Joe Walsh (New Spoken Label Podcast, April 2025)

 

The latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast)  features making his debut, Joe Walsh

Joe is from Edinburgh and lives in Aberdeenshire currently. He has had a variety of jobs including working as a butcher and in the bar-trade before working in Social Services. He then qualified as a Social Worker and after 25 years retired early to concentrate on writing. He has had poems published in anthologies by Seahorse Publications, Blot from The Blue Publications, Inherit the Earth Publications and Dreich Publications. He also has three slim collections of poetry, and a book of short stories published. He is working on a novel and a further collection of poetry. His short story ‘The Big Thing That’s Everywhere was showcased at the Edinburgh Book Festival in 2022. He is a regular at Open Mic spoken word events in Aberdeen and Edinburgh as well as online Zoom Open Mic events based in Scotland, Ireland, England and Australia.

Joe's books include 'Oppressive Love', 'oblivion disguised', 'scunner' and 'Joe A.k.a.'

All of his books can be purchased on Amazon

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The Pre Podcast on Tik Tok is here - https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwr.../video/7496597981173419286

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Podcast can be streamed / downloaded from:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/joe-walsh-spoken-label-april-2025/id1501847969?i=1000704566809

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Joe-Walsh-Spoken-Label--April-2025-e31pohj

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/d3beab38-2adb-477f-bde3-7e117d9e09ae/spoken-label-joe-walsh-spoken-label-april-2025

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ZT1vpbxPkOshJDJeWGiAG

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DI6vuKaNiw-/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DI6vuKaNiw-/ (Reading)

Speak Easy readers - May 2025

 

Enclosed are the readers for Speak Easy (Our Spoken Word Open Mic night at Dulcimer Bar, Chorlton) on Thursday 01 May 2025 starting at 7.30pm.

All of these readers will read out extracts of their work in 4-minute slots.

Free admission. All are welcome to watch.

Email: aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

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Andy Npoet
Amanda Nicholson
Steve Smythe
Lydia Williams
Michael John Hulley the 2nd (Volodya Gorky)
Martin CM (Martin Corlettmoss)
Joe Tetley
Martin Elder
Andy Cash
Mark Quinn
Gordon Zola
Annie Acre
Patrick Hollis
Tuesday Tony (Tuesday Tony William Bolton)
David Bond
Louis Registe (Reggie)
Nigel Astell
Alex McCann
Seth Connor Fullwood
Astbury Clarke
Patrick Elliott-Walker
Martin Williams
Tavia Panton
Deborah Ennis

New Spoken Label Tik Tok - Joe Walsh

 

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwr.../video/7496597981173419286

Latest up from Spoken Label Tik Tok (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) pre a full session on Sunday features making his debut, Joe Walsh

Joe is from Edinburgh and lives in Aberdeenshire currently. He has had a variety of jobs including working as a butcher and in the bar-trade before working in Social Services. He then qualified as a Social Worker and after 25 years retired early to concentrate on writing. He has had poems published in anthologies by Seahorse Publications, Blot from The Blue Publications, Inherit the Earth Publications and Dreich Publications. He also has three slim collections of poetry, and a book of short stories published. He is working on a novel and a further collection of poetry. His short story ‘The Big Thing That’s Everywhere was showcased at the Edinburgh Book Festival in 2022. He is a regular at Open Mic spoken word events in Aberdeen and Edinburgh as well as online Zoom Open Mic events based in Scotland, Ireland, England and Australia.

Joe's books include 'Oppressive Love', 'oblivion disguised', 'scunner' and 'Joe A.k.a.'

All of his books can be purchased on Amazon

New Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) - David Leo Sirois

 

The latest episode of the Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry) Podcast features David Leo Sirois, who is making his debut.

David Leo Sirois is a Canadian-American poet published 161 times, in 27 countries. His work has been translated into 13 languages (such as Hindi, Bengali, French, Spanish, Greek, & Romanian). 

He hosts Spoken World Online, the Zoom arm of SpokenWord Paris. His first collection is called Humbledoves (Poems to Pigeons & Plants). 

