Spoken Label

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poet/Artist Podcast) features Andrea Carter Brown, author of 'September 12'. Poet and editor Andrea Carter Brown is the author of three previous poetry collections: The Disheveled Bed (CavanKerry Press, 2006) and two chapbooks, Brook & Rainbow (winner of the 2001 Sow's Ear Poetry Review chapbook contest) and Domestic Karma, (Finishing Line Press, 2018). This sessio...

Latest Spoken Label session features the amazing Rebecca Kenny talking about her debut poetry collection 'Crash and Burn'. 'Crash and Burn' covers the events off "At 7.21am on October 1st 2021, Rebecca Kenny was driving to work when she lost control of her car. Skidding on oil and into the path of an oncoming vehicle, she was directly hit, breaking her back, neck, pelvis and sternum - a grand and...

Latest Spoken Label session is from Dean Rhetoric. His collection Cancer [+Pop Punk] is described as a "meditation on teenage angst, loss and alienation, backdropped by the music of Rhetoric’s formative years. Cancer [+Pop Punk] is full of poignant, often devastating poetry, told through forms which cleverly navigate the overlap between words and music, where ‘black octaves’ are ‘blooming under th...

Latest up from Spoken Label features the wonderful Carla Mellor, author of Scraps. Carla's work is described as: “Carla reminds us to love our rough edges and embrace the imperfect. A candid and crucial first collection from a bright new voice.” – Toria Garbutt “Common but not commonplace, lyrical and luminescent. If you like early Armitage, karaoke, Cooper Clarke, cans of Carling, Garry and Garbu...

Latest Podcast from Spoken Label features the wonderful Laura Formentini. Laura in her own words is "I am an author, photographer, and activist. I share how a stranger has helped me to heal from tragic loss thanks to an act of kindness." She is the author of Twentyone Olive Trees which is "is my personal spiritual pilgrimage from uncontrollable pain to acceptance and healing that I gift to the wor...

Bit nearer home today - well very near is a chat with the most excellent Amanda Nicholson (Formerly Amanda Steel), where she pops by to talk about to read about her recently finished 12 projects in 12 months where over the space of 12 months she has produced all kinds of creative writing projects from poetry, flash fiction, non fiction, spoof click bait, audio versions of some of her books and so,...

Latest from Spoken Label (Author/Artist/Poetry Podcast) sees us heading over to the Isle of Man where we meet the excellent Jackie Morrey Grace. Jackie describes herself as "I am a musician, wild swimming, kayaking, stomping, and story obsessed anti-realist, mother to 3 teenagers,  4 cats, and wife to the awesomely talented bespoke furniture designer and maker (and annoyingly good drummer), E...

Latest Spoken Label (Writer/Artist Podcast) features the wonderful Tom Melsen. Tom is a "a dutch artist, born in Rotterdam. Melsen is best known for his artwork, for which he has been nominated for numerous awards and winning the abstract art contest in 2016 by International Gallery Of The Arts in Canada. His paintings have been published in magazines worldwide and Melsen published a collection of...

New from Spoken Label (Author / Poetry Podcast) features from Marple, the excellent Phillip Carter.   Phillip is  "a science-fiction novelist, humourist and poet. His debut book, WHO BUILT THE HUMANS? is a hybrid of these three forms. Whilst the main body of the text is science-fiction, fleeting interjections of comedy and lengthy 'space-slam' poetry cut up an otherwise huge multiverse i...

* Contains language and topics not suitable for all *  Latest Spoken Label session features the wonderful Loll Perkin. More about Loll can be found out at: https://www.instagram.com/loll_1989/ or https://www.instagram.com/loll_barber89/ Pieces read out in this session include: 1. Depression  2. Funny Insults  3.

Latest Spoken Label (Author/Artist/Poet) Podcast from Spoken Label features the wonderful Ray Douglas. All of Ray's books can be bought on Amazon ("The Silly Sausage Saga,  Lucy the Tooth Fairy’s Last Chance and Some Pretty, Witty Ditties) and you can contact him via facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ray.douglas.750) or instragram (https://www.instagram.com/mrraydouglas/) Poems recorded&nbsp...

Latest Spoken Label, features our returning friend Susan Darlington talking about her new collection "traumatropic heart". This wonderful collection has being described by: "In taut, precise language, Susan Darlington finds both gothic horror and lusciousness in the world around her. Crammed into display cases and confined in doll's houses, the poet's persona conveys the same brave emancipation of...

Latest up from Spoken Label (My Author / Artist / Poetry Podcast) from Great Sankey, Warrington is the briliant Terry Caffrey. Terry is / was poet in residence at the National Football Museum, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester,  National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield and Citadel Theatre in St. Helens Terry was commissioned to write by the Roald Dahl Foundation and had the lyrics to one of his...

