Amanda Crundall (Spoken Label, March 2026)

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features the return of our friend, Amanda Crundall

Amanda Crundall (a.k.a. “The Glam Poet”), is an accomplished and multi-faceted author, poet, spoken word performer, poetry workshop facilitator and radio presenter, at Beverley FM.

She is based in East Yorkshire, UK.Her poetry, known for its raw emotion and honesty, explores vulnerability and resilience, resonating deeply with readers and audiences. She is unafraid to share own vulnerabilities, frailties and her darkest moments as well as her joys and loves. Amanda’s truth, humility, honesty and openness, connects profoundly with those who have encountered her work. Many find comfort, inspiration and empowerment in her writing - enabling them to feel understood, acknowledged and not so alone.

Amanda has performed at various events and festivals: the Festival of Love, Doncaster; Scunthorpe Pride; No Limits Festival; and Ripon Poetry Festival. Her writing has featured in: The Script Magazine; the High Wolds Poetry Anthologies; the Dark Poet’s Society; LiveWire Poetry and Online Anthologies.

As the co-founder and former co-host of “Rabbiting On” spoken word/poetry group, she helped establish a thriving poetry community. Amanda has been delighted to see the group go from strength to strength, since passing over the baton with hosting duties. Amanda has published two poetry books.

The most recent is “The Emboldened Heart” which is the primary focus of this Podcast.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/.../amanda.../id1501847969...

https://creators.spotify.com/.../Amanda-Crundell-Spoken...

(Chat)

(Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Spoken-Label/B08K5Z65R1?qid=1638096875&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&fbclid=IwY2xjawQa5U9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFJbjc0TkNoQnVVUDRwa0xpc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqp6ZzVp75VuXbtcg1oXz6PkO_aBJXGyrDZku0DdvUyJu_gZg0v0tLNq3Itr_aem_Fhr1UFdlxmd1ug3GjGfBiQ

Speak Easy March 2026 thank you's

 

Busy, busy, busy night at Speak Easy (Our Spoken Word Open Mic night) at Dulicmer, Chorlton with I guess somewhere 70 to 80 people there in attention.

Want to thank all of the following for attending last night and reading:

Sam Tovey

Steven Waling

Erin Spence

Amy Harris

Joe Gill

Anne Delargy

Hindi Heidi (Heidi Hinda Chadwick)

Joe Tetley

Andy N

Gordon Zola

Steve Smythe

Pip Fowler

Suki Mitchell

John Calvert Calvert

Martin CM

Amanda Nicholson

Lindy Newns

Petrova C Fairhurst

Martin Elder

Nigel Astell

Andy Cash

Grant Curnow

Lots of people in the audience too we know, Kai Luckman, Paul Robb, Anna Percy, Rachel Hammond, Jared More, Becky May Rydian, Cat Quinney, Manisha among others. Heck of a night.

Amanda has put up pictures on the Speak Easy group on facebook.

Next Speak Easy will be Thursday 02 April 2026. Bookings open up from this Sunday 08 March 2026 by emailing me (Andy N) on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk from 12 Noon.

Annie Acre - Spoken Label, March 2026

 

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Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Poetry Podcast) features making her debut, Annie Acre.

Annie Acre is a placemaker / poet and strange storyteller based in Manchester, made in Darwen, Lancashire.

She regularly performs spoken word around her adpoted city and has been published in Ink Sweat & Tears and Worktown Words. Annie is the editor of Urban Scrawl zine.

She hopes you like what she’s doing with the the place x

anniesacre.co.uk

@annies.acre

urbanscrawlmag.co.uk

@urbanscrawlmag

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Can be heard at:

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/annie-acre-spoken-label-march-2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAhr4OpQXB8 (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7YvjDMOEaA (Reading)

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/annie-acre-spoken-label-march-2026/id1501847969?i=1000751749319

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Annie-Acre-Spoken-Label--March-2026-e3fen18

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Annie-Acre-Spoken-Label-March-2026/B0GQBSTM1G?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=DSZ2WATCN5AJEYHSAFV8&plink=PndhSERTjS4c7JV1&pageLoadId=SKjD2nFwKgnFbvFb&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/72404cd0-6946-4afa-9400-3ad63d8babe8/spoken-label-annie-acre-spoken-label-march-2026

Speak Easy (March 2025)

 

Back hopefully just in time for Spring, Speak Easy (Our Spoken Word Open Mic night’s) March show this week, coming on Thursday 05 March 2026 at Dulicmer, Chorlton, features the following readers who will be reading their spoken word (poetry, fiction, non fiction etc) in 4-minute segments: -

Andy N

Amanda Nicholson

Steve Smythe

Petrova C Fairhurst

Mark Quinn

Andy Cash

Martin CM

Joe Gill

Anne Delargy

Heidi Hinda

Martin Elder

Alison Knowles

Jared More

Rachel Hammond

Gordon Zola

Grant Curnow

Pip Fowler

John Calvert

Steven Waling

Nigel Astell

Joe Tetley

Ayish aul haq

Maile Gabriel

Night will start around 7.30 pm.

Free admission. All are welcome to watch.

