Sunday, 28 September 2025

Julia Webb - Spoken Label September 2025

 












Latest up from Spoken Label, featuring her return is the wonderful Julia Webb.

Julia advises "I was born in London but grew up on a council estate in Thetford, a small town in rural Norfolk surrounded by pine forest. Thetford is known for being the home of The Iceni tribe, the birthplace of Thomas Paine, the place where they filmed a lot of Dad's Army and (in the 1960s) as a London Overspill town.My ambitions to be a writer started when I was six-years-old and read The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton. I can trace my interest in magical realism, surrealism and love of language right back to the things read as a child - Dr Seuss, Enid Blyton, A.A. Milne, Tolkien and fairytales. However I left school (and home) at 16 with no qualifications and went to live in a commune. I continued to write short stories and poetry over the years, but with no real writing community I didn't really know how to improve them, and after my son was born I gravitated more towards art and printing while working as a pre-school supervisor. When I was 40 I had an epiphany of sorts and realised that writing was my first love. I quit my job and did a degree in creative writing at Norwich School of Art and Design (now known as NUA). After that I went on to do an MA in poetry at the University of East Anglia."Her website is: 

https://juliawebb.org/

Her new book - Grey time can be found at all of the usual places including - https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/grey-time.

Cafe Writers competition link: https://www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-competition/ and the main website link https://www.cafewriters.co.uk/


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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/julia-webb-spoken-label-september-2025/id1501847969?i=1000728267828

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Julia-Webb-Spoken-Label--September-2025-e37tjjc

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTjORJaRpK4&t=2s (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/67c662c5-d71d-44c4-8628-60c12b260348/spoken-label-julia-webb-spoken-label-september-2025

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

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

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FSFPD7KR?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=FBR63DF0YQZQC10A2HSY&plink=wmzS6B0nvveJPCbw&pageLoadId=1pqtXlVfsWjpWAYY&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3b9RnUEYsJrdCMDrJmUFpQ

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Speak Easy guest host announcement

 













Special guest host announcement for Speak Easy (Our Spoken Word open Mic night at Dulcimer, Chorlton) on Thursday 02 October 2025....

Anthony Briscoe

We first met Ant all the way back in 2018 if my memory is correct at Speak Easy and Ant also has helped out with Amanda when she did Printed

Words and also at our Printed Words event in 2019, which Ant headlined.

Anthony Briscoe is a performance poet and Multi-disciplinary artist. His Poetry is a mix of comedy and at times seriousness.

Like a clown giving bad news.

Using spoken word poetry as a base Anthony discusses meaningful issues through an absurdist comedic lens using his background in theatrics (BA HONS in contemporary theatre - Lancaster university) to add an energetic, engaging and entertaining performance to all his material and to justify his overhanging student debt.

Night starts around 7.30 pm-ish.

Booking enquiries - Andy N on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk for 4-minute slots.




Sunday, 21 September 2025

New Spoken Label Podcast - Caroline England

 












Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features making her debut is Caroline England.

Known as the ‘Duchess of Dark Domestic Noir’, Caroline England is the author of seven psychological suspense thrillers, BENEATH THE SKIN, the bestseller MY HUSBAND’S LIES, BETRAY HER, THE SINNER, THE STRANGER BESIDE ME and THE RETURN OF FRANKIE WHITTLE. Her next thriller, BEHIND HER SMILE, will be published in November 2025. She also writes gothic-tinged psychological thrillers as CE Rose, namely THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN SECRETS, THE HOUSE ON THE WATER'S EDGE, THE SHADOWS OF RUTHERFORD HOUSE and THE ATTIC AT WILTON PLACE.

Caroline writes ‘scarily brilliant’, dark twisty stories that delve into complicated relationships, secrets and the moral grey area. Drawing on her career as a criminal and divorce lawyer, she creates characters who get caught up in extraordinary situations, moral dilemmas and crime. She guarantees a jaw-dropping ending!


