Sunday, 17 August 2025

LKN - Part 1 (Spoken Label, August 2025)

 












Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) and the first part of a full-length two-part Podcast is with LKN (Lkn Yrteop)

 LKN is a poet who won the UK's Wordplay Awards 2023. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize (2023, 2024), T. S. Eliot Prize (2024) & Forward Prize (2025). He was part of A Given Grace by Squircle Line Press, winning the gold medal, both at America's eLit, and the Independent Book Publishers Awards 2022. 

LKN has been featured at literature festivals in Toronto, Nottingham and Singapore. His poems were showcased at History Channel's HistoryCon, Weiner Holocaust Library & the Poetry Society of New York, HCE Magazine's Fire & Dust and the Polyglot Magazine.LKN was 1st runner-up at 2019 Singapore Poetry Slam and a finalist at the 2020 Toronto Poetry Slam. 

He has performed as a busker and street performer in Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

https://heylink.me/thelknpoetry


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https://www.instagram.com/p/DNc_PaLu68V/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMOyelleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFHN0tuUm1zakxuQzRJdXNFAR6YnIHxNQyefCa5tScADSSRqYj-K915wL_aFhVVMj1wviFMZdd76Tu0X8nPjA_aem_qIVZ-9_0Cpq8cvjYFrou8w

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/LKN-Spoken-Label-Part-1-August-2025/B0FMBXZMSR?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=AE2WTRRW57H378D66XPW&plink=tu486nwAnKxbvVEO&pageLoadId=lzmSCsGOVBx0lwKG&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0&fbclid=IwY2xjawMOyedleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFHN0tuUm1zakxuQzRJdXNFAR6ddAq7dAmN8tdr6KoAWRbUlZl7hADabwfER8dZMy-hNXDRDqJvpiYNlArnLw_aem_cjSyp5d9uY7QU5jLGcQB_g

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/f81d4c74-7ca1-4fac-96ae-b3a999db13ae/spoken-label-lkn-spoken-label-part-1---august-2025?fbclid=IwY2xjawMOyeVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFHN0tuUm1zakxuQzRJdXNFAR7OBJ_4a0i4mKY24Fxb5gOSb2FWA67o-JtawmOQDd4bpDOViTyvf-p-Qnf5GA_aem_aYbvLbrK1t7plgXpF9gClw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CaH0qpgTGU

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/LKN-Spoken-Label--Part-1---August-2025-e34si6a

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/lkn-spoken-label-part-1-august-2025/id1501847969?i=1000721863284

https://open.spotify.com/episode/759tuDAxEs5pUGNIT85ltg?fbclid=IwY2xjawMOye1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFHN0tuUm1zakxuQzRJdXNFAR6irYtsQVMs9PNP5EsWF9evxwERjsqvSyXppEW0QtbYA2Cw75nCabkLaOXsNQ_aem_D4kaqunE-_bKt0Jm7kEr_Q



Wednesday, 13 August 2025

New Spoken Label Podcast - Andy Farhan

 












The latest up-and-coming artist from Spoken Label, making his debut, is Andy Farhan. Andy Farhan is a Manchester-based stand-up comedian, Theatre Actor and Poet. Been a Theatre Actor for 3 years now. Been on the Radio 4x. Been doing stand-up comedy for over 1 year and runs his own Stand Up Comedy Open Mic in Manchester.

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Podcast can be streamed/downloaded from:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/andy-farhan-spoken-label-august-2025/id1501847969?i=1000720933667

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Andy-Farhan-Spoken-Label--August-2025-e34khsv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WrZF-iZGPs

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/90e8be08-c1b4-45f1-b0f2-b6a978b06ddc/spoken-label-andy-farhan-spoken-label-august-2025

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DNKqOUPgX-A/

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Andy-Farhan-Spoken-Label-August-2025/B0FLF7QXYM?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=V8T6MMPH6N2AMZTM9TQM&plink=FTn3QbyPP2RlpStJ&pageLoadId=ETScXpvdnKWN2aY0&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5SGo93RWAiYFEPvmqTv3Kx







Monday, 4 August 2025

Echoes of August - The End of Summer II

 













The season ends. The story continues.

