The Loudcast

In this episode of the Loudcast, Katie Ailes is joined by an icon of the Scottish literary scene Kevin Williamson. In this episode, they discuss how the scene can better support Scottish Artists outwith the central belt, as well as Kevin's work on Neu! Reekie! and the upcoming Push the Boat Out festival. Featuring poems from Janette Ayachi, Katie Ailes, Leo Glaister, and we also ask Kevin Willaims...

It's episode three of Loud Poets Happy Hour, and this week we share poems from our second challenge! This time we're sharing our unreliable narrators. Listen to the episode to see how we got on, and vote for our next challenge.  Are you Team Monster or Team Cows?  If you'd like to get involved with Happy Hour and help support our future projects, you can go to Patreon.com/IAmLoud and sign up for a...

This week, Kev sat down with current Scottish Slam champion Jenny Foulds! In our episode, Jenny and Kev discuss creative ownership in artforms, and how the slam and spoken word scene may evolve.  We also share amazing poems from Nadine Aisha Jassat, Stuart Kenny, Jim Monaghan, and, of course, Jenny herself! This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery throug...

It's time for our second episode of Loud Poets Happy Hour, and the first episode in which we share our poems from a challenge! Our very first challenge in this project was to remix poetic cliches. Watch the episode to see how we got on, and vote for the challenge you want us to take on next in the comments below: are you Team Lies (unreliable narrator) or Team Love (love letter between body parts)...

Welcome to Episode 1 of our new show, Loud Poets Happy Hour! This is our new biweekly show in which we take on writing challenges and chat poetry. We had a great time this week discussing writing, inspiration, and debating between our two challenges! To vote on which challenge you would like to see our poets attempt, vote on our Twitter or Instagram polls (@IAmLoudPro). We will announce the winnin...

In this episode of The Loudcast we feature one of the Scottish poetry scene's brightest new voices, Courtney Stoddart! Courtney's had a meteoric rise through the spoken word scene, and it was a delight to chat with her about her experiences and current projects. Kevin and Courtney chat about writing in form, being pigeonholed, performing others' work, Scottish exceptionalism, the importance of bei...

It's our final NaPodcast of NaPoWriMo 2021! In this final episode we allow Kevin Mclean back into the hosting chair as we share our univocal poems and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of this National Poetry Writing Month. Want to try your hand at a univocal poem? Check out our resources below: Katie's full-length workshop: https://youtu.be/53FULzVFjDk Univocal poems by Courtney Stoddart &...

We're delighted to feature the multi-talented Cat Hepburn on this episode of The Loudcast! Cat is a Glasgow-based spoken word artist, scriptwriter, actor, and educator, and half of the team producing the event series Sonnet Youth. In this episode, Kevin and Cat chat about how a theatre background informs spoken word practice, translating a piece from book to script to set, onstage persona, and muc...

It's our penultimate NaPodcast of NaPoWriMo 2021, and this week we're featuring sestinas! In this episode, we share our new sestinas and chat through the process of writing them. Plus, we look ahead to our final challenge: univocal poetry... Fancy joining in with your own sestina? Check out our resources below: Katie's full-length workshop: https://youtu.be/5B4nMpqXMuQ Sestinas by Paul Case & Gray...

We're halfway through #NaPoWriMo2021 and this week we are focusing on Sonnets. To help you get writing, be sure to check out our Return to Form videos about Shakespearean Sonnets. We have amazing Sonnets by Hannah Lavery & Callum O'Dwyer: https://youtu.be/TTvVB2_620E and then join us here for our workshop: https://youtu.be/LV_vx0DPjr8

Joined by Robert Florence, Kev and Rab discuss the differences between comedy and poetry scenes, reading in live performance, and 'Poetry voice'.  This season of The Loudcast was made possible through the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Week two of #NaPoWriMo2021 and we're writing a golden shovel! If you'd like to get involved then we have good news! Not only do we have great golden shovels from Rachel Amey & Tawona Sithole but we also have a comprehensive workshop led by Dr. Katie Ailes to help you write your own!   You can find Rachel & Tawona's poems here: https://youtu.be/OioUZz9L4ck And to start writing your own, join Katie...

