New Spoken Label Podcast - Hannah Parry

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Chat Podcast) making her debut is Hannah Parry.

Hannah Parry trained as a paediatric nurse in the UK.

Her first novel Winter's Bite, won first prize in the 12+ section at the Winchester Writers' Festival in June 2012. Fever Quest, the sequel, won the Write Historical Fiction Monthly Masterpiece and was longlisted for the MSLexia Children's Novel prize in 2016.

The Mechanics' Institute Review, Halfway Down the Stairs, The Doubleback Review and The Junction published her short fiction. In 2021 she was longlisted for the BBC Short Story Award.

Her latest book is an adult thriller, Breathing for Both of Us, published in September 2023.

The Baby Exchange, a book club fiction novel for adults will be published in the summer of 2024.

The third in the Isabella Rockwell trilogy will be published in 2025.

Her website can be found at https://www.hannahparry.com/

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hannah-parry-spoken-label-october-2024/id1501847969?i=1000672524385

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBCQD_js3BwVclyV6kNzODRyuEATECbp2O_Xzw0/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBCQD_js3BwVclyV6kNzODRyuEATECbp2O_Xzw0/ (Reading)

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Hannah-Parry-Spoken-Label--October-2024-e2on9ef

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0dd6cHSfZk&t=1s (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rs6WpcAYag&t=2s (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/0b4bb2c3-782d-4f7a-ba99-9b8fad756509/spoken-label-hannah-parry-spoken-label-october-2024 

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Hannah-Parry-Spoken-Label-October-2024/B0DJTFPFW8?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=CF6Q1NP7X4ZDTY07VW8X&pageLoadId=xRsTQ3CcSeMhNbiW&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1lpxKVZjJqdNMFeCPpqLIg

New Spoken Label Podcast - Peter Topping

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist / Poetry Podcast) features the

amazing Peter Topping.

Peter is a local artist in the Chorlton Area and has worked on several books with historian Andrew Simpson. He has also written his own book entitled “Smile Dammit Smile!!! – Chorlton”.

He has created many “History Walls” and art installations around Chorlton together with Manchester historian Andrew Simpson.

Together with Andrew he has created 14 books on the history of Chorlton and Manchester

He was The Chorlton Arts Festival Director for 4 years.

At the present, he is working as Virtual Arts Festival Director for Chorlton Arts and also is putting together artwork by local artists to be displayed on hoardings around Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

In 2023, at the age of 74, he started collating the poems he had already written and started to write new poems reflecting on his life so far.

He then worked on a project with Lindy Newns, which came about while he was working on The Virtual Chorlton Arts Festival for 2024. Peter was curating the Literary Arts section and was creating the exhibition panel that carried Lindy’s entry. As he read the poem, he began to think that perhaps he could enliven the panel by painting a picture of the scene.

He then decided that it would be fun to have a collection of Lindy’s poems illustrated in the same way, mixing the two arts together, literary and visual, in what would be an exciting book to read, and to view.

The rest is revealed in this feature length podcast

More about Peter can be found at:

https://pubbooks.co.uk/

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Can be streamed / downloaded from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAELVAmq0fo

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DA1eWnhNW44aGezQNRiYjkOyLc_rggYCHqyqe00/

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/peter-topping-spoken-label-october-2024/id1501847969?i=1000672337266

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Peter-Topping-Spoken-Label--October-2024-e2p0ui1

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/2b15b7dc-0a69-4b96-b8fb-acf6e1e10fb4/spoken-label-peter-topping-spoken-label-october-2024

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0DJR217JX?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=J58R8FZYH3N7AFVM4JN9&pageLoadId=xVSQ0rthdFFZJuTr&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4eC2G3FjCviesOYP9tzPhP

New Spoken Label Podcast - Jo Somerset

 

Latest up from Spoken Label, features the return of our friend, Jo Somerset.