Celebrating the 10th year anniversary of his second full length poetry collection, Andy N has returned to this series of poetry with a brand new collection called ‘Echoes of August (The End of Summer II).
Told again in taut, flickering fragments, these pieces map the fading edges of summer through memory and dying lights, geographic imprints and love, loss, and abolescence to be read over and over in the wind.
'The End of Summer II' as well as being a direct sequel to ‘The End of Summer’ deepens the emotional arc begun in the first volume, leaving readers adrift in beauty, haunted by nostalgia, and quietly changed.
For fans of Epic 45 and July Skies, Hugo Williams, and the delicate melancholy of watching a gate blow gently in the breeze of late August.

Out on Amazon with more places to follow. 









Sunday, 3 August 2025

Martin CM - Spoken Label (New Podcast, August 2025)

 










Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) features making his debut is the wonderful Martin CM.

Martin tells his work are "are written to make people smile—or better yet, laugh. They’re intentionally different from the well-meaning, earnest, intense, political kind. His work leans towards the disrespectful: often irreverent, occasionally rude, and usually self-deprecating.

These are poems with little in the way of hidden meanings — written to be performed, not puzzled over. That said, they do often carry a thread of social commentary.Martin has performed across various venues in the North West. A career highlight? Making the Top Four at the Liverpool Fringe—something he proudly (and constantly) reminds his family of.

His book Poems for People Who Don’t Like Poetry is available on Amazon—and has sold dozens!

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/martin-cm-spoken-label-august-2025/id1501847969?i=1000719600621

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Martin-CM-Spoken-Label--August-2025-e34j3if

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSPQ6ond9Gc (Chat)

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

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/b7b2b9b2-040f-4e29-afec-4b7bfca16f82/spoken-label-martin-cm-spoken-label-august-2025

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VellOwtfZd8l7QomQsCrl

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DM4nK69NATw/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DM4nVmUuNrW/ (Reading)

The tik tok preview is at: https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7533350873435540758

Sunday, 27 July 2025

Anthony Doyle - Spoken Label New Podcast July 2025

 









Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry/Spoken Word Podcast) features the return of our friend Anthony Doyle in a full-length Podcast.

Anthony Doyle was born in Dublin and raised in Wicklow, Ireland. He has been living in São Paulo, Brazil, since 2000, where he works as a translator of fiction, non-fiction and film scripts from Portuguese. 

In addition to short stories and poems, he published the children’s book O Lago Secou (Companhia das Letrinhas, Brazil, 2013) and the novel Hibernaculum (Out Of This World Press, USA, 2023). 

He is a member of the Old Scratch Press short-form collective.This Podcast talks primarily about his new book Jonahs Map of the Whale and other poems which is described as "Dive into the mythic in Jonah's Map of the Whale and Other Poems, a daring and dazzling collection from Anthony Doyle (author of Hibernaculum). 

In the submerged world of Flounder- part everyman, part flatfish-shipwrecked longing, philosophical wit, and lyrical precision converge.Doyle's sea-born metaphors shimmer with heartbreak, absurdity, and revelation across the tide pools of memory and myth. From underwater boathouses to data-streamed cubicles, Doyle threads ancient voices through postmodern pulses. Featuring Flounder, Blundra, Alex Iden Gray, and more, this collection drifts between high poetry and sly humor, from trenches of despair to flickers of grace. Jonah's Map of the Whale and Other Poems is a poetic deep-sea dive into the soul accessible to poetry and literature fans alike."

Podcast be streamed / downloaded from: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/anthony-doyle-spoken-label-july-2025/id1501847969?i=1000718566111

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Anthony-Doyle-Spoken-Label--July-2025-e34j2h6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzpzZAS1zLY (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmW3yJumv-8 (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/1b98ded2-616b-4b90-a0d9-d7d3dc5d6870/spoken-label-anthony-doyle-spoken-label-july-2025

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMnE-g2NCQV/ (Chat Segment)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMnFETBOY-5/ (Reading Segment)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Anthony-Doyle-Spoken-Label-July-2025/B0FJLJBX2H?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=4M9XAAGFWTSDNMHMWX8B&plink=6VNaZPt8bLMRA3sk&pageLoadId=gfTRMdiPOmcppmih&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rP6gXNu2YT2qtpan2njgW

The tik tok preview is at: https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7530704671648877846




Sunday, 20 July 2025

New Spoken Label - Peter Humphreys

 














Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Poet Podcast), the long overdue return of our friend,  Peter Humphreys. 

Peter is a writer of speculative fiction and poetry; editor and podcaster based in Lancaster, UK. 

New novel Adrift (2025) sees couple Leighton Tiding and Serena Brinks torn between Covid-ravaged 'broken' Britain and a new life in South America before their lives are upended by an old schoolfriend and the US businessman he tried to kill. Released on Pine Goat, 13 March '25.