He won Third Prize in Winning Writers' Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. Sirois has been honored for his “admirable contribution to world literature” by The Fertile Brains, a renowned literary group in India. He teaches workshops online for The Bombay Review, as well as The Poetry Academy of Poetry Global Network. 

His poetry has appeared in journals such as The Bombay Review, Artemis Journal, Angles: New Perspectives on the Anglophone World, The Poetry Village, One Hand Clapping, Poetry Super Highway, & Terre à Cièl (which also publishes his translations of French poetry, & his poems in French). Sirois has been featured on countless international programs, podcasts & interviews. His poetry has been featured in films & music. He is also a singer/songwriter, radio DJ (Channel X Radio, Maine/New Brunswick/Quebec) as well as a film/TV/theater actor. He is currently submitting 5 finished manuscripts for publication, & writing several more.

Humbledoves (poems to pigeons & plants): https://a.co/d/5MRB33i

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The pre Podcast on Tik Tok can be found here - https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7494372194135313686

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The full Podcast can be streamed/downloaded from:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/david-leo-sirois-spoken-label-april-2025/id1501847969?i=1000703793481

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/David-Leo-Sirois-Spoken-Label--April-2025-e30tqq7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB2D2yeTc7I (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RoE0mlUiys (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/fdcc3f92-5769-41d6-9e55-056b3cc278f0/spoken-label-david-leo-sirois-spoken-label-april-2025

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

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DIoAYEmsa-3/ (Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/David-Leo-Sirois-Spoken-Label-April-2025/B0F57226D6?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=X2S6WR9GVZRN0RRT3HHX&plink=OLkPjoOvJ5NwN3Li&pageLoadId=pcdvjq9UZK1aY2gp&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0RYhutj6p0ZVDjj5Ls1reQ

Bethany Handley (New Spoken Label Podcast)

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast)is Bethany Handley.

Bethany Handley is an award-winning writer, poet and disability activist from Monmouthshire. Named one of the UK’s ten most influential disabled people in politics, law, and media by the Shaw Trust 2024, she campaigns for disability rights and better access to nature. An ambassador for Country Living’s Access for All, Wales Coast Path, and Ramblers Cymru, her debut poetry pamphlet Cling Film was published by Seren in February 2025. She co-edited Beyond / Tu Hwnt, an anthology of Welsh Deaf and disabled writers. Her work has been featured by the Poetry Foundation, Poetry Wales, BBC Radio 4, Country Living and more.

Bethany's website is: https://www.bethanyhandley.com/

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The pre Podcast on Tik Tok is here also

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7490320368524102934

Podcast can be downloaded/streamed from: 

https://youtu.be/iVa2gg0m9To (Reading)

https://youtu.be/a7bnqRWV0zY (Chat)

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/bethany-handley-spoken-label-april-2025/id1501847969?i=1000702750335

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Bethany-Handley-Spoken-Label--April-2025-e319eas

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DIYV-Zfx-4E/ (Reading)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DIYWFSsu1aa/ (Chat)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Bethany-Handley-Spoken-Label-April-2025/B0F468XXBS?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=FWSWA1SXK590MR67EE2W&plink=wGhXsBcQeFRfVCPZ&pageLoadId=sG53WkG8kABcHhYs&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HABXdKx23VfOOUEXNximV

Kathryn Millington - Spoken Label April 2025

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features making her debut is Kathryn Millington talking about her debut poetry collection 'Imprint'.

Some thoughts said about Kathryn's collection:

“It is rare to find a collection that is brave enough to place the complexities of IVF and the strange world of grief that the infertile inhabit in such direct light. Kathryn Millington’s collection Imprint does just that. This is a story of confrontation and acceptance, a journey into a world that feels niche, but is anything but. The poetry world benefits from sharing experience, it will be enriched by this collection.”

Wendy Pratt

‘” Kathryn’s poems move me, make me laugh, reflect on this strange business we call life and feel more hopeful about navigating a path through it. These are tender, beautifully crafted poems that work on the page and in the air. Read them, keep them with you.’