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Podcast be downloaded / steamed from:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/caroline-england-spoken-label-september-2025/id1501847969?i=1000727123081

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spokenlabelpodcast/episodes/Caroline-England-Spoken-Label--September-2025-e37mhn1?fbclid=IwY2xjawM9EsBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMMzZaZTY0Z1ZzR05tZXNhAR7DO4kDbdecExQ53uxd-A0ZoBiXt3TajDJLGd-4zFoBwElFDOazptHPdSwQrw_aem_oW26BQQmbHXhqVJU6wUZbg

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poEKtqfWQ6o (Reading)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/767ccc0e-8770-439a-9481-17a6041c8d2a/spoken-label-caroline-england-spoken-label-september-2025?fbclid=IwY2xjawM9EsVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMMzZaZTY0Z1ZzR05tZXNhAR6ui00VXMqAQpzxEwda5A1C0tASZrETsnMC54_yBuKtv6PddPbgyuoqWoFHzw_aem_og7cu0RWkWoG9CVwBp7aSw

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7g4rDnRuNzh3h17FvhW67B?fbclid=IwY2xjawM9EsdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMMzZaZTY0Z1ZzR05tZXNhAR6ui00VXMqAQpzxEwda5A1C0tASZrETsnMC54_yBuKtv6PddPbgyuoqWoFHzw_aem_og7cu0RWkWoG9CVwBp7aSw

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Spoken-Label/B08K5Z65R1?qid=1638096875&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&fbclid=IwY2xjawM9EslleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMMzZaZTY0Z1ZzR05tZXNhAR6cLxff1JQXAz-ME_6EZh__TP2f4GyZBrDDz8oOTNlLnXD-5O_Um3vEN2-JxA_aem_aHKqPHIy9meN2inwQR2Miw

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DO237USjMSP/?fbclid=IwY2xjawM9EstleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMMzZaZTY0Z1ZzR05tZXNhAR6ui00VXMqAQpzxEwda5A1C0tASZrETsnMC54_yBuKtv6PddPbgyuoqWoFHzw_aem_og7cu0RWkWoG9CVwBp7aSw (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DO24DPaDmCM/?fbclid=IwY2xjawM9Es1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMMzZaZTY0Z1ZzR05tZXNhAR6cLxff1JQXAz-ME_6EZh__TP2f4GyZBrDDz8oOTNlLnXD-5O_Um3vEN2-JxA_aem_aHKqPHIy9meN2inwQR2Miw (Reading)






Monday, 15 September 2025

New Spoken Label Podcast - Lee McShane

 













Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry / Artist Podcast) features Lee McShane.

Lee McShane is a Neurodivergent actor, filmmaker, and published writer and poet from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

His work often blends psychological horror with themes of mental health, creating emotionally charged and thought-provoking narratives.

His writing has appeared in All Your Stories, All Your Poems, and the PoeticEdge Fantasy Anthology.

He will appear in Rise of the Badger and the Great Shrubbery by Black Eye Publishing.

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Sunday, 7 September 2025

Mark Quinn - Spoken Label - September 2025


 










Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry Podcast) features Mark Quinn.

Mark is described as "I’m a poet, writer, and performer based in Manchester. My work blends humour, honesty, and heart — sometimes thoughtful, sometimes cheeky, always real. Whether it’s on the page or the stage, I’m here to connect with people through words."

Mark's books can be all be purchased on Amazon and his website is https://markquinn.uk/


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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mark-quinn-spoken-label-september-2025/id1501847969?i=1000724702811

https://youtu.be/aBvMycEUD-E (Reading / Chat Part 2)

https://youtu.be/iVVntOPI8e0 (Chat)

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/bae49616-2295-4e7c-b931-91415a724cb6/episodes/3db3a0b9-e2dc-43b6-813a-b7343b4514db/spoken-label-mark-quinn-spoken-label-september-2025

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DOS0u1hjMeJ/ (Chat)

https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/reel/DOS9zlGjZrj/ (Reading)

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Mark-Quinn-Spoken-Label-September-2025/B0FPLSDYQP?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=a202f891-0d90-47a2-ac3f-8ebc4b2943db&pf_rd_r=4GJJW1FSGM3GNX8KEEBV&plink=QiAkW7gAp4mFgd4f&pageLoadId=ui1p7nzWAz4mLinu&creativeId=43463e8d-6f2b-4d01-a759-854a1034c4b8&ref=a_podcast_S_c4_lAsin_0_0&fbclid=IwY2xjawM9FM1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMMzZaZTY0Z1ZzR05tZXNhAR5REqfJeSCBFycy5k4BIpgvFPZb1zNOk9D-yr_oTRIy4SxS9Oq58-huBi5Pww_aem_vLaK-bMMNxsGcUGBW_kZ2Q

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1J5Y1rpDGpIAsikVpw81yd