Buenos Aires-set 'Justice' longlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2021.

Satirical thriller Hong Kong Rocks (Proverse, 2019), shortlisted for the Proverse Prize and released as an audiobook in 2023.

First novel the Blaggard (2004) won the Dawson Jackson Prize. Other novels include Oblivious (2016) and In English (Please!) (2006). 

Regular reader at poetry events in northwest England. 'Anti-Algorithm Technique' appeared in Wordarium Journal (2024). More poems in Lancaster Textures (2025).

Co-editor of fiction anthologies Another Hong Kong (2014) and Hong Kong Future Perfect (2016). Short fiction has been published by Comma Press, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal and Far Enough East. 

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Can be downloaded/streamed from:

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMSQ1w_R06i/?hl=en (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMSlFKuurH9/?hl=en  (Reading)

https://youtu.be/SRxIRNIkEuE (Chat)

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

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Peter-Humphreys-Spoken-Label--July-2025-e355u01

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/peter-humphreys-spoken-label-july-2025/id1501847969?i=1000717457702

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/a0e0d56c-1211-4336-80db-22e18a15ab24/spoken-label-peter-humphreys-spoken-label-july-2025

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Peter-Humphreys-Spoken-Label-July-2025/B0FHP5KJDG?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=CQWZE8KZFAPNHJ5BN3NE&plink=OeRmHNoGl5fYh1VS&pageLoadId=iAaWddEI5XhphNK4&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jxwaifFWCc2kAAlD3Xvgv




Saturday, 19 July 2025

The Writing Way Podcast Episode 2

 











New episode from the Writing Way with Andy and Amanda, our writing podcast.

This month, we open up the podcast to our first guest.

Phil Woodford is an experienced trainer and lecturer, specialising in marketing communications, media, business psychology, copywriting and creativity. His company, Here Comes the Cavalry Ltd, helps to develop the potential of businesses and organisations across a variety of sectors.

Phil writes/talks about the reality of AI and the risk to jobs on his Substack page Redundant Human and has written the book AI and The Redundant Human.

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/the-writing-way-podcast



Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Polly Ocean radio interview a year ago

 











This was me and Polly Anna Rose as Polly Ocean on the lovely Ruth O'Reilly show for ALL FM, somehow a year ago. The masters are now done for the second album which has a title of 'War Within', with hopefully two singles to come before the album, the first before summer finishes, nd the second just after and the album to follow in early Autumn I hope.





Saturday, 12 July 2025

New Spoken Label Podcast - Richard Sparks

 












Latest up from Spoken Label Tik Tok (Author / Artist Podcast) features making his debut, Richard Sparks.

Richard's bio advises "One morning in 1979 I got a call from an understandably excited Rowan Atkinson. “John Cleese just called. He’s asked me to be in his new charity show – and can I do The Schoolmaster?”

Er, yes.

I’d written The Schoolmaster for Rowan the previous year, for a revue at the Hampstead Theatre (Rowan with Elspeth Walker and Peter Wilson). John and his co-producer, Martin Lewis, had seen it; and a year later, Rowan and I were backstage at Her Majesty’s Theatre, meeting John and other members of the cast of The Secret Policeman’s Ball.

Rowan went on stage an unknown, with his gown and clipboard and pen, and came off a star. The Schoolmaster became his signature piece, the encore of his live shows. Eventually, he got tired of doing the same old routine and wrote another (ruder) version, generously giving me half the royalties.
By that time, I’d cut my teeth on various TV shows, from HTV (Wales) to ITV (Southern and Central) to the BBC. I’d also written some stage shows (reviews, original plays, and adaptations of Goldoni comedies), and done a lot of freelance script editing. In 1992, I was hired by Columbia Picture Television to work with Blake Hunter and Marty Cohan, the creators of Who’s the Boss?. My wife and I moved with our young daughter to her parents (converted) garage and we’ve lived in Los Angeles since.

I’ve written a number of libretti for operas, almost all for the LA Opera – some original pieces, some translations from German or Italian. My writing partner, the composer, Lee Holdridge, was – in a way – once G.R.R. Martin’s ‘writing partner’ in that he composed the scores for the TV series Beauty and the Beast, for which Martin was a script writer.

I’d been a hard-core RPG gamer for years when the idea for these books just fell out of the sky one morning, and I started writing. I have hardly had a moment to log on to any game — I’m too busy exploring the New Rock stories as they unfold.