Jo Somerset is based in Manchester. She completed a MA in Creative Writing in May 2020 at the University of Salford, where she received the Leanne Bridgewater Award for Innovation and Experiment. Like Isla, Jo grew up in Birmingham with an unspoken Celtic heritage. A love of the Hebrides and her experience with a blended family underlie Isla’s heartfelt journey towards finding her origins and a new self-belief.

In this Podcast, we primarily talk about Jo's new book "Mission: Find Mum"

This book is described as "Isla and Lac's mum is missing, but has left clues, and an emergency credit card. The children travel from Birmingham to Mora, a Scottish island, camping and tracking their mum. Hampered by challenges and unsure of who to trust, can Isla and Lac succeed in their mission? What else will they find... and lose? For ages 10 and up."

The book can be bought directly from Stairwell books:

https://www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/mission-find-mum/

Jo Somerset can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/jo.somerset

https://x.com/josomerset

https://www.instagram.com/jo.somerset/

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Can be downloaded/streamed from: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jo-somerset-spoken-label-october-2024/id1501847969?i=1000671569346

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Jo-Somerset-Spoken-Label--October-2024-e2on95j

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw0qIxHwwEQ&t=6s (Part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYNcOuiZA7o&t=4s (Part 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VVPG9pCC7s&t=4s (Part 3)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/14a23482-8175-4246-909d-57aba849d878/spoken-label-jo-somerset-spoken-label-october-2024

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAwRO3OuWLM12tHHhxxJE3UY6c_7oPnevsZkag0/ (Part 1) 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAwZwnkMjaxBH_pyaVm0njLGJO4_lOkPRTKs8g0/ (Part 2) 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAwUfy_MmQAFaCrhLjR0ABBEX09Ieu4eWbxwAc0/ (Part 3) 

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Jo-Somerset-Spoken-Label-October-2024/B0DJDG82QB?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=8AR1K85S8WTY33KAH1K9&pageLoadId=aNTH8jHYTrs4gBKf&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MphTlQRM2p42iak3dWioH

Speak Easy - Thank you October 2024 and November 2024 bookings

 

Thanks to everybody who read at Speak Easy last night, our spoken word night at Dulicmer, Chorlton.

We are delighted with the night, and wish to thank all of the following for reading:

1) Becky May

2) Sean Stapleton

3) Nathan Russell Williams

4) Wendy Stephens

5) Chris Platt

6) Lucy Power

7) Michael Burton

😎 Anne Delargy

9) Norman Dearlove

10) Kevin Bamford

11) Jo Somerset

12)   Amanda Nicholson

13) Andy Npoet

14) Pip Fowler

15) Lindy Newns

16) Martin Elder

17) Andy Cash

18) Steph Cater

19) David Bond

20) Noemi Scotellaro Massimi

21) Joe Tetley

22) Finlay 

Amanda has already uploaded the pictures in full from last night 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=speakeasymanchester&set=a.1044902494095201&__cft__[0]=AZVPmJAmJGOA92KqVhc4Fsov8cB-GeTBWvhjEmRGCuDZl_-KJMfOZVZ-iNbQoUE9pkODQ-xlF4Wq7qc-KVjzvLNcHE8P9oCuhoCGAvo1oxKy3ET_mFZofghcgNcYmO3riRXOfqM4n9u2JlDf_ppDfLZQr5qzZde4LzGUdSPSIsTYCyGNy2gjzPvkTi0poZ7kuGuJmkGY8O1oJhrv-QulQoaV&__tn__=-R

A bonus picture taken by Andy Cash a little further back which shows how full the night in the venue can be seen here (Thanks Andy) https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1610061593270538&set=a.713387622937944

We shall be back next on Thursday 07 November. Bookings start on Sunday 06 October 2024 from 12-Noon as always at Dulicmer, by emailing me Andy N on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

New Spoken Label Podcast - Toki Ward (Onion Mash)

 

Latest up from Spoken Label features Toki Ward from the band Onion Mash.

Onion Mash are a 4 piece female-fronted melodic (mainly) hard-rock band formed in 2021, but as the name suggests, their music is a mash up- a little bit hard-rock, heavy metal elements off melodic, even a little punk with raw emotional vocals, big personalities and plenty of hooky riffs.

