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

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

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

John Clifford - Spoken Label (New Podcast)

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) making his debut is John Clifford.

John Clifford has shared his poetry around the UK, Europe and the US, with performances in six festivals and twelve cities in the last three years - including Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2022 and New York Poetry Festival in 2023. A Mind Over Matter national slam finalist, his work has been displayed in Manchester's Northern Quarter, musically produced with Iris Lyre, and broadcast on BBC Upload. He is a co-host of the Salford based poetry and storytellers night Verbose and his first collection Tell Us What We Are was published in 2023.

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Can be streamed/downloaded from:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/john-clifford-spoken-label-may-2025/id1501847969?i=1000708419017

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/John-Clifford-Spoken-Label--May-2025-e32cb8b

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huGmrFLjrZ4&t=1s (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_3Am0u4Lo&t=2s (Reading)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DJv12wXtEk6/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DJv4cZFxxYT/ (Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/John-Clifford-Spoken-Label-May-2025/B0F8N762X7?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=YBYSJ4PNM9DVM0GYK2HM&plink=KTp3KFl40JCENfRg&pageLoadId=qrhvfF0mVRw0ZzV5&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6TN7B7PRuLzTgMbK0ZPooh

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/f3b21c02-b52e-4fef-bb3f-7baaf97dae14/spoken-label-john-clifford-spoken-label-may-2025

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The Tik Tok Preview is here:

https://www.tiktok.com/@andynwriter/video/7505318625423658262

Rich Rubin (New Spoken Label Podcast, May 2025)

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features making his debut, Rich Rubin, author the day before it rained.

Rubin's debut book 'The Day Before It Rained' is described as an eclectic collection of short stories ranging from quirky portraits to tales of LGBTQ+ relationships; plus eccentric takes on friendship, romance, and everything in between. Whether period pieces or modern day works, from the magical to the mundane, from the heart of Kansas to the Yorkshire moors or the Tunisian desert, the stories span the years, travel the globe, and explore the spectrum of emotions. The author’s characters discover love, loss, hope, and fear—in other words, the dubious joy of being human.

Rich Rubin has written fiction for decades. He also spent thirty years writing about travel and food (the best job in the world, literally), with over 1000 stories in print in such publications as Travel & Leisure, National Geographic Traveler, Saveur, The Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Out and About, and others.

More about Rich can be found on his website which is: https://www.richrubinwriter.com/

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/rich-rubin-spoken-label-may-2025/id1501847969?i=1000706493083

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Rich-Rubin-Spoken-Label--May-2025-e31ppar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R74S5cFEcQ (Chat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJfhlxc7C0k (Reading)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DJeZgCOs0Qe/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DJefJU3ASAy/ (Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Rich-Rubin-Spoken-Label-May-2025/B0F7LGMX8V?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=C3TWKRSKCHPHFCHF1J83&plink=lladPbngkmBmYfww&pageLoadId=LGEoN5hfMxZ2kv0Q&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/285kU94maA7UT7wGK6XwzH

New Spoken Label Podcast - Eden Gruger

 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features making her return is the wonderful Eden Gruger.

Eden advises "I am Eden, autistic blogger, and author of four fiction collections, and four nonfiction guides to writing, marketing and publishing. When I am not writing my one books I am helping other people with theirs as one of a handful of Alliance of Independent Authors approved writers mentors globally."

More about Eden can be found at: edengruger.com

How to write without Block can be bought from Amazon including - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F7GNZQ62/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-NdJx46uKs0Op-wHxw7Dag.Zag_UfQtBrWwzhD2KTBRzpdO6UkDDRZzQfgSb-HR7-4&dib_tag=se&qid=1746430349&refinements=p_27%3AEden+S+Gruger&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Eden+S+Gruger

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/eden-gruger-spoken-label-april-2025/id1501847969?i=1000705529446

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Eden-Gruger-Spoken-Label--April-2025-e2tdg0j

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvLmnuhvtnU&t=6s

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/e67b5783-a878-4aef-9ea4-02db2c3d1a32/spoken-label-eden-gruger-spoken-label-april-2025

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DJPI5yXOJ24/

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Eden-Gruger-Spoken-Label-April-2025/B0F6WD4M1G?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=M4HPHY5W0H1VSSBV4D42&plink=ywUjv4kxUmVxUuxA&pageLoadId=ZwCQQ3qqxlGWYSVl&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5u2ynESgcQjcAUCqCmKuyJ

Speak Easy thank you's for May 2025 / How to book June 2025

 

Thanks to everybody who read out at our latest spoken word night, Speak Easy at Chorlton's Dulicmer last night on Thursday 01 May 25. 

A first-rate, busy, busy night of a good 65 - 70 people in total who were entertained by the following readers (who we would like to thank for reading and Lydia's case doing a great job of hosting). 

1. Lydia J Williams

2. Seth Connor Fullwood

3. Mark Quinn

4. Patrick Hollis

5. Michael Hulley the second

6. David Bond

7. Martin J Williams

8. Andy Cash

9. Sam Tovey

10. Amanda Nicholson

11. Tuesday Tony

12. Steve Smythe

13. Andy N

14. Annie Acre

15. Astbury Clarke

16. Tavia Panton

17. Alex McCann

18. Martin CM

19. Joe Tetley

20. Regi

21. Nigel Austell

22. Martin Elder

Pictures from the night are here in full:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=speakeasymanchester&set=a.1204514211467361

Bookings start for the next night at Thursday 05 June 2025 by dropping Andy N a email on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk from this Sunday 05 May 2025 for our next show on Thursday 05 June 2025.

Please also notice the new start time - 7.30pm (or as close to it as we can).