My publisher, Caezik SF & Fantasy, is a company of enthusiasts who love these genres. I am delighted to join their family of authors, and to be working with their executive editor, Lezli, Robyn.
Three sequels – New Rock New Realm, New Rock New Rules, and New Rock New Roads, have been completed and will be published in due course. I’m currently working on the fifth book."

More details including where to buy Richard's books can be found at: https://richardsparks.com/

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Podcast can be downloaded from / streamed:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/richard-sparks-spoken-label-july-2025/id1501847969?i=1000716437677

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMAcXNTt1MU/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DMActnhtVQj/ (Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Richard-Sparks-Spoken-Label-July-2025/B0FH4HW27J?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=1PH2F9EQMGMTNT42YSDK&plink=LM0c6lWyBQgV9UZD&pageLoadId=BdrKfB5NjcPPqVS4&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDWyHrxoX0o&t=71s (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac7UpQQOhCQ&t=29s&pp=0gcJCb4JAYcqIYzv (Reading)

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Richard-Sparks-Spoken-Label--July-2025-e34j194

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Richard-Sparks-Spoken-Label-July-2025/B0FH4HW27J?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=577WDZP2Y5RKRT0C4K0A&plink=LQWtSgthyKfqHIsu&pageLoadId=HliJJUeGt4B7qEOT&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7525187448696065302  (Podcast Preview on Tik Tok)

Monday, 7 July 2025

Genevieve Ray (Spoken Label, New Podcast - Part 2)

 












Little bit late this week for Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features the 2nd Part of a longer Podcast featuring Genevieve Ray.

Genevieve Ray is a Spoken Word Artist, Poet, Director, Producer, Playwright, Actor and Spokeswoman based in Bedfordshire, East England.

She has been published in over 25 publications ranging from anthologies to digital and print magazines.

She has been a guest star in 12 podcasts and a headline act for performances across the UK.

She has been invited to be a Spoken Word Artist/Speaker in the USA (Massacuettes, New York), South Africa, Nigeria and Bhutan.

She has produced a show with Diaspora Dames in collaboration with the National Trust in June 2025.

Her debut book 'Free Roaming Adult Woman' is out now.


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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/genevieve-f-ray-spoken-label-july-2025-part-2/id1501847969?i=1000715375078

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLZD11leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFnS25uNndJMXE1Z0JuSVYzAR4jPgCsHeLw41T9swoVZE8aBtbXZFYYZ2_51eGa9gzgiKA8Z9T8EkmvSkoyOA_aem_QS_mUyE3W6IwrLgJuGRWEw

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/4261dfe0-30f3-4b12-b3c3-28d59326d16a/spoken-label-genevieve-f-ray-spoken-label-july-2025---part-2

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DLwikJoODr5/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DLwiwt9u_Wq/ (Reading)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPdHP49_zuc (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFiZ3IrfAWM (Reading)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kvUDNBa3c4TtVu9ze0KcF








Friday, 4 July 2025

Speak Easy thank you's for July 2025 and how to book for September 2025

 












Another stellar night at Speak Easy last night (Our Spoken Word Open Mic night at Dulicmer, Chorlton) with at least forty-five or so people there, with Phillip Carter doing a simply wonderful job of hosting.

He had everybody laughing throughout the full of the whole night. Well done and thanks m8 – I know he has a few really good auditions coming up, so on behalf of me, Amanda, and Steve, we would like to wish him all the best.

Big thank you to all of the following who read, we had people coming over from South Shields, Lancaster and Todmorden alone last night, which was really touching.

Readers, in order, we would like to say thank you for reading are the following:

Phillip Carter
Mark Quinn
Martin Elder
Humphrey Peters (Peter Humphreys)
Olga Gerke
Lee McShane
Pip Fowler
Michael Hulley (Volodya Gorky)
Andy N
Amanda Nicholson - Author
Maria Roberts
Steve Smythe
Andy Cash
Anne Delargy
Martin CM (Martin Corlettmoss)
Norman Dearlove
Rachel Hammond
Dylan
David Bond
Patrick Hollis
Andy Farhan

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We are taking a well-deserved break from our night in August but will be back on Thursday, 04 September 2025, when we will be celebrating our 10th anniversary, and I can already announce that David Hartley, the founding father of Speak Easy, will be back to guest host for us on that night.

Bookings shall open this Sunday, 07 July 2025, for it by emailing me at aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk from Noon onwards.

