Sunday Chats 969

Ruth welcomes back Manchester Female Fronted Rock Metal Band to the Allfm Studios to celebrate the release of the 2nd single from Onion Mash -One Minute More which tackles the current mental health crisis in the uk

Stockport author David Hardy chats to allfm.org about his debut poetry collection Off-Beat Spark 145 quirky light &dark poems for life's ups and downs. We also find out how a cheeky poetic submission landed him a book dea with a traditional publisher in record time!

David Nolan -Multi Award Winning British Author chats to Allfm.org about his latest Novel Rain Falls Hards with Allfm and discusses how he has evolved from being an author of music biographies to king of Manc Noir Crime fiction

Ahead of the release of the latest EP Friend/Imposter local Musician Chas Frederick chats to Allfm.org about his band Strange & Charm, where he collaborates with fellow Neil Finn fan and superb vocalist Kay Scoble. Although the band is heavily inspired by Crowded House & the Blues they specialise in producing original tracks that bring storytelling to life. They tackle themes of everyday life that...

Children's Author Nicola Worswick chats to allfm.org about the positive aspects of having Dyslexia and how it's lead to her creating a series of 7 story books and accompanying workshops to encourage kids to make the most out of their visual learning experience. Find out more about Captain Cuthbert & his adventures with Scat the cat here https://linktr.ee/scatthecat

A Bonus Episode with Chas & Leigh from Split Frenz, where Chas introduces us to his second band Strange & Charm which has a crowded house influence as well as some Blues

Ahead of their performance as part of Chorlton Arts Festival allfm.org welcomed Leigh & Chas from Split Frenz UK 's top tribute act to Neil Finn's Split Endz to the studio to play some live music and tell us what inspired them to form the band Follow Split_Frenz on IG to find out more

We join author & comedian Philip Carter for a review of Daliso Chaponda's Live citizen of nowhere show live from Z-Arts Manchester

Allfm welcomes back Manchester based Singer/Songwriter James Reid for the first time since lockdown. Ahead of the release of his latest single Silly Games James tells us how he went from singing cover versions to winning awards for songs he had written himself. James' passion for encouraging other local artists has also led to him hosting a variety of open mic nights in & around Manchester. You ca...

We welcome Author and poet John Botterill back to the Allfm studios to celebrate the release of his 3rd book in less than a year 'Away with words-Poetic Reflections' (available to buy on Amazon) As always proceeds will go to The Teenage Cancer Trust.

We catch up with Comedian Phil Carter following his debut shows for GM fringe & find out what the experience has inspired him to do next. First Broadcast on allfm.org 23/07/23

Friend of the show Phil Carter introduces New Singer/Songwriter Issy Sutcliffe to allfm.org ahead of her debut single on Aug 9th as she embarks on her new career as a solo artist. This episode was 1st broadcast on All 96.9 23/07/23

Featuring tracks from Jack's new album with The Dirt and live poetry from his debut book Talking Myself Out Of Trouble, Jack has also written a 2nd book- Don't believe the hype & a children's book as part of a Halloween workshop he curated

Ahead of Levy Punk Weekender Author, Performance Poet and Musician Jack Horner chats to allfm.org about discovering his creative side as he recovered from PTSD & how it's launched a 2nd career in the arts for him including the release of his first album with new band - The Dirt

Sara Abanur and Oceana Cage from Switch MCR chat to allfm.org about their save me seat Festival celebrating the Global Majority which is on at 53Two Manchester this weekend

Ruth welcomes author, comedian & poet Philip Carter back to allfm 96.9 ahead of his Manchester Fringe performancefor a day of debuts, as Phil performs serious poetry for father's day for the first time and reviews Manchester play KitKat currently showing at 53two on 19 Watson Street

Allfm welcomes author & Youtuber Andrew Lyall to the show to discuss his latest book release 'The Well at the end of the world' https://amzn.eu/d/7A7r06k and tells us how a writing course from Manchester based 'comma press ' revived his writing career

From Website poet to published author we welcome back Write Out Loud Poet John Botterill to celebrate the release of his Autobiography ( so far) in poetry All Roads Lead to Malton with all proceeds going to The teenage cancer trust it can be purchased here https://amzn.eu/d/cm7rOUg

Ahead of World Poetry Day on the week of International Women's Day, Author - Performance Poet Ali Davenport discussed her writing journey with Allfm.org which includes a powerful TED X talk https://youtu.be/1jgZJKf0c14 Ali also shared her new exclusive poem 'Save Ryebank Fields' You can read Ali's work on her website https://www.soulsurvivalguide.co/

One of Manchester's most creative couples Amanda Nicholson & Andy N chat to Allfm about the release of Amanda's latest printed words anthology - Nobody left behind https://amzn.eu/d/2y4BBxf aswell as Andy's long awaited poetry collection - From the diabetic ward Volume 1 https://amzn.eu/d/fdRM9wD This episode was first broadcast on Allfm 96.9 on 26 February 2023 -the release day of Andy & Amanda's...

We welcome back Amanda Nicholson & Andy N to Allfm to celebrate the release of their debut ambient music EP 'Mandy in a bottle' which can be purchased on the following link https://oceaninabottle.bandcamp.com/album/mandy-in-a-bottle-drowning-in-the-ocean

We welcome back the multi talented Phillip Carter to Allfm on the 2nd anniversary of his bestselling sci-fi book 'Who built the humans?' to tell us about his current hit title 52 horror prompts and details of how you can now get writing coaching from him. realphillipcarter.substack.com https://amzn.eu/d/i6aqiRe

Award winning journalist and author from Andrew Shanahan chats to Allfm about his bestselling Manchester based novel Before & After and it's newly released sequel Flesh and Blood

Poet & Digital Archivist Sam Bartle chats to Allfm about his website Poetinverse.com and the app 'What Was Here?' Which helps residents of Yorkshire rediscover the historical roots of their local area.

Part 1 of our interview with writer and author Jas Hothi. Jas has shared with Allfm his journey from blogger to author, how The Indie Author came together, and why he felt the need to bring this book into the world. You can purchase a copy of The Indie Author book directly from books.indiewriter.net