Spoken Label

Latest Spoken Label session (Author / Poet / Artist Chat) features the wonderful Suki Rae. Suki is "A native Chicagoan, Suki began playing piano at the age of five under the tutelage of her mother, a classical pianist. Classical flute instruction followed with Ralph Johnson and Walfried Kujala of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She attended Hull House Arts Camp; Interlochen Music Camp and Interloc...

​Latest Spoken Label (Poetry/Artist/Writer Podcast) features the wonderful Skye Hearn, author of her debut poetry collection"Rhythm of Darkness" Rhythm of Darkness is described as "Blinded by the darkness, feeling as though life could not get any worse?  It can always be worse. Put yourself in the shoes of others. Take the time to imagine; to feel what they have felt when their lives took a t...

Latest Spoken Label features textile artist, puppet maker, digital artist and creator / poet of the Covid Life Book, Amanda Beck McKim. More about Amanda can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/WiredAndWild/ https://www.instagram.com/beckmckim/ Poems read out in this session include: 1. The Protest Poem 2. A feast with all the trimmings 3. The day I went to the dentist 4. Students before profit&...

Latest Spoken Label (Author/Poet Podcast) features the wonderful Stan Notte. He has being described by C Spillane, HR BUSINESS PARTNER VOXPRO as "an outstanding motivational speaker, who speaks from a place of  humility, bravery and compassion. Through relaying his own personal experiences in battling with mental health, he reminded employees to speak up about mental health and to s...

Latest Spoken Label features the wonderful and very funny Ron L Lahr, author of The Kathaldi Chronicles). He has being described as:  “If David Eddings, Joe Abercrombie and Douglas Adams had their brains sucked out and blended together then reanimated they would write a book like this."  RK Billiau, author of Primeverse More about him can be found at his website: https://www.kathaldi.com...

Back for a second session with Spoken Label (Author/Poetry Chat) is our returning friend, Danielle Holian talking about her third and new poetry book 'Surviving You'. Her new poetry book is described in her own words as "Depicting a story told through poetry, Surviving You, touches on many topics about a relationship transition from love to pain with lies dressed like the truth falling for someone...

Latest Spoken Label is from the wonderful Erin Miller. He is described as "Ever since Erin Miller was a child, he found immense joy in storytelling and acting. In 2009 he finally decided to attend the school of storytelling at Emerson College where he obtained his certificate of storytelling. He went on to apply his skills as a storyteller to his spoken word performances and eventually, into becom...

Latest Spoken Label features the lovely Bela Cruvinel, author off "Burning Rose: Between Beasts and Devils"   The book is described as "From running away from home to finding herself in a church that more resembles a battlefield, Eleanor has to manage to regain her independence while relying only on the kindness of the priest that housed her in his church and a mysterious speechless man who h...

Latest Spoken Label features our returning friend Yvonne UGarte returning to her new children's poetry book  "My Aunt Jean's a Dinosaur"  More about this book can be found at: "https://www.runciblespoonpress.co.uk/shop/4594847794/my-aunt-jean's-a-dinosaur-and-other-poems/11644538 Her email is: yvonnebeeston59@gmail.com Yvonne can be found on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/yvonne.b...

Latest up from Spoken Label features a old friend of Spoken Label making her debut, Krystal Gypsey Orellano. Krystal is described as "A Tampa, Florida native, Krystal “Gypsy” Orellano Weldon is a spoken word poet, writer and educator. Krystal is slowly transpiring as a creative nonfiction writer, being published in St. Petersburg College’s newspaper The Sandbox, Saint Leo University’s book the San...

Latest Spoken Label (Poetry, Author and Artist Chat) features the wonderful Chris Campbell talking about his second collection "White Eye of the Needle". Some praise about the author include: Stunning, sensual and subtle. In White Eye of the Needle, we see a clear love of language with a deft alertness to the power of sound and what it can create. Combined with stunning images, this is a book to g...

Latest Spoken Label features our returning friend, Helen Kay.   Her collection "This Lexia & Other Languages" is published by V Press and can be bought here http://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/2020/07/ or  Helen directly.    Her Dyslexia Poetry project is here: http://www.dyslexiapoetry.co.uk/   Helen can be found on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/helen.kay2 ...