We strongly recommend booking in advance for a slot to read, and even if you just turn up in advance wishing to read, we will try, of course, to find a slot to read, but we cannot guarantee it.

Pictures from the night can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=speakeasymanchester&set=a.1255240299728085





Sunday, 29 June 2025

New Spoken Label Podcast - Genevieve F Ray (Part 1)

 












* New from Spoken Label *

Part 1 of a longer podcast with Part 2 to follow next week, today's Spoken Label (Poetry/Spoken Word Podcast) features its debut, Genevieve F Ray. Genevieve is a Spoken Word Artist, Poet, Director, Producer, Playwright, Actor and Spokeswoman based in Bedfordshire, East England.

She has been published in over 25 publications ranging from anthologies to digital and print magazines.

She has been a guest star in 12 podcasts and a headline act for performances across the UK.

She has been invited to be a Spoken Word Artist/Speaker in the USA (Massacuettes, New York), South Africa, Nigeria and Bhutan.

She has produced a show with Diaspora Dames in collaboration with the National Trust in June 2025.

Her debut book 'Free Roaming Adult Woman' is out now.

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Podcast can be downloaded / streamed from:

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7520002255244791062
(Prologue to Podcast)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utlBWvD6hZw

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/genevieve-f-ray-spoken-label-june-2025-part-1/id1501847969?i=1000714441044

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Genevieve-F-Ray-Spoken-Label--June-2025---Part-1-e34iqmo

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/f07b90f9-089b-46a9-9df1-5f237a2ea7f7/spoken-label-genevieve-f-ray-spoken-label-june-2025---part-1

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DLaWPSEAV8V/

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Genevieve-F-Ray-Spoken-Label-June-2025-Part-1/B0FFG2YWYP?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=WM5N15XB024H61VAKDPG&plink=wUqC4GzhLvziFsIV&pageLoadId=fZtELepNfmZyoG0j&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/52grxvYmNR2QXGlRDrzps6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utlBWvD6hZw







Friday, 27 June 2025

Speak Easy readers July 2025

 











Below is the lineup for Speak Easy (Our Spoken Word / Poetry Open Mic) this Thursday, 03 July 2025, hosted as always at Chorlton's wonderful Dulcimer Bar.

Night starts at 7.30pm ish and all of the readers below will entertain you in 4-minute blocks.


To go on the cancellation list - email: Andy N on - aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk


Free admission.


All Welcome


Andy N

Amanda Nicholson - Author

Steve Smythe

Phillip Carter (Guest Host)

Michael Hulley II

Olga Gerke

Lindy Newns

Andy Cash

Norman Dearlove

Rachel Hammond

Peter Humphreys (Humphrey Peters)

Dylan 

Mark Quinn

Martin Elder

Courtney Cliffe 

Reggie 

Gordon Zola

Pip Fowler 

Lee McShane

Patrick Hollis

Martin CM (Martin Corlettmoss) 

Maria Roberts

David Bond

Anne Delargy 










Sunday, 22 June 2025

Kristina M. Serrano (Spoken Label, New Podcast June 2025)

 











Making her long overdue return today to Spoken Label (Author Podcast) is Kristina M. Serrano.

Kristina M. Serrano graduated from Cape Fear Community College with an Associate's Degree in Arts, as well as a BFA in Creative Writing Fiction and a Certificate in Publishing from The University of North Carolina Wilmington, landing on the dean's and chancellor's lists. She was the Executive Editor and Prose Editor of an online literary magazine, and, while in college, had the privilege of singing the national anthem at four large events. Slow Echoes is her first published novel, but she has dozens of unfinished YA fantasy and paranormal romance novels stored away for a rainy day.


Slow Echoes, her book we talk about mostly is described as "Selk Baioumi is Croatian. She's also Egyptian. And American. Despite her vast heritage, the only family she has known is her mom and late grandfather. Other than that, the closest relationship she has is her friendship with her boxing/kickboxing instructor, Cliff. And she's perfectly happy with her life, until two new men show up in her cozy hometown of Snow Hill, Maryland. The first, Whistler, an ill-reputed boxer with a paranormal secret. The second, Zahid, the Egyptian father who'd left her mother the day after Selk was born. Zahid's return brings the truth about Selk's ancestry and promises of death for many, including Whistler, the not-so-bad boy who's stolen her heart with his dry smile and effortless empathy. In order to obliterate those promises, Selk and Whistler must enter and survive an alternate Egypt where crocodiles swim in venom, stained-glass labyrinths come to life, and mummies can slow your every move, even speech—if overprotective Cliff doesn't kill Whistler first."


