Sunday 17 March 2024

New Spoken Label Podcast - Lynn Walton

 


Latest Podcast from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features Lynn Walton.

She advises is a Manchester based poet whose work moves from serious to amusing to risque. One of my favourite styles is fusing topics that don’t normally belong together.

I perform at a variety of events and venues and occasionally on Salford City Radio, and have been published in several anthologies including one by Virago Press. Recently, I published some of my work in three booklets."
All three of her collections be purchased from
www.lynnwaltonpoet.co.uk

She is also on facebook as lynn.walton.754

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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


 










Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features Nayma Chamchoun is a British Moroccan, a self-taught writer and poet. Her writing is influenced by her cultural duality. She is interested in female voices in the diaspora community, the challenges they face within both communities and the taboos around mental health within their ancestral communities.
Nayma is an active member of London's vibrant Poetry and Spoken Word community, the international Poetry community online and has performed her work at several Poetry Open Mike events including the Grenfell 5 year Anniversary and had her work featured on West Wiltshire Radio & BBC Radio London several times.
Her published poetry collection COVID: THE WORDY WILDS OF A MIND UNDER LOCKDOWN is a cultural fusion poetry collection which explores themes of identity, duality, displacement, loss, race, feminism, culture, family, love and the search for inner peace as experienced alongside the effects of mental health, menopause, the pandemic and world events.
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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://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/amy-b-garrett-spoken-label-february-2023/id1501847969?i=1000647286701

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Amy-B-Garrett-Spoken-Label--February-2023-e2f2739

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kOTA1ZTkwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz/episode/NGI0ZjFkODEtOTNmMi00YTBiLTkwMDItOWZmNDEyMjFkNTNm?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjg1bqZ1tiEAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXtnGv02Ajc (Chat) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22ERR_oydU8 (Chat Part 2 / Reading) 

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/e1bc453b-66f2-49a1-8795-a164c23c4c89/spoken-label-amy-b-garrett-spoken-label-february-2023

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4B2DsrMWqpK710ySCzcfx-H6Xw8esQ0W_oVHQ0/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4DA_7xRzHhTcJnyL74QyawZnLEEvl67jPkUDQ0/ (Chat Part 2 / Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Amy-B-Garrett-Spoken-Label-February-2023/B0CWM4CGPK?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=4HMJT865KRH19Z8HA6MV&pageLoadId=CBZO2ZOWjQG3VTxZ&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8

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://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/richard-harries-spoken-label-february-2024/id1501847969?i=1000646057789

 

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Richard-Harries-Spoken-Label--February-2024-e2f28eq

 

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kOTA1ZTkwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz/episode/OTcxNzBiMjktYTNkYS00YzUzLTg1MmItNDE2YWJjNzI2MDVi?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjw5t2PxcSEAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/ef91ec65-316c-414b-9070-26e5cc0c8ee1/spoken-label-richard-harries-spoken-label-february-2024

 

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Richard-Harries-Spoken-Label-February-2024-Podcast/B0CW2QMDLP?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&ref=a_pd_Spoken_c4_lAsin_0_0&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=B4T30ZXK0JQ7YK7TZXDA&pageLoadId=mWhwF0wuVbbgBs1K&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8

 

https://youtu.be/H7gYSGjVjWc

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3vZoTlrhhAW3c6rGpTryAyGo08rpBAYPAXVY80/

 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/21YyGC0mKwnI8CBfHqcUdy

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