One down, four poems to go! We hope you enjoyed our discussion on writing concrete poetry. Feel free to share your work with us over on social media, we would love to see your Concrete Poems from last week and can't wait to share our Golden Shovels!

Kev is joined by special guest Imogen Stirling to discuss writing in form, spoken word theatre, and cross-artform collaboration. Plus Imogen shares an incredible excerpt from her upcoming show 'Love The Sinner'. This season of The Loudcast was made possible through the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

We'd love you all to take part in #NaPoWriMo​ with us so please send us your work throughout April! This week we are focusing on writing concrete poetry. Be sure to join us on twitter.com/IAmLoudPro to see our tips and advice for writing in form and share your writing with us! How to Write a Concrete Poem: https://youtu.be/8NrwGNKU0J8 Return to Form - Concrete Poetry: https://youtu.be/TBp81pORL9M...

For this season finale of the Loudcast, we've turned the tables: Kevin Mclean is the guest, with Katie Ailes in the host chair! They discuss Kevin's approach to being a Creative Director, his evolving writing practices, and what motivates his creativity. As always, we also feature three poems at the start of the show: Kevin's poem "I Want" and the sestinas that Paul Case and Gray Crosbie created f...

Hello, hello, hello! On this episode of The Loudcast Kevin is joined by two amazing guests, Cerys Matthews and Adam Horovitz, to discuss the amazing new album 'We Come From The Sun.' The album features 10 incredible UK-based poets, including Adam, and musical scoring by Hidden Orchestra! We also have Adam's track 'A House Built From Cloth' for you to check out and another Return to Form video feat...

Hello, Hello, Hello and welcome back to the Loudcast! This episode Kevin is joined by the one and only Harry Baker and between the two of them they cover a wide range of poetry and performance related topics. Some of these topics include but are not limited to; The benefits of other artform's influences; online gigs and getting paid in fish! We also have poems from Dan Simpson and another Return t...

Welcome to 2021 and our first Loudcast of the year! This time host Kevin is joined by Gray Crosbie and they dive into discussion about Poetic form, Putting on your own shows and the ever famous "Exposure". You can keep up with Gray over on Twitter (@GrayCrosbie), Instagram (@plantpowered_poet) and Facebook: facebook.com/plantpoweredpoet Links From The Show: Gray Crosbie - Wrong Fairytale: https://...

The last Loudcast of 2020! Host Kevin is joined by Tyrone Lewis as they discuss humour in poetry, the risks of being put in a pigeon hole as a performer and so much more! You can keep up to date with Tyrone and Process Productions over on twitter & patreon. Twiiter: https://twitter.com/TyroneLewis22 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProcessProductions/posts We also have poems from Katie Ailes, Joe...

This week on the Loudcast, join host Kevin and Jess Green as they dive into the topics of practice in poetry, touring a show and much much more! You can keep up to date with Jess Green over on twitter: https://twitter.com/jessgreenpoet We also have poems from Freddie Alexander, Dagogo Hart and Carly Brown. You can see an extended interview with Jess as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreo...

This week on The Loudcast Kevin is joined by Stuart Kenny to chat about the importance of art for art's sake, The Space Gecko Project, making poetry accessible to new audiences and so much more! We also have poems from Toby Campion, Bex Sherwood, and Jen McGregor. You can see an extended interview with Stuart as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Also keep up to date...

This week on The Loudcast Kevin is joined by Peter Hayhoe to chat about Spoken Word on YouTube, his work on Muddy Feet, the ups and downs of viral success, and so much more! We also have poems from Keith Jarrett, Edalia Day, and Mary Dickins. You can see an extended interview with Peter as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Also keep up to date with our wonderful gue...

This week on The Loudcast Kevin is joined by Robbie MacLeòid to chat about his research in love poetry, the importance of preserving Gaelic language, audiences reacting to minority language poetry, and so much more! We also have poems from Ciarán Hodgers, Kevin Mclean, and Katie Ailes. You can see an extended interview with Robbie as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now...

This week on The Loudcast Kevin is joined by poet and playwright Hannah Lavery to chat about the problems with defining poetry, audience responses, letting work speak for itself, and so much more! We also have poems from Maddie Haynes, Callum O'Dwyer, and Jim Monaghan. You can see an extended interview with Hanna as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Also keep up to...