Slow Echoes is available on Amazon and all of the usual places.


Kirstina's website is: https://kristinamserrano.wixsite.com/


#Authorpodcast 

#author 

#writerpodcast 

#writer


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https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7517401651909643542 (Tik Tok Preview)

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/kristina-m-serrano-spoken-label-june-2025/id1501847969?i=1000713391518

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Kristina-M--Serrano-Spoken-Label--June-2025-e32mq5q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey1Zh_74_jU&t=1s (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-VXkRjPZ5Y (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/6107e075-8121-4230-a0ee-363624f85fce/spoken-label-kristina-m-serrano-spoken-label-june-2025

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DLLSN-AtZ3f/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DLLVZEuso6z/ (Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Kristina-M-Serrano-Spoken-Label-June-2025/B0FDGP93NP?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=PN3N6ZW0S3GJRTX56MY9&plink=w6O4m7PVyAN3TBLw&pageLoadId=fGKIGl7YLYTuFLrV&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5jjFbs9GAkWs2pGxEYF2Ug




Monday, 16 June 2025

Lucy Heuschen (New Spoken Label Podcast)













Latest up from Spoken Label features making her debut, Lucy Heuschen.

LucyHeuschen is a Pushcart and Forward Prize-nominated poet, born in London and living in the Rheinland, Germany. She is The Poetry Society’s Stanza Rep for Germany. Lucy's work appears in journals such as Dream Catcher,Lighthouse, Obsessed With Pipework, The High Window, Green Ink, Skylight 47, The Storms and Ink Sweat & Tears among others, and in anthologies from Black Bough, Sídhe Press, New Contexts and Yaffle. She was commended in the Poetry Society's Stanza Competition 2024 and shortlisted for Ink Sweat And Tears’ “Pick of the Month” for October 2024.

Lucy is part of Wave 2 of The Broken Spine’s “Untamed” anthology series and is the author of two poetry chapbooks: We Wear The Crown (Hedgehog Poetry Press, 2022) and Loggerheads (The Broken Spine, 2024).

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Can be streamed / downloaded from:

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7516615720201997590 (Preview of Podcast - Tik Tok Bonus)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80IUhTZi-Qc (Reading)

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/?fbclid=IwY2xjawK9I75leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwTEhPTDFxaFE1QjdWdmRRAR5cdZNzDzYB-JOOG1X1F6oKQPjCL_LycadfKlgznKw_s0aHm7T2rkThVVNAvg_aem_vNVO_yHb9_AWL7g89MNQhA

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/lucy-heuschen-spoken-label-june-2025/id1501847969?i=1000712569976

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Lucy-Heuschen-Spoken-Label-June-2025/B0FBQ1H9PT?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=2EVVXM2KCN8HG57PPQDB&plink=sTyxgJrj1SLtoBMw&pageLoadId=6I2dxuG3mZiCFhjg&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Lucy-Heuschen-Spoken-Label-June-2025/B0FBQ1H9PT?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=2EVVXM2KCN8HG57PPQDB&plink=sTyxgJrj1SLtoBMw&pageLoadId=6I2dxuG3mZiCFhjg&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DK6qghzOm6a/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DK6spfqMR9f/ (Reading)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ACw0vJjM9Ff93KHfAElGK

Saturday, 7 June 2025

New Spoken Label Podcast - Amanda Nicholson (Live Lauch, Death to all Men)

 












New up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) is Amanda Nicholson with a repeat of the live launch of her book 'Death to all men' last week

Amanda Nicholson is an author, poet, podcast co-host and copywriter. Her recent novel has the memorable title Death to All Men.

Amanda’s poetry has been broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester, and she won the Bradford Cares 2023 Competition. She Has a Creative Writing MA, and has articles published by Ask.com, Harlequin and Reader's Digest UK, among others.

Death to all men can be found at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-All-Men-Amanda-Nicholson/dp/B0DVDN2NB6 among other places


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Can be downloaded/streamed from:

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7513123154416422166?lang=en-GB

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/amanda-nicholson-live-book-launch-death-to-all-men/id1501847969?i=1000711920773

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Amanda-Nicholson-Live-book-launch--Death-to-all-men--Spoken-Label--June-2025-e33ts23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaQPvIF0W4s

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/3d76fabe-442f-4a76-99fb-f3c979cea29a/spoken-label-amanda-nicholson-live-book-launch-death-to-all-men-spoken-label-june-2025

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DKl1Wi5uinB/

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FCBZGSDF?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=ANXZWJYZ64ZG2FJ7YRYW&plink=z4NEvTsh1QKjcmtE&pageLoadId=1iGNBA9Vnbrs6fLd&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7gRLrN6cqLoGWc466bEIVb


Thursday, 5 June 2025

Speak Easy thank you's June / book for July 2025

 












A thoroughly enjoyable night at Speak Easy (Our spoken word night) at Dulcimer, Chorlton where we had a really good crowd of somewhere around 45 – 50 people.

