovey
Amanda Nicholson
Gordon Zola
Marigold Lately
Andy N
Lindy Newns
Joe Tetley
Becky May
David Bond
Heather Skowood
Grant Curnow
We have lots of photographs to upload on the Speak Easy page on facebook to follow over the weekend and we have audio of the night to follow all being well on andyn.bandcamp.com over the weekend.
The next night in April will be Thursday 04 April 2024
and bookings for the next show will open
From Sunday 10 April 2024 by emailing Andy N on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk from midday onwards
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Monday 4 March 2024
Speak Easy March 2024 Readers
Enclosed is the list of readers (Not in the running order) for Speak Easy (Our Spoken Word Open Mic night) on Thursday next week (Thursday 07 Mar 24) at Dulcimer Bar, Chorlton all of which will read out their words in 4-minute slots.
The night starts at 7.30pm. Free Admission to all.
To go on the cancellation list for readers email Andy N at aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk
Andy Npoet
Mohammed Saad
Danny McLoughlin Danny McLoughlin
David Bond
Gordon Zola
Joe Tetley
Chris Platt
Martin Elder
Grant Curnow
Alan Griffith
Martin CM
Josh Lonsdale
Tony Rogers
Sam Tovey
Amanda Nicholson
Jo Somerset
Majella Whittaker
Heather Skowood
Lindy Newns
Marigold Lately
Anne Delargy
Cherry Eckel
Polly Anna Rose
Becky May
Chim Chirwa
Sunday 3 March 2024
New Spoken Label Podcast - Amy B Garrett
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.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXtnGv02Ajc (Chat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22ERR_oydU8 (Chat Part 2 / Reading)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4B2DsrMWqpK710ySCzcfx-H6Xw8esQ0W_oVHQ0/
(Chat)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4DA_7xRzHhTcJnyL74QyawZnLEEvl67jPkUDQ0/
(Chat Part 2 / Reading)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/41W09n5LpvWPQQZWu3vjU5
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/amy-b-garratt-spoken-label-march-2024
Saturday 24 February 2024
New Spoken Label Podcast - Richard Harries
Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features the return of our friend, Richard Harries.
Richard Harries (not to be confused with the Bishop of Oxford) is a well known spoken word artist with a considerable following on YouTube. He performs mainly in the North of England but concentrates on East Yorkshire, Hull and the surrounding area. One of his first poems, Pirate Izzy, was written for his Granddaughter; and thereafter he began writing and performing at Folk Clubs and Pubs.
In addition to several years at the Hull Freedom Festival he
has been a popular feature at the Filey Folk Festival, Cottingham Springboard,
and in venues in Leeds, Harrogate, York and Wakefield. Richard's historical
poems have been published in American Journals and his war poems were read in
Ypres 100 years after the first shot in the Battle of Bellewaarde in World War
I. He was also a significant contributor to the Saboteur project Haunt.
Richard is often known as the Bard of Withernsea or the Activist Poet of Hull having written for the Action for Hull Group, The Wilberforce Society and supported campaigns to save the Lord line building and Beverlygate.
Richard’s books can be purchased through Stairwell Books -https://www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/authors/richard-harries
Richard can be contacted on fb - https://www.facebook.com/richard.harries.94
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Can be heard / seen at:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C3vZoTlrhhAW3c6rGpTryAyGo08rpBAYPAXVY80/
https://open.spotify.com/episode/21YyGC0mKwnI8CBfHqcUdy
etc