Spoken Label

Latest Spoken Label Podcast features the wonderful Tahira Rehman. Tahira Rehman is a Performance-Poet and an Outreach support worker in Leeds. Her poetry has been published in the US by Our Verse Magazine, Soul-Lit and locally by Make Our Rights Reality Campaign. She made a big name for herself in 2019 with headline performances at award-winning and long running spoken word nights such as Spoken W...

Back in the house is a new session with old friend of Spoken Label, DreyZera. Some links for Drey include: www.drayzera.net www.drayzera.net/merch.html www.facebook.com/drayzera www.twitter.com/drayzera www.youtube.com/c/drayzera www.instagram.com/drayzera Pieces read out in this session include: 1) Love of Gabrielle 2) Breeze Of The Sweet Blue Sea 3) Gin unlocked

Latest Spoken Label features the lovely Helena Ascough. Pieces read out in this session include:  1. The Wicked Witch 2. I might not get a 1st.  3. Spring  4. Balloon Brain More about Helena can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/HelenaLouiseAscough/ (facebook) https://www.instagram.com/hellielouascough (Instagram) https://twitter.com/Helena_Ascough (Twitter)

Back in the house for Spoken Label is the wonderful Martin Zarrop, author of three collections, his most recent collection being ‘Is anyone there?’ All three of Martin’s books can be found easily on Amazon And all great booksellers. Poems read out in this session include: 1. Lonelyville. 2. Zombie 3. Hands 4. To my 90s

Latest Spoken Label Podcast is from MIchael Maul, author of "Dancing Naked in Front of Dogs (Selected Poems 2014 - 2018)" and "Birds Who Eat French Fries". More about Michael can be found at his website www.michaelmaul.net or his facebook page www.facebook.com/Michael-Maul-Poetry-429141337692248/ Poems read out in this session include: 1. Anniversary Poem 2. German Town 3. Love songs for Melanie H...

Latest Spoken Label Podcast featuring the wonderful Amy Lee Tempest. More details about: www.amyleetempest.co.uk (Website) @ amy_lee_tempest (Twitter) @ Amy-Lee-Tempest-102449711139713 (Facebook) Pieces read out during this session include: 1) Slaughterhouse 4 2) The tent 3) Lungs 4) Things I didn't do during Co-vid 19.

** Featuring  adult language not suitable for all **  Latest Spoken Label feature features the wonderful Natasha Borton. More about Natasha can be found at:  https://natashaborton.com/ (Website) https://www.facebook.com/natasha.borton/ (Facebook) Pieces read out in this session include: 1. Hidden in plain sight 2. Ginger 3. My body

Back in the house for Spoken Label is a wonderful Irish Poet I met somewhere around 2010 Órla Fay. More about Órla can be found at: http://orlafay.blogspot.com/ Poems read out in this session include: 1) The Persuasion of time 2) Words for mobile 3) The member of the wedding 4) How the West is won

** Contains language not suitable for everybody ** Latest Spoken Label is from the lovely Gemma Whiteley. More details about Gemma can be found at: Twitter: @Gemma_Whiteley Twitter: @CompanyFourMcr sensiblegem.weebly.com/poetry.html (Some of Gemma's work can be read here) Work read out in this session: 1. Bricks 2. Sand 3. Hangover 4. Mam

Latest Spoken Label features myself, Andy n on a reprint from the excellent Jenny Berry Show on Salford City FM Word on the Street. On this show, I read out the following poems: 1. Hardrock Village 2. The streets were all we could see (extracts) 3. the ghost of liverpool empire More about me as always can be found at: onewriterandhisplc.blogspot.com or facebook - andynstorytellerpoet

Back in the house from Spoken Label is another new session from the lovely Deirdre Rose. More about Deirdre can be found at: www.commongroundscollective.ie/deirdrerose www.instagram.com/writeondee/ Poems read out in this session include: 1. Anti-Immaculate, 2. Lessons for my former self, 3. You 4. A & E

Latest Spoken Label features the wonderful Christopher Moriarty.   Poems read out in this session include:  1. Green Eggs and Sam  2. Who killed John Lennon?  3. End Games   More about Christopher can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherMoriartyAuthor/?ref=br_rs

Back in the house with our second session already for May, is the excellent Reggie Agulha.  Recorded literally just lockdown was announced (about three hours  actually), this is the last currently of Podcasts for Spoken Label recorded in person and this case was outside a bar when it was raining a little and we had people walking past and the odd car going past too. More about Reggie can...

