Don’t have
time to do today to do a massive adds and detailed look back at what I have
done in 2019 as we are at the end of the year, but it’s certainly safe to go
without over egging things that this year has been a interesting year to put it
nicely.
This
includes for example been involved with my good lady Amanda in a quarterly run magazine
Printed Words which she has just released it’s 4th issue. I have
been involved on selection panels for magazines and publications before but not
before on a ongoing journal like this let alone the routine and the patience
you have to display with work like this. Respect to Amanda for starting this
off and seeing the gap in the publishing market in the Manchester / North West
of England writing circle and
I am pleased to confirm that the magazine will be
carrying on with it’s 5th issue starting at the beginning of next
year.
Spoken
Label, my ongoing Podcast series which chats to writers and authors will also
be back in 2020 and I have already recorded my first few episodes for the
series in 2020 and when things calm down a bit with my family (long story) I’ll
be recording more episodes and sessions for this series and if anybody is
interested as always – get in touch. Spoken Label can be seen at
spokenlabel.bandcamp.com
Reading in
Bed my book review Podcast with Amanda will be out at the end of January as I
am running behind with my books for our 25th episode sadly (readinginbed.bandcamp.com)
and owning to family problems, I am sticking to specials for the foreseeable
future for Comics Unity (my comics news podcast with Michael) likely until
February or March 2020 by which point, the Koll, Andy and Amanda show will
return too.
Ocean in a
Bottle, my ambient / noise / classical project somehow managed 9 singles / Eps on
my our own bandcamp page this page, as well as three releases on silber media
records and a full length album on Persiste Vegatative State Records and a
track on a comp album by Ambientonline and another on Hicc and did a youtube
exclusive remix. In 2020, there is a release forthcoming on Silbermedia,
another track on a another Ambientonline, several releases in discussion with
another label or two and I have planned out the first half a dozen releases for
Ocean in a Bottle too.
I have
maintained with Amanda mostly, all kinds of readings over the past year – all
of which can be seen here http://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/p/gigs.html
but is somewhere around 56 readings or so which has shocked me a little there.
Owning to family stuff, we are taking a break from most things in January but
the pair of us are hoping to be back again in Feb 2020 onwards proper.
Not going to
list the publications I’ve had work appear in this year but there’s quite a few
again which is really pleasing and can be seen here http://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/p/publications.html
Lastly, Speak Easy,
the spoken word night I co run with Amanda and Steve will also be back on 05
Feb at Stretford’s Sip. Be lovely to see you all there.
Have a great
New Year.
Speak to you
soon
Andy N
