Spoken Label

Latest up from Spoken Label, features the return of our friend, Jo Somerset. Jo Somerset is based in Manchester. She completed a MA in Creative Writing in May 2020 at the University of Salford, where she received the Leanne Bridgewater Award for Innovation and Experiment. Like Isla, Jo grew up in Birmingham with an unspoken Celtic heritage. A love of the Hebrides and her experience with a blended...

Latest up from Spoken Label features Toki Ward from the band Onion Mash. Onion Mash are a 4 piece female-fronted melodic (mainly) hard-rock band formed in 2021, but as the name suggests, their music is a mash up- a little bit hard-rock, heavy metal elements off melodic, even a little punk with raw emotional vocals, big personalities and plenty of hooky riffs. More details: https://www.facebook.com...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry / Spoken Word Podcast) features Unspoken. Unspoken is a Tampa poet, actor, host, workshop facilitator and member of the Growhouse Collective who has performed throughout the US both professionally and competitively. A 2nd Generation American, much of Unspoken's writing deals with being Latino in the U.S. and the nature of identity. Unspoken also writes about...

Latest up from Spoken Label features making her debut, the amazing Hayley Lyn Gordon. Hayley is a mother of 2 and a spoken word artist, known as, Twisted Tales and was born and raised in Anfield, Liverpool. She writes about motherhood, love, heartache, co-parenting, grief, addiction, mental health and random stuff e.g. about her cat eating ham! She started a project in 2023 that involves incorpora...

Latest Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features making her debut, Lynne Thompson. Lynne Thompson was Los Angeles’ 2021-22 Poet Laureate and received a Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. She is the author of three previous collections of poetry: Beg NoPardon, Start With A Small Guitar, and Fretwork, winner of the 2019 Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize. Thompson is the re...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Artist / Writer / Poetry Podcast) features the return of our friend, Christine Stoddard. Christine is a writer, filmmaker, and artist named one of MSN's Top 10 Inspirational Women to Look Out for In 2024, one of Brooklyn Magazine's Top 50 Most Fascinating People, and a Ms. Magazine "Ms. Muse." Her critically-acclaimed work includes the stage play &quo...

Latest from Spoken Label features the return of our friend, 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...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry / Spoken Word Podcast) features making her debut is the amazing Courtney Ward. Courtney is a neurodivergent and chronically ill writer, writing group facilitator, artist and photographer. With mixed heritage and also having mental health difficulties, she faces the odds of having to deal with silent battles and expresses them, so truthfully, turning heartache in...

Latest up from Spoken Label, making her debut is the amazing Kate Ireland. Kate describes herself "Hi there, I'm an artist from Scotland with a fidgety brain. I play with the boundaries of performance, installation, text, and community practice. My art is all about fighting the urge to optimize ourselves through language and gathering. It is also about connecting to the primal, childlike,...

Latest up from Spoken Label, features Levenshulme based poet, artist, Based in Manchester, UK I work from my home studio creating body adornments, festival decor and offer workshops for you to learn a new craft and have lots of fun. Heather describes herself as "I am a Human, flawed and vulnerable as you. I wonder through our shared world with an insatiable appetite for connections with peopl...

Latest up from Spoken Label features making her debut, Kate Hook, Kate is a cheese-obsessed writer who was born in Wythenshawe, South Manchester. She now lives in Sale (primarily because they have a better selection of cheeses) with her husband and two children. She’s been writing poetry since she was about six or seven years old, and describes herself as a “fair weather feminist” because putting...

The latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry / Spoken Podcast) features Natasha Tingle. Natasha Tingle is a disabled writer and performer centred around Wigan, Bolton and Manchester. She loves the power and playfulness of words. She creates visual poetry that leans heavily into metaphor. She especially seeks to connect with spoken word audiences, to inspire them or make them think by speaking truth. Sh...