Helen Mort

“I am at a loss for words, because you have said them all”

Benjamin Zephaniah

The collection can be bought from:

https://fawnpress.co.uk/product/imprint-by-kathryn-millington/

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/kathryn-millington-spoken-label-april-2025/id1501847969?i=1000702336142

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Kathryn-Millington-Spoken-Label--April-2025-e308867

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I86E-5aA9W8&t=3s (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QmhllsrLh0&t=14s (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/e78fce76-e5b0-4e34-89e6-0b6b859ec75e/spoken-label-kathryn-millington-spoken-label-april-2025

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0F3VCLT2C?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=P7SP274SAEKT3NGCB2V3&plink=zudzKeqZyAKjKZ3K&pageLoadId=8lLUvoMSRCuJ5oSk&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0N4PjXAn0sfSnZb9kxyMrW

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DIFDoFyNX4R/ (Reading)

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

Speak Easy April 2025 / How to book May 2025

 

Thoroughly enjoyed Speak Easy last night, our spoken word night at Dulicmer, Chorlton where we had a decent-sized crowd of say 50 people and 20 readers as below:

1. Chris Platt

2. Sam Steward

3. Patrick Hollis

4. Mark Quinn

5. Jeevie

6. Andy Cash

7. Cait (Carolyn NìChonbhaì)

8. Amanda Nicholson - Author

9. Martin CM (Martin Corlettmoss)

10. Natasha Tingle

11. Mariesta

12. Lindy Newns

13. Steve Smythe

14. Andy N

15. Becky May

16. Jo Somerset

17. Beth McMillan

18. Martin Elder

19. Emily Wynne Jones

20. Grant Curnow

Next Speak Easy will be on Thursday 01 May 2025 and bookings shall open this Sunday 06 April 2025 from 12 Noon onwards by emailing me Andy N at aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

Pictures by Amanda (with a few additional shots by me Andy N) are on in full at:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=speakeasymanchester&set=a.1181383737113742&__cft__[0]=AZW976uEb3db6eE4wI7ngJ3Hgq0qkOF_64GC0WXpASNdK36ryItzCADB79TCawTbfOYdamAYZFA8nNK4mf4IdVRJ4yLefTKx1ETKs4qqCi7FJNqfmDdu-P9_K6T_VBUl5ocs_idiU07rkcERLmw28EuzaycvI6OZgOSBDqm3COFHRkY6ehkRI6i5yWrrPb3ucg8&__tn__=-R 

I believe there is a video on the way too. 

NaPoWriMo 2025

 

My personal project for #NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) is a tiny little project "resonant whispers" where I will write, short intimate pieces, reflections you could say, capturing the quiet moments and lingering feelings that shape our lives. Ghosts, personal experiences, raw emotions and the subtle beauty of the everyday.

For all of these poems, I will be stripping down my poetry to just two lines per poem, with a / in between each line to offer a breath to strip each poem and moment into its purest form, creating a collection of resonant whispers, poetry to bloom within the sparsest of lines and where I do a direct piece from the official NaPoWriMo prompts (I have no intention of doing them all),

I'll include it beneath with their prompt so you can see how my mind works.

Full archive of both of these projects are here:

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/napowrimo-2025 (Reasonant Whispers)

https://andynartist.substack.com/p/napowrimo-poems (Whatever I write

from the official prompts)

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Your ex describes you both on Facebook as a good-looking couple / the envy sneaks through in just a few words.

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Prompt 1:

(Prompt from NaPoWriMo) And now, to round out our first day, here’s our optional prompt! As with pretty much any discipline, music and art have their own vocabulary. Today, we challenge you to take inspiration from this glossary of musical terms)

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“Dancing like a ghost, the words fall out of the actor’s mouth almost like they are speaking about their own lives, half-forgotten like a ballad opera remixed for the modern day, contradicting the play they are meant to be performing.

Basked in the moonlight, – each line a mirror to their soul, warped into a different meaning rewriting the past as much as hollowing out the truth, the play losing it’s meaning becoming more and more like a melodrama instead of naturalist with each step.”