On behalf of both Amanda and Steve Smythe, we would like to thank the following for reading:

1. Lindy Newns (Fantastic job of guest hosting)
2. Pip Fowler
3. Jared Moore
4. Michael Hulley
5. Andy Cash
6. Anna Percy
7. Martin Williams
8. David Bond
9. Rachel Hammond
10. Trevor Meaney
11. Amanda Nicholson - Author
12. Andy N
13. Megs Hegedka
14. Italo Ferrate
15. Joe Tetley
16. Martin Corlettmoss
17. Martin Elder
18. Dylan
19. Siobhan Hoy
20. Roy Page
21. Lynn Walton

Amanda does have photographs which will she be uploading on the Speak Easy page next day or two (https://www.facebook.com/speakeasymanchester).

Next night will be on July 03 2025. Bookings shall open this Sunday 08 June 2025 from 12 Noon by emailing me Andy N on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

Guest Host I believe is Phillip Carter









Wednesday, 4 June 2025

New Spoken Label Podcast - Jessie Liang (Part 2)


 











The latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features Part 2 of a longer Podcast, making her debut the amazing actress, Jessie Liang, perhaps best known for her appearance in season 1 of 'The Night Agent'.  

Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, Jessie Liang is a Taiwanese-Brazilian graduate of Studio 58's prestigious Acting conservatory-style program based in Vancouver, Canada. Best known for her recurring roles in The Night Agent and Maid (Netflix), guest starring in Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and her appearances in popular series like Virgin River (Netflix) and Supergirl (CW), Jessie also played Janet in the Arts Club touring production of Kim's Convenience. She is an emerging theatre director, playwright, instructor, and acting coach, and can be seen in the upcoming season of Animal Control (Fox). Jessie speaks Portuguese fluently and is a full member of UBCP-ACTRA.

Some links include:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9089635/bio/

https://www.instagram.com/jessieliang21/?hl=en

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Stream / download from: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jessie-liang-spoken-label-june-2025-part-2/id1501847969?i=1000710929361

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0MKtxXevFhLuVsIInB8oTi

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Jessie-Liang-Spoken-Label-June-2025-Part-2/B0FBPXJ3S4?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=42M6QKS6T8TCTCQ4H804&plink=ReuM2gZoqBWGiZMR&pageLoadId=8TFSkHDiqJ0QBkYU&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Qoi4rIDgA

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Jessie-Liang-Spoken-Label--June-2025---Part-2-e32chfb

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/spoken-label/id1501847969

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

Sunday, 1 June 2025

New Spoken Label Podcast - Jessie Liang (Part 1)

 












The latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features Part 1 of a longer Podcast, making her debut the amazing actress, Jessie Liang, perhaps best known for her appearance in season 1 of 'The Night Agent'.  

Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, Jessie Liang is a Taiwanese-Brazilian graduate of Studio 58's prestigious Acting conservatory-style program based in Vancouver, Canada. Best known for her recurring roles in The Night Agent and Maid (Netflix), guest starring in Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and her appearances in popular series like Virgin River (Netflix) and Supergirl (CW), Jessie also played Janet in the Arts Club touring production of Kim's Convenience. She is an emerging theatre director, playwright, instructor, and acting coach, and can be seen in the upcoming season of Animal Control (Fox). Jessie speaks Portuguese fluently and is a full member of UBCP-ACTRA.

