Ahead of his performance in Manchester's latest Christmas production at 53 Two Allfm welcomes back actor & playwright Kenton Craig to perform some live plays he has co written with fellow actors Lewis Pew, Freya Ingram & Sophie Truman

We welcome back author, ambient musician & podcaster Andy N to celebrate his debut Novel Birth. We look back on how his creativity has evolved since collaborating with his lovely wife Amanda Nicholson on a number of projects

We welcome Author & performance poet Richard Harries back to Allfm to discuss the highlights of his writing career from invitations to perform at festival and best selling charity albums

Audio producer Jack Bowman chats to Allfm.org about his new full cast audio movie for Halloween 2023 -London After Midnight which is reimagining of the iconic 1927 silent movie Available to own from October 25th 2023

https://londonaftermidnightaudio.bandcamp.com/album/london-after-midnight

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

Blackpool based Kenton Craig chats to allfm.org about embarking on a second career as an actor & playwright. This episode was first broadcast on 3/9/23

Ahead of a special words of hope event as part of GM suicide prevention programme Salford based poet J Ahmed discusses the healing affects of poetry and shares some of his powerful spoken word with Allfm listeners. J regularly performs and is commissioned to write and inspire communities to get together . Email him [email protected] if you wish to take part in this year's annual event

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 can find James on Spotify.

On his birthday week allfm.org welcomed back New author and Poet John Botterill for a special 2 hour show to celebrate the latest release of Away with words poetic reflections in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. This is hour 2 first broadcast on the 13/8/23

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.