Ocean
in a Bottle news:
Last
release on the Ocean in a Bottle page was the haunting single
‘Reading in Space between Earth and Venus’ which covered the
simple act of reading in Space
(https://oceaninabottle.bandcamp.com/album/reading-in-space-between-earth-and-venus)
Since
then, a full length album called ‘On Saturn’s Wings’ has
appeared on peristent Vegetative
Statement
Records
which is described as two long, epic ambient drones spinning
into a more spiralling, freer form and carries its drones across an
imaginary journey between beauty and a paradox of what it is seen and
what is not seen. This
album can be streamed / downloaded for FREE from
persistentvegetativestaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/on-saturns-wings
Also
released on Silber Records as part of their field recordings series,
two singles have been made both made up of live Field Recordings
Birds
on the Roof with a bad throat at Manchester Victoria Train Station
just before the moon rises
Walking
to the Bus Station
The
next two Ocean in a Bottle singles ‘Waiting to land on Venus’
(Haunting angel choirs prior to landing on a devil like planet) and
‘Space Graveyard Volume 1 (An musical space piano and drone noise
EP and the first in a series) which follow over September and October
all been well, and I am now working on a single called Examining
Phobos and Deimos for life. A few versions of a track called The Noir
Side of the Moon have also been completed and could crop in a few
places also.
Ocean
in a Bottle will also be doing a track for the annual DIH and friends
(More details can be found here -
http://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/2019/09/dih-and-friends-christmas-2019.html)
Spoken
Label News:
Spoken
Label since my last newsletter has been operating on almost a weekly
basis and has included Podcasts by the following people since my last
update..
Rob
Barrett (July 2019)
Roz
Weaver (July 2019)
Robert
Garnham (July 2019)
Serafina Bersonage (August 2019)
Grant Curnow (August 2019)
Roxanne San Jose (August 2019)
Chris Neilson (September 2019)
Planet in Peril – Various Poets
(September 2019)
Bernie the Bolt (September 2019)
Matt Nicholson (September 2019)
A number of future sessions have been
recorded from the following – Joe Williams, Ellie Mason, Leanne
Beadle, Emilie Lauren Jones, John G Hall, Nicola Dale, Noemi
Scotellaro Massimi, Penny Sharman, Lizzie Smith, Howling Jack
Russell, Thomas, Yvonne Ugarte and Rob Goodier with other sessions
currently been lined up.
Also lined up for Speak Easy is a charity
Christmas album wanting submissions. More details can be found here
http://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/2019/08/spoken-label-christmas-album-poetry-and.html
Reading
in Bed News
Reading
in Bed has carried on with its monthly production schedule of
Podcasts between me and Amanda. The last few Podcasts can be found
here -
Reading
in Bed Episode 19 (July 2019)
Books
reviewed were:
1.
Stephen King - On Writing
2. Gregg Hurwitz - Out of the Dark
3. Paul Auster - Hand to Mouth
4. Charles Harris - the breaking of Liam Harris
5. Serafina Bersonsage - A Witch's Education
2. Gregg Hurwitz - Out of the Dark
3. Paul Auster - Hand to Mouth
4. Charles Harris - the breaking of Liam Harris
5. Serafina Bersonsage - A Witch's Education
Reading
in Bed Episode 20 (August 2019)
Books
reviewed were:
1.
Susanna Beard - Dare to remember
2. Fred Hoyle - The Black Cloud
3. Riley Sager - Lock every Door
4. Howard Caryle - The Meyerstown Secret
5. Stephen King - Cell
6. Amber Kraysen - I see myself in the distance
2. Fred Hoyle - The Black Cloud
3. Riley Sager - Lock every Door
4. Howard Caryle - The Meyerstown Secret
5. Stephen King - Cell
6. Amber Kraysen - I see myself in the distance
Reading
in Bed Episode 21 (September 2019)
Books reviewed were:
1. Samantha Schweblin – Fever Dream
2. Jane Corry - - The Dead Ex
3. Daniel H Wilson – Robopoalypse
4. Louise Doughty - Platform 7
5. Alta H Mabin – Evidence of Pain
We
are currently planning books for Octobers and Novembers Podcast.
