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

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Following on from the main podcast some listener heard me mention there was more of our interview that I ran out of time to broadcast & requested to hear it. Lily discusses book marketing, importantance of writing community, substack and how she gets some of her ideas

Multi Genre Author Lily Lawson chats to allfm.org about their latest short story collection Sandcastles which is a blend of 21 thought-provoking tales including flash fiction this episode was first broadcast on May 5th on 96.9 AllFM

Ahead of her creative writing workshops as part of the Chorlton Arts Festival on May 18th Manchester based author Tessa Singh tells allfm.org about her latest book for kids 'Little Bob Saves The World' & how her book tour encourages children's curiosity on how to write their own best selling book, as well as learn fun science facts and express their emotions more easily. More can be found out about Tessa by visiting her website https://www.tessasingh.co.uk/ This episode was first broadcast on 96.9 Allfm 28/4/2024

Manchester based Comedian Grant Curnow celebrates the release of his debut album 'Troubles of an amateur time lord' with allfm.org

& one of the co-hosts on Grant's podcast 'Not the TV Guide' Podcaster & Novelist Andy N

This episode also contains a preview of Wales' prestigious independent horror movie event Rhyller Thriller which happens on May 18th 2024

Manchester born Sports Writer & Performance Poet Steve Mingle discusses his debut laugh out loud poetry book with allfm.org

More Poems About Rucksacks and Phones https://amzn.eu/d/e5FvnHc proceeds go to a Manchester Homeless Project based in Steve's hometown of Ashton. This episode was first broadcast on April 14th 2024

Charlotte Faulconbridge of Inclusive Creatives discusses her new book Too High To Function with allfm.org Too High to Function

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Hour 2 of our chat with Charlotte Faulconbridge as we celebrate her Best Selling Book Too High to Function on Autism Acceptance Day

This episode was first broadcast on allfm.org on March 31st 2024

We welcome back Salford based author Bryan Blears to discuss his 2nd Novel 'I Will Follow You' and how his writing has evolved since his debut novel 'These walls were never really there' . Bryan also introduces us to new band Sycamore City who he has recently started writing music with

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