Spoken Label

Spoken Label

By Andy NArtsPerforming Arts
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Spoken Label episodes

  • Amanda Nicholson (Spoken Label, Feb 2022)

    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, so much more.

    More about Amanda can be found at:

    https://amandasteelwriter.wordpress.com/


    50 min
  • Jackie Morrey Grace (Spoken Label, February 2022)

    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), Ed.


    Likes: Cats, kind hearts, kids and camomile tea.


    Dislikes: D*ckheads. Ticks.


    I am also a professional copywriter and published author of On Ravensdale Hill and Asila's Song, my two 

    IOM Arts Council funded, self-illustrated poetic stories.


    I have two YA fantasy fiction novels in the pipeline too -

    The Boy Without Wings & The Call of the Birds."


    More about Jackie can be found at: https://jackiemorreygrace.weebly.com/


    or https://www.instagram.com/jackieswickedrhymes/


    Pieces read out in this session include:


    1. Vesparum (Wasp) 

    2. Stardust

    3. Blackbird

    4. (Untitled)

    5. Extract from "On Ravensdale Hill"

    51 min
  • Tom Melsen (Spoken Label, January 2022)

    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 art books. His work has been widely exhibited in group and solo exhibitions around the world.

    After releasing several albums with various bands and film/art-project soundtracks, Melsen released three experimental, electronic solo albums. His latest album titled “Dadaism” (2019) was recorded in Berlin and features soundscapes of the German capital; a city forever in construction. ‘Dadaism’ is an all instrumental album and tells the story of the dada art movement in sound.

    Melsen self-published a book of little rhymes in 2020. The book, titled Quack, is full of rebellious and humorous short rhymes. In Quack, Melsen revisits experiences from his early years up until his thirties.

    Aftermath is Melsen’s first worldwide published poetry book."


    More about Tom can be found at: 

    https://linktr.ee/melsenpoetry

    https://tommelsen.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/melsenpoetry/

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aftermath-Tom-Melsen/dp/B09GZH3QVW/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=tom+melsen+aftermath&qid=1632936513&sr=8-1


    Pieces read out in this session include:

    1. The Search

    2. Ireland 

    3. Widower

    4. 

    41 min
  • Phillip Carter (Spoken Label, January 2022)

    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 into manageable slices. "  

    More about Phillip can be found at:   

    https://pod.link/1536513851

    https://www.whobuiltthehumans.com/

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Who-Built-Humans-Phillip-Carter/product-reviews/1838112154/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews

    https://www.wattpad.com/1060546029-the-stephanie-glitch-ya-science-fiction-novel-part

    https://www.mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Bookshelf/hannahs-bookshelf-with-special-guest-phillip-carter-27112021/

    https://paisleyprintauthor.substack.com/

    https://linktr.ee/Phillipcarter

    https://twitter.com/hologrammatical

    https://www.instagram.com/paisleyprintauthor/

    Pieces read out in this session include: 

    1) False Vacuum

    2) Blood Sell

    3) Jeodesics not free 

    4) Universal Slam Poem


    44 min
  • Loll Perkin (Spoken Label, January 2022)

    * 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.


    32 min
  • Ray Douglas (Spoken Label, January 2022)

    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 


    1.  Global trotting

    2.  Homework

    3.  Bubbles 

    4.  Farts 

    5.  Greatest

    6.  If aliens played football

    7.  The Silly Sausage Saga Part 2 (Take 1)

    8.  The Silly Sausage Saga Part 2 (Take 2)

    9.  Salad time

    10. Untitled

    11. The tooth fairy's last chance

    12. Families

    13. Pants

    43 min
  • Susan Darlington (Spoken Label, January 2022)

    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 Ibsen's Nora, and - like her - will leave you looking at the world with fresh eyes."
    Hannah Stone, author of Reflections: A Poet-Theologian in Lockdown Leeds (Maytree Press)

    and

    "Like a doll’s house, this neat, playful chapbook gives us the world in miniature. Only the wall is off. These poems expose the reader to the elements of Susan Darlington’s lucid imagination, vining the body of the speaker to the non-human world and illuminating what natural cycles can transform. Traumatropic Heart is a bewitching read.”

    Becky Cherriman, author of Empires of Clay (Cinnamon Press).

    Pieces read out in this session include:

    1. Traumatropic heart
    2. After the storm has passed
    3. It's said
    4. The Doll's House
    5. Stone babies

    The collection can be bought at:
    www.selcouthstation.com/product-page/traumatropic-heart-by-susan-darlington

    Susan can be found on twitter at:
    twitter.com/S_sanDarlington

    Her 1st session for Spoken Label can be found on all the usual networks including:
    spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/susan-darlington-spoken-label-march-2021

    34 min
  • Terry Caffrey (Spoken Label, December 2021)

    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 songs chosen to 

    be one of the official children's songs for the 2012 Olympic and was wrote numerous poetry books 

    including 'It wasn't me, miss'.

    43 min
  • Esther Koch (Spoken Label, December 2021)

    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. She says that she  “needed an outlet for the nonsense” in her head and wanted people to see who she really was.  

    More about Esther can be found at:   https://www.instagram.com/estie_poet/ 

    Pieces read out in this session include:

    1. Sarrasine 

    2. Soulful  


    #EstherKoch #Poetry #PoetryPodcast #Podcast #SpokenWordPodcast #SpokenWord #ManchesterPoetry #PoetryManchester #Manchester

    42 min
  • Crystal Stewart (Spoken Label, December 2021)

    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 Lives 

    31 min

About Spoken Label

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Spoken Label is a podcast series designed to interview and record sessions from authors, poets, artists, musicians etc in North West England and beyond.