First Podcast for May for Spoken label features the lovely Sarah Pritchard: More about Sarah can eb found at: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SJ7YWXP/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 (Amazon link to her book - when women fly) www.facebook.com/SarahPegasus/ (English Alien - her page on facebook) www.amazon.co.uk/Hidden-Voice-Publishing-Anthology-1-ebook/dp/B07W6R9MP8/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&...

Latest Spoken Label features the wonderful Fokkina McDonnell who I met back in March at her home. She is the author of three collections 'Another Life (2016 - Oversteps Books), Nothing serious nothing dangerous (2019 - Indigo Dreams) and A Stolen Hour (2020 - Grey hun Press)   You can find out more about Fokkina at: https://acaciapublications.co.uk/  Poems read in this session were: &nbs...

Back in the house, latest Spoken Label features a writer right from my old home town, Stretford D_James_Bond More about D can be found out at: https://twitter.com/D_jamesbond https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/dbond34  https://www.wattpad.com/davidjbond He is also the cohost of the new Podcast series Managing Without Football: https://soundcloud.com/managingwithoutfootball Pieces read ou...

Latest Spoken Label session features Crumpsall Riddle. Crumpsall Riddle is Steven Ball and Jude Cowan Montague talking about their debut album 'Looking after the Duck'. The album can be purchased from: https://wormholeworld.bandcamp.com/album/looking-after-the-duck Song played after the session is 'The Old Man'  www.judecowanmontague.com twitter.com/JudeMontague www.facebook.com/jude.montague...

** Contains language not suitable for everybody ** Recorded pre lockdown and at Stretford’s always welcoming Literature open Mic night, Speak Easy before a recent show (and includes two pieces recorded live) features the wonderful Amy King. More details about Amy can be found on Facebook at: amykingpoetry. Poems read out include two bonus pieces recorded at Speak Easy on the night Which give a fee...

Featuring special guest co host, Amanda Steel - Making a long overdue return to Spoken Label is David Hartley was originally featured back on Spoken Label all the way back in April 2016, and at the time was the runner of Speak Easy, Stretford's always welcoming open mic literature night. Since I (Andy N) took over the night with Steve and Amanda, David has now moved onto to running Big Words, a ve...

Latest Session Spoken Label recorded recently features the wonderful Thomas McColl, author of "Grenade Genie" from Fly in the Wall Press (Thanks to Fly in the Wall for putting us in touch) who I chatted to recently. Poems recorded during this session included: 1. the greatest poem 2. Security pass 3. the phony war 4. the surgery I go to has a two headed doctor More details about Thomas can be foun...

Latest Spoken Label features the wonderful Anthony Smith, a regular at Speak Easy, the Literature open mic night I co run. Anthony can be contacted at: anthonypauleosmith@outlook.com Pieces read out during this session: 1) One at a time. 2) A intriguing idea 3) P T S D (Darker Days and Nights) 4) A change of perspective. 5) A love for the simple things so beautiful. 6) Listen to you 7) A love lett...

Following from the welcome reissue of her first session on Spoken Label a few days ago, Spoken Label is proud to present a brand new session from Sarra Culleno where she reads the following pieces: Pieces read out here include: 1. Burn Out 2. Fireworks in February 3. Shut Up 4. Big Voice 5. Beacon 6. Dam Busting London born and Manchester based, Sarra Culleno is a poet, mother of two and English t...

Recorded live on twitter on 09 April 2020, Amanda Steel reads out a extract from her new book 'Ghost of Me' and answers questions sent in by Andy N (Spoken label). Ghost of Me can be bought from all booksellers including Amazon on: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Me-Amanda-Steel-ebook/dp/B07YNRH3FC/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=amanda+steel+ghost+of+me&qid=1586451879&sr=8-2 (among lots o...

Latest Spoken Label Podcast features the amazing Pete K Mally, rock compere/DJ/comedian and Author of 'Resurrection Mill' and the forthcoming 'The Call' More information about Pete can be found at: petekmally.co.uk

Latest Spoken Label flashback episode dates back to June 2019 and features is the lovely Sarra Culleno who I met at Stretford's leading Spoken Word night 'Speakasy' just before. More of Sarra's poetry can be seen at her youtube channel of www.youtube.com/channel/UCOXQq5kcpq5hhOZBvA0T_Ag Poems read out during this session include: 1. Lamb & Tiger 2. Wedding Lie 3. Muruch Gollerus 4. Madam May 5...