Latest up from Spoken label features the return of Yvonne UGarte, Author of "My Aunt Jean's a Dinosaur and other poems". More about Yvonne can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/yvonne.beeston

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poet / Author Podcast) making her debut features our friend Lindy Newns. Lindy Newns lives in Chorlton. Her poetry and flash fiction has appeared in Orbis, Acumen, Riggwelter, L’Ephemere, Popshot. She has been shortlisted for the Strand, Reflex and HCCA Flash competitions, has won the Freshers poetry prize, been shortlisted for the Bridport poetry prize, and her work i...

Latest up from Spoken Label features the return of our friend, Fin Hall. Fin Hall is the New Pitsligo-based poet and artistic organiser extraordinaire. Fin is the host of Like A Blot From The Blue and Poetry In The Park. Fin is also a filmmaker, collaborative writer, and publisher. He has two solo collections, Once Upon A Time There Was, Now There Isn’t, published by Runcible Spoon, and, Over 1800...

Special Spoken Label (Spoken Word) Podcast today features Clive Oseman and Nayma Chamchoun both returning to read extracts from both of their recently released books. The books are described as follows: "Clive Oseman's Musical Hamsters and much bigger issues is here to blow your mind and tickle your funny bone with a heavy dose of absurdity. This isn't just another book; It's a wi...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry / Spoken Word Podcast) features the return of our friend Alta H Haffner. Alta's journey as a writer is described best from "beginnings to crafting literary legacies, Alta’s unwavering dedication to the written word has transformed her life and touched countless others. As an author, poet, Haikuist, editor, and publisher, she fearlessly embraces her pass...

Latest Spoken Label Podcast (Poetry / Artist Podcast) features Abi Williams from talking One World Festival talking about this festival in New Mills on Saturday 06 July 2024. One World Festival is an annual festival celebrating peace, the environment, cultural diversity, community & world. In addition, we also talk about Abi's love of Poetry and her radio programme on Dark Peak Radio. One...

Today's Podcast is another special, this time from Old Scratch Press, a new press featuring a cooperative of poets and short-form authors who have come together to promote the publication and appreciation of poetry and short-form writing. This Podcast features the following writers: Ellis Elliott is the creator of Bewilderness Writing, and she received her MFA in Creative Writing from Queens U...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) making her debut features Charlotte Wood. Charlotte advises she is a writer of all things spooky, macabre, and downright sinister. Charlotte has been a fan of the horror genre since discovering it at age 13 and has sought it out in all its forms ever since. Charlotte has written many scary short stories throughout her life and Heather (her debu...

Latest Spoken Label (Author / Writer Podcast) features making their debut, Neda Aria. Neda's bio advises "| write, I create, I build worlds in my imagination. Writing is my soul, creating is my passion. I write to explore the human mind, | write to reveal what's beneath that beautiful mask of yours. I uncover the darkness within. I dare to free words, I dare to be brave, I dare to say...

Special episode for Spoken Label (Author Chat) features the return of our friend, Nicola Worswick. Nicola advises "I first started writing and illustrating my children’s book series when I was 13. The stories follow the big bad pirate Captain Cuthbert and his long suffering cat, Scat, whom I guarantee you will fall in love with. Captain Cuthbert on the other hand is bossy, greedy and selfish...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Writer Chat Podcast) features Janet Sternburg. Janet Sternburg is an American writer of essays, poetry and memoir, as well as a fine art photographer. Her new book,  Looking at Mexico/Mexico Looks Back  (DISTANZ Press), is a bilingual collaboration in photography and words across the Mexican/US border. She lives between Los Angeles and San Miguel de Allende. M...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Poet / Writer Podcast) features Chiara Mason. Chiara is a lifestyle blogger, host of The  chiaragoesglobal  Podcast, and award-winning author. Through her blog, podcast, and poetry book, she aims to authentically share stories and connect with others. At chiaragoesglobal , we hope to foster an inspired and uplifted community where people can show up as their f...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features Drew Garty. Drew Garty is a rather nomadic Scotsman (still kilt wearing) who currently resides inManchester and London. He has been writing for several years and has performed at a number of venues throughout Manchester and the North West and recently debuted in London. His work is based on everyday life observations of people and...