Some links include:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9089635/bio/

https://www.instagram.com/jessieliang21/

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jessie-liang-spoken-label-may-2025-part-1/id1501847969?i=1000710256785

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIJ-vd3amZI&t=1s

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/892cd870-824d-46f2-af92-9e195f0ce0c1/spoken-label-jessie-liang-spoken-label-may-2025---part-1

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DKU34u2gujw/

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Jessie-Liang-Spoken-Label-May-2025-Part-1/B0FB3SYZNK?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=6RXQH5S9DAV3Y9R8DBHV&plink=GI5MUjd7CE5fA5m8&pageLoadId=FVJEKOO8mfbA65AO&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/23LAIQhbsdFxPXE8zqyfMb

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Jessie-Liang-Spoken-Label--May-2025---Part-1-e32cgqd

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7509973468016839958 (Tik Tok Preview)












Thursday, 29 May 2025

Speak Easy June 2025 readers

 












Enclosed below are the readers below for Speak Easy (Spoken Word Open Mic Night) at dulcimer chorlton n 05 June 2025 who will entertain you with spoken word over 4 minute segments on Thursday 05 June 2025.


Doors open around 7pm with a rough starting time off 7.30pm.

To enquiry about possibly reading email: aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

(Andy N)



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Andy N

Amanda Nicholson

Lindy Newns (Guest Host)

Lynne Walton

Roy Page

Martin Elder

Andy Cash

Anna Percy

Rachel Hammond

Michael Hulley

Gordon Zola

Martin CM

David Bond

Jared Moore

Pip Fowler

Martin Williams 

Megs Hegdekar 

Joe Tetley

Italo Ferrante

Dylan Sayers

L K Hardy

Siobhan Hoy 

Anne Delargy

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Bonus Spoken Label Podcast - Hayley Lynn Gordon - Giza a Word













Bonus mid week episode for Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features Hayley Lynn Gordon from Giza a Word, where Amanda and me will be headlining for Saturday 07 June 2025 (Believe there is open mic spots going here)

More about Hayley and Gizaword "Hayley Gordon aka Twisted Tales Poet/Spoken Word Artists/Performer, Co-Creator and Co-Organiser of Giz A Word Collective - @gizaword.collective A Scouse spoken word artists and performer and recently had a first publication in The Poetry's Dead Anthology (£10 Amazon)

Also been featured on North West radio shows, podcasts and comedy shows in Liverpool. Giz A Word Collective will be hosting their own stall at All Ears Poetry Expo at Liverpool Exhibition Centre on 4th July and hosted by Joseph Roberts.

This will be the UK's first ever poetry expo as they contribute towards making poetic history in Liverpool!! Tickets available online either go to Instagram @allearspoetry and click the link in the bio.

Or book directly: - www.exhibitioncentreliverpool.com"


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Stream/download: 

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7509570308387441942

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

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hayley-lynn-gordon-giz-a-word-collective-spoken/id1501847969?i=1000709789510

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Hayley-Lynn-Gordon--Giz-A-Word-Collective-Spoken-Label--May-2025---Bonus-Episode-e33b4mv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppTYq28EDs4

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/da9c4067-f7b4-4636-aadf-60505694617e/spoken-label-hayley-lynn-gordon-giz-a-word-collective-spoken-label-may-2025---bonus-episode

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Hayley-Lynn-Gordon-Giz-A-Word-Collective-Spoken-Label-May-2025-Bonus-Episode/B0F9VPL7Y2?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=TJFA0N8N20HQ3FX4EDJ6&plink=eRgnQVDeC8b7BNif&pageLoadId=b6wQVcbpa8Z59gRi&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_1

https://open.spotify.com/episode/43ArDMot2ECaQ7lrbze7iB


Sunday, 25 May 2025

New Spoken Label Podcast - Ashley Edge

 












The latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features making their return is our friend, Ashley Edge.

Ashley is the co-host of the online spoken word event 'Prickly Pear' and runs the poetry publisher 'Poetic Edge Publishers' (Poetic Edge Publishers) as well as regularly running writing workshops.

Some links include:
https://poeticedgepublishers.com/
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/ashley-edge-66407590783
https://www.facebook.com/ashleyedge.poet

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Podcast can be downloaded/streamed from including:

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7507908909705956631 (Preview of the Podcast on Tik-Tok)

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ashley-edge-spoken-label-may-2025/id1501847969?i=1000709239322

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Ashley-Edge-Spoken-Label--May-2025-e32cedu

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMWe6hx3WbA (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/d911982c-55d4-4b1f-87ed-9f8094160d7b/spoken-label-ashley-edge-spoken-label-may-2025

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DKBuc7jMdXt/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DKBxd2ONZiK/ (Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Ashley-Edge-Spoken-Label-May-2025/B0F9FBSHDT?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=M2QKMWAW47W8RS1RQQT5&plink=rbltanntCexElBgw&pageLoadId=1s2WfbQKNZL6C9CY&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_1

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5SZ9qMAmOCHH627Oo4vXQN