More details:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081500374600

(Toki's guitar page)

https://www.facebook.com/OnionMashofficial

(Onion Mash facebook)

https://www.instagram.com/onionmashband/

(Onion Mash Instagram)

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https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/toki-ward-onion-mash-spoken-label-september-2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/toki-ward-onion-mash-spoken-label-september-2024/id1501847969?i=1000670487598

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Toki-Ward-Onion-Mash-Spoken-Label--September-2024-e2m260m

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/daa46cdd-562e-4605-85f9-bff4ddf5cc91/spoken-label-toki-ward-onion-mash-spoken-label-september-2024

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Toki-Ward-Onion-Mash-Spoken-Label-September-2024/B0DHV1DP9G?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=6M8ZKX0CZ4S2R70EMK1E&pageLoadId=0E8lyIIPxoIwnaVh&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4CElSpeYhEtWlv5yu3bHeJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stnkd6D4tK0 (Part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRa430fBFzE (Part 2)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAdKOcZta6_PRL-UbxmOE-L7se_j6NVn8KmZ_M0/ (Part 1)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAdKUrIMmO5f9FUIAj2rocXQ9QdBQk_qTYmMGo0/ (Part 2)

Speak Easy Readers - Thursday 03 October 2024

 

After a month's break for September, Speak Easy (our spoken word
open mic night) will be back at Dulicmer, Chorlton on Thursday 03
October 2024 where we will have the following readers all performing 4 minute segments of their work.

Andy N
Kevin Bamford
Phillip Fowler
Andy Cash
Michael Burton
Gordon Zola
Sean Stapleton
Chris Platt
David Bond
Joe Tetley
Nathan Russell Williams
Norman Dearlove
Martin Elder
Amanda Nicholson
Becky May
Noemi Scotellaro Massimi
Polly Anna Rose
Lucy Power
Jo Somerset
Steph Cater
Wendy Stephens
Anne Delargy
Heather Skowood
Lydia J Williams
Lindy Newns
Sharon McCarthy

If you wish to go on the cancellation list in the event of slots
becoming possibly available, email Andy N at aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk.

The event starts around 7.30pm. Free Admission.

All Welcome.
It is advised seating can fill up, so if you wish for a seat get there
promptly.

New Spoken Label Podcast - Unspoken

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry / Spoken Word Podcast) features Unspoken.

Unspoken is a Tampa poet, actor, host, workshop facilitator and member of the Growhouse Collective who has performed throughout the US both professionally and competitively. A 2nd Generation American, much of Unspoken's writing deals with being Latino in the U.S. and the nature of identity. Unspoken also writes about mental health through the lens of his own experiences in the hopes that people with both internal and external struggles can relate to what he went through and feel someone can understand whatever they're going through. When he isn’t writing, Unspoken likes to plan vacations he can't afford, rewatch Scrubs a concerning number of times, and agonize about not writing.

Unspoken is also working on his debut poetry collection, Unspoken Perspectives, out soon.

More on Unspoken can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/anunspokenpoet/

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https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/unspoken-spoken-label-september-2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/unspoken-spoken-label-september-2024/id1501847969?i=1000669621387

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Unspoken-Spoken-Label--September-2024-e2mi3l7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6d2owgFiFY&t=191s (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDXRYxVHY88&t=27s (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/53cbdaed-065d-4d9c-ba8c-2956762f6517/spoken-label-unspoken-spoken-label-september-2024

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAL3AXxOvaN8GQDt2N1DeejexyjOhfTgLBuHbU0/ (Reading)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAL3RbYMGqG77X0vr4EFk75TdkG4w2DIS2y8Jc0/ (Chat)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Unspoken-Spoken-Label-September-2024/B0DFYX19KK?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=RZP807XD3XDVQR3WRTNM&pageLoadId=jYWfGK2BUq0akHZh&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pITk8gQx0Ntz8lXdLAtJR