Comics
Unity News:
After
a slightly quieter spell, Comics Unity has been really busy recently
between myself and Michael with the following episodes been recorded:
(Extra
Episode 7 with guest co host Amanda, myself and Michael discussing
more about what we would like to see from the final season of
Supernatural)
(Extra
Episode 6 with guest co host Gavin about what we would like to see
from the final season of Supernatural)
(Episode
10 - Andy
N and Michael discuss a whole host of topics featured at the San
Diego Comics Con 2019 and all the latest comics news and latest TV /
film news including rumoured James Bond news, Supernatural castings,
castings for DC shows and much, much more)
Episode
11 of Comics Unity has also been recorded and will be getting
released shortly but also on a monthly basis all
been well for the foreseeable future myself and Michael will be
releasing a special series within the Comics Unity universe of works
by comic writers we like and would like to recommend)
A
Nature’s Path
A
new Poetry and Literture Podcast with my old friend Colleen has been
set up and will be broadcast live on blogtalk radio every Monday from
7pm to 7.15pm or so on blogtalkradio.com/anaturespath
(I’m doing a backup for this on https://anaturespath.bandcamp.com).
Printed
Words
This
literature / creative writing magazine / journal edited and created
by Amanda and featuring me on the submissions panel has just released
its 3rd
issue which can be found and bought on Amazon but can also be
downloaded for free at Amanda’s website at
Printed
Words also made it’s live debut recently at the Festival of
Manchester more of which can be read here
https://www.amandasteelwriter.com/443373776
.
Special thanks to from me and Amanda Steel to Randy Horton, Alicia
Fitton, Zoe Howarth Lowe, Sara Culleno, Alex Asher and Anthony Brisco
for reading out with us that day. All been well, future live dates
will follow. (My
live video from that day can be seen here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEvzagIRzEA)
You
can also now submit if you wish to Issue 4 (Closing date 10th
November 2019) and further submission details can be read here
Speak
Easy
Speak
Easy is Stretford’s always friendly spoken word open mic night
which is held at Stretford’s lovely Sip on the first Wednesday of
each month.
After
a change in approach on the advertising, numbers have been steadingly
increasing to around 20 people reading each month, pictures from the
last few months can be seen here
September
July
Dates
for the rest of the year (for either 5 or 6 minute slots) shall be 02
October 2019, 06 November 2019 and 04 December 2019 with dates
pencilled in from February 2020 also to follow.
Email
me on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk if
interested as the night is starting to get a real buzz about it.
Personal
Writing / Open Mics:
Myself
and Amanda have generally maintained our usual or so 4 readings every
month. In August, while there was no Speak Easy and we were unable to
go Word Central, we went over to Bradford’s speaking in tongues.
There is no video footage of myself but I did record Amanda with two
of her poems – Abscence Minded
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBz_bzz48dc)
and How to tell if she loves you
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duRQ5j2sBpQ)
I
did a few separate gigs during August on the theme of Peterloo (the
most shouty of which can be heard here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjruu7HGc0E&t=225s)
Lastly
on the video front, a video of me doing ‘Unexpected Change in
Weather’ also appeared from August’s Word Central
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldvo_m6hrcY&t=1s)
on youtube.
Publishing
wise, all been well, there is quite a few things on the go
but
firstly the Mark Literary has published one of my mini poems from my
4th
and
upcoming collection ‘The Streets were all we could see’
Bold
Plus Italic back in July also published one of my Robot poems
‘Reading
the
news with Erica’
(https://boldplusitalic.wordpress.com/2019/06/25/andy-n-news-with-erica/)
and of course my piece Longford Theatre appeared in issue 3 of
Printed Words
(http://doccdn.simplesite.com/d/c0/5a/287104482209651392/f7238143-478d-4f24-bca0-b6e86b6d854a/Printed%2BWords%2B-Autumn.pdf)
There
are quite a few new pieces also forthcoming in other publications and
projects which I’ll be able to talk about another day.