New from Spoken Label is a dear friend of Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) that I (Andy N) first met at Speak Easy ages back, the wonderful Esther Koch   Esther Koch describes her poetry as honest, earnest, emotional and ironic.  She doesn't play a character on stage, she says; she's authentic and true to herself.  Esther found poetry at a time in her life when she felt lost....

Latest up from Spoken Label is Playwright, Producer, Facilitator Crystal Stewart. More about Crystal can be found at: https://twitter.com/crys_stew https://visualverse.org/writers/crystal-stewart/?fbclid=IwAR1BiUnBG8v5Xobp-zavTdAj5o6Gie4jRoL6sLbRtB9rxe7S6XAv_D547Gs Instragram: cryscolli Pieces read during this session (Recorded after the session was originally recorded) are: 1) Lost Cat 2) Disco L...

Latest Spoken Label features the wonderful Louise Finnigan. Louise is a novelist and short story writer. Her work has been longlisted for the Mairtin Crawford Award and shortlisted for the Cambridge and Manchester Fiction Prize. Her story, Muscle and Mouth, was published by Fly on the Wall press as part of their 2021 shorts season. She holds a degree in English and Philosophy from the University o...

Latest up from Spoken Label is the incredible Lauren Eckhardt. Lauren is an award-winning and best-selling author, ghostwriter, book coach and the CEO of Burning Soul Press , a book coaching and publishing company that helps soul-driven writers share their inspiring and empowering stories with the world. More about Lauren can be seen at: https://www.burningsoulpress.com/ https://www.authorlaurenec...

Latest Spoken Label features a dear friend of Spoken Label, the wonderful Mary Cunningham. More about Mary can be found at: www.facebook.com/mary.cunningham.poet www.instagram.com/mary.cunningham.poet/ www.marycunningham.co.uk Pieces read out include: 1. Taken 2. Kathleen 3. Another Manchester Dawn 4. Stretford Precident

Latest session features the wonderful Tom Stocks, co-host of Mic at the Mill, found of Actor Awareness, Chubby Northern Writer, producer, poet & award winning writer. More about Tom can be found at: twitter.com/tom_stocks twitter.com/actorawareness twitter.com/IYAF t.co/v4Ot5PHnfT?amp=1 uk.linkedin.com/in/tom-stocks-864410190 Poems read out in this session include: 1. Here's to the lads 2. Gen...

Latest session from Spoken Label (Author / Poetry talk Podcast) features the wonderful P D Alleva. PD Alleva in his own words "writes thrillers. Whether those thrillers are Sci-Fi Fantasy’s about Alien Vampires attempting to subjugate the human race, or steeped in a haunting horror novel, or an urban fantasy with supernatural themes, PD always provides readers with a profound, entertaining, and sa...

Latest Spoken Label features our lovely and returning friend Sara Culleno. Sarra Culleno is a British writer, mother and English teacher who performs her writing at events across the UK. Sarra is widely published. She has written fiction and poetry for publication, performance, print, audiodramas, podcasts and radio. Sarra was longlisted for the Cinnamon Press Pamphlet Prize, for Nightingale and S...

In conjunction as part of Book Week Scotland and Fly on the Wall Press, the latest session is with Kevin Crowe Author of 'No Home in this World' with Nick Newman asking additional questions and then reading a story from Kevin's book 'Texas Condom' as the second part of this book.   'No Home in this World' as described on Amazon by Cath F is described as "This challenging and gritty first coll...

Latest Spoken Label session features the wonderful Eden Gruger. Eden is a "Essex woman in her mid forties, on her second husband, with two dogs and no children.  Inspired by David Sedaris’s humour, Barbara Conwys writing style, and Sarah Millican’s unashamed love of food.  As well as being the author of two books, and a blog, Eden is a creativity coach with a variety of workshops, and an...

Latest Up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist / Poet Podcast) features the wonderful Rebecca D'Harlingue, author of 'The Lines Between Us'.    Rebecca in her own words In writing my first novel, The Lines Between Us, I returned to an early love, Spanish literature and history, which I studied in graduate school. The idea of setting part of my novel in seventeenth-century Spain, their Gold...

Latest Spoken Label (Poetry/Artist/Writer Podcast) features Katy Konrad aka the Rebel Poetess. More about Katy can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/TheRebelPoetess/ https://twitter.com/TheRebelPoetess https://www.instagram.com/katypoet1/ https://www.instagram.com/purplepoetess/ https://www.tiktok.com/@katypoet1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkpXOlYFff5F4aUkt_o4JYw Pieces read in this sessi...