Cancellation list/enquiries: aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk (Andy N)

I am Nature Part 2 - Patricia and Andrew Sumner (Spoken Label, Feb 26)

 

Next up from Spoken Label (Our Spoken Word / Writer Podcast) features Part 2 of our extended chat with the Environmental Poetry collection ‘I am Nature’, this time an extended chat with the wonderful Andrew Sumner and Patricia (Pat) Sumner.

Andrew Sumner grew up near Stroud in Gloucestershire, surrounded by deep woods and floriferous meadows thronged with butterflies.

These places he explored with his mother, father and younger sister. Sadly, all that rich nature has since gone under the plough and the conifer. Later, his father’s work took the family south to Somerset and the new and different landscapes of the Somerset Levels, the Quantock Hills and the Mendip Hills.

Andrew’s poems have been published in group anthologies and poetry collections, including ‘Travelling with the Saints’ (Y Lofa, 2013) and ‘Both Sides of the Border – An Anthology of Writing on the Welsh Border Region (Gwasg Carreg Gfwlach, 1998).

He has illustrated a children’s book written by his wife, Pat and enjoys walking, gardening, turning wood, drawing, painting, and researching family history.

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Patricia Sumner (Pat) grew up on the Isle of Anglesey and now lives in the Vale of Clwyd. She has loved creative writing ever since she was very young.

As an adult, she studied under the poet and author Dr Gladys Mary Coles,namong other writers. It was at these Creative writing classes in Chester that she met her husband, Andrew.

As a poet, she has had two collections published. Her pamphlet ‘Beyond the Glass’ came first in a national poetry competition run by Thynks Publications.

Pat’s second collection of poems and readings, ‘The Promise of Dawn: Rites of Passage for all Beliefs’, is published by Veneficia Publications.

Pat has won awards for some of her poems and plays, and her poetry has appeared in magazines and anthologies. Pat has a BA (Hons) in English Literature and Philosophy, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education.

This book (which is recommended) can be found here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Am-Nature-Environmental-Poetry-ebook/dp/B0FH7PRW78/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SAZ97SPX6WAQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.boHw9Hvv-eiwk0u6a82ZqWgjmK5G_sB28inaUJj0xhnHDE2LARcrHr8SrLCATjQSwE33nT3rAzsmfAznxsyx5IGxWZdQS_e_hS0b6ZwycAw.ulpWQy3YfH1rRkpCS96xbDozvPLa_m20qWAIz00uIUc&dib_tag=se&keywords=andrew+sumner&qid=1771620249&s=books&sprefix=andrew+sumner%2Cstripbooks%2C591&sr=1-1

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Stream from: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oViIt4gazOM (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmj1E5lcqgE (Reading)

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i-am-nature-podcast-2-patricia-andrew-sumner-spoken/id1501847969?i=1000750719610

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2q0hoJ0lxJZ4qQdJmEBhtZ

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/I-am-Nature-Podcast-2-Patricia-Andrew-Sumner-Spoken-Label-February-2026/B0GPGZ9LW1?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=EFC7A02K7TMTND7GV64X&plink=OHFE4DwZps79rvzI&pageLoadId=Pq9wXja3RwMPoMxS&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/i-am-nature-part-2-patricia-and-andrew

Genevieve F Ray

Just being informed that the wonderful Genevieve F Ray, who was on Spoken Label (My Author / Artist Podcast), has sadly passed away. I had Genevieve on Spoken Label last year, which should have been, as it is usually about an hour or so, but we had such a laugh, it went on for well over 2 hours and a bit and became a 2-Part Podcast. 

I wanted to share this now as a tribute, she was really a character and somebody I was defo going to have back on again towards the end of this year, just as a catch-up, even if she didn't have anything else out. 

Sadly, this won't happen now, but I still have this which I want to share tonight. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utlBWvD6hZw (Episode 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPdHP49_zuc (Episode 2 - Part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFiZ3IrfAWM (Episode 2 - Part 2).

Rest in peace, Gen. I'm delighted to have known you. R.I.P. x

Amanda Nicholson - Spoken Label / The Writing Way - February 2026

 

New from Spoken Label, an returning chat with Amanda Nicholson.

Amanda Nicholson is the author of ‘Ghost of Me’ which was a finalist in the thriller category of The Author Elite Awards after its release in March 2020. It is now being re-released this February.

She also runs the Substack page ‘I Am Not Calm’.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/amanda-nicholson-spoken-label-february-2026/id1501847969?i=1000749577621

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Amanda-Nicholson-Spoken-Label--February-2026-e3evgi1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C164MBg-ruU&pp=0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/c0a1169e-4064-416a-b4ab-57620593b8c6/spoken-label-amanda-nicholson-spoken-label-february-2026

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GN95FWGM?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=JG5G9ENZXPT4MFN17VR6&plink=SuY0tSgQMHfQjauw&pageLoadId=kb3tg7X7n7SJC5xA&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/31eoeNeHkCQEfmovNEod4S

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/amanda-nicholson-spoken-label-february

https://nowriteway.substack.com/p/ghost-of-me-special?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web