Latest up from Spoken Label is a chat with the awesome Nick Lovell, co-host of the excellent spoken word night Ooh beehive and a excellent writer in his own right.    Ooh Beehive can be found on both facebook and youtube.   Nick Lovell is also on facebook.   Poems read out included:    1. The Race of his life   2. Market Garden  3. Take stork between teeth p...

Today's session from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Chat Podcast) is a special session featuring Mina Manchester.   Mina Manchester is the Fiction Editor of Five South and former Assistant Editor for Narrative Magazine. She is currently an MFA candidate at the Sewanee School of Letters.    Her work has appeared in HuffPost, Columbia Journal, The Normal School, Inscape, and elsewhere....

Latest Spoken Label Podcast features currently from Chicago, the wonderful Carol Orange author off "A Discerning Eye". A Discerning Eye is described as "Portia Malatesta, an art dealer and a docent at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, is devastated by the robbery of thirteen paintings. Vermeer’s Concert had been her artist brother’s favorite, and its loss intensifies her grief over his recent d...

Latest Spoken Label session features the wonderful Queen Dee.   Queen Dee as described on her bandcamp page is described as "QUEEN DEE began her career performing spoken word, but has branched out into music and visual design over the last few years. She is now producing her own music, as well as collaborating with other artists. Her style is eclectic; a mix of poetry and loosely structured p...

Today's Spoken Label session features the wonderful L Bordetsky Williams, author of Forgot Russia.   You can read more about L Bordetsky Williams or Lisa to me at:    forgotrussia.com  https://twitter.com/BordetskyL https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20647578.L_Bordetsky_Williams https://www.facebook.com/ForgetRussia/ https://www.letterstovirginiawoolf.com/ https://wordmothe...

Latest up for Spoken Label is the wonderful Ciara Shuttleworth originally from San Fransico but now East Washington. Ciara Shuttleworth was born in San Francisco and grew up in Nebraska, Nevada, and Washington state. Her poetry has been published in journals and anthologies, including The New Yorker, The Norton Introduction to Literature, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review. Shuttleworth receive...

Latest up for Spoken Label (Author/Artist/Poet chat Podcast) features the lovely Pam Munter, author of Fading Fame. Fading frame in the words of Kirbus Reviews is “Munter probes the lives of Hollywood women after the lights have gone down in this debut collection of fiction and drama.…Munter writes purposefully about the systemic misogyny that has dominated Hollywood throughout its history, from p...

Latest Spoken Label features a chat with the wonderful Jan Kotouč. Jan Kotouč is a Czech military science fiction and space opera author. He is the author of several science fiction books including the Central Imperium Series.  In this extended interview, we chat about the origins off his writing from writing Star Wars, translation in Science Fiction and teaching Creative Writing in the Czech...

Returning to Spoken Label today is the always wonderful Joe Williams talking about his latest collection 'The Taking Part' Joe Williams is an award-winning writer and performing poet from Leeds. He tells tales about lost love, people in pubs, and the best ways to insult footballers in Spanish. Pieces read include: 1) A reliable history of the Marathon 2) Cathedrals 3) Royal Visit to Headlington St...

Latest Spoken Label Session features the wonderful Kate Wilson. More details about Kate can be read at: http://katejwilson.co.uk/ Her collection be can bought on Wildpressbooks at: http://www.wildpressedbooks.com/one-night-in-january.html and can be puchased on Amazon for £1.99 (sterling) Pieces read out in this session include:  1. Mount Esja 2. America  3. Yearning  4. Anecdote&nb...

Latest from Spoken Label is the wonderful Alison Nissen. Alison is the host of the Florida Writer Podcast and as says on her website "is a writer who does daily battle with dog hair and laundry. She has taught collegiate composition and literature classes for over a decade. Currently, she is the co-founder of Revel Coach, an inspirational platform and managing partner of 3 Dog Tales Productions, a...

Latest up from Spoken Label features the wonderful Natalie Ann Holborow.  More about Natalie Ann can be seen at: https://natalieholborow.com/ Poems read out in this session include:  1. Medea 2. 7 Miles down  3. Gabriel 4. Diagnostics (Small) 5. Queen of hearts 

* Containing language not suitable for all *    Latest Spoken Label session (My Poetry Podcast) features the lovely Alise Versella.  You can find out more about Alise here:  http://www.aliseversella.com/   Pieces read out in this session include:   1)  When Wolves become  birds   2)  I have never written love poems   3)  The distance betw...