Joined by Robert Florence, Kev and Rab discuss the differences between comedy and poetry scenes, reading in live performance, and 'Poetry voice'. This season of The Loudcast was made possible through the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Week two of #NaPoWriMo2021 and we're writing a golden shovel! If you'd like to get involved then we have good news! Not only do we have great golden shovels from Rachel Amey & Tawona Sithole but we also have a comprehensive workshop led by Dr. Katie Ailes to help you write your own! You can find Rachel & Tawona's poems here: https://youtu.be/OioUZz9L4ck

And to start writing your own, join Katie here: https://youtu.be/8TWsJKfj8wA

One down, four poems to go!

We hope you enjoyed our discussion on writing concrete poetry. Feel free to share your work with us over on social media, we would love to see your Concrete Poems from last week and can't wait to share our Golden Shovels!

Kev is joined by special guest Imogen Stirling to discuss writing in form, spoken word theatre, and cross-artform collaboration. Plus Imogen shares an incredible excerpt from her upcoming show 'Love The Sinner'.

This season of The Loudcast was made possible through the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

We'd love you all to take part in #NaPoWriMo​ with us so please send us your work throughout April! This week we are focusing on writing concrete poetry. Be sure to join us on twitter.com/IAmLoudPro to see our tips and advice for writing in form and share your writing with us! How to Write a Concrete Poem: https://youtu.be/8NrwGNKU0J8 Return to Form - Concrete Poetry: https://youtu.be/TBp81pORL9M Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud​ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro​ Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble​ Website: https://iamloud.co​ Sign up to our newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dxzKIL​

For this season finale of the Loudcast, we've turned the tables: Kevin Mclean is the guest, with Katie Ailes in the host chair! They discuss Kevin's approach to being a Creative Director, his evolving writing practices, and what motivates his creativity. As always, we also feature three poems at the start of the show: Kevin's poem "I Want" and the sestinas that Paul Case and Gray Crosbie created for our Return to Form series. Plus, Kevin shares a rarely-performed poem at the end of the show. Enjoy! The conversation continues on the Loudcast Extra - sign up to our Patreon to watch! https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud​ The poem Kevin performs at the end currently lacks a title - suggest your ideas in the comments! Links from the Show Learn more about our Return to Form project: http://iamloud.co/rtf Watch the promo videos for our LPMMPUWCGPT Invitational: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrqBc7cnm-Os6-e6DEIGRcrOpgkMQUWf3 Soapbox (run through the University of Edinburgh Literature Society): https://twitter.com/soapboxin Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists: https://twitter.com/pandemonialists Host - Katie Ailes - https://katieailes.com Guest - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Support us: Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro

Hello, hello, hello! On this episode of The Loudcast Kevin is joined by two amazing guests, Cerys Matthews and Adam Horovitz, to discuss the amazing new album 'We Come From The Sun.' The album features 10 incredible UK-based poets, including Adam, and musical scoring by Hidden Orchestra! We also have Adam's track 'A House Built From Cloth' for you to check out and another Return to Form video featuring Callum O'Dwyer & Hannah Lavery. You can listen to the full album 'We Come From The Sun' right here: https://open.spotify.com/album/7qfE4L Links from the Show Cerys' Twitter - https://twitter.com/cerysmatthews Cerys' Website - http://cerysmatthews.co.uk/ Cerys' BBC Radio 6 show - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00llg30 Adam's Thunder Mutters podcast - https://the-thunder-mutters.captivate (also available on Spotify) Adam's music and poetry project Little Metropolis on Bandcamp - https://littlemetropolis.bandcamp.com Adam's most recent book - https://palewellpress.co.uk/Books-Nat Music by Hidden Orchestra - http://www.hiddenorchestra.com Album Cover Artist Val - http://sculptureval.com/en/about/ 'Everything is going to be All Right' by Derek Mahon - https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/blogs/news/poem-a-day-everything-is-going-to-be-all-right Host - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Producer - Mark Gallie - https://twitter.com/ZaJollyGinger Researcher - Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/KatieAiles Support us: Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro

Hello, Hello, Hello and welcome back to the Loudcast! This episode Kevin is joined by the one and only Harry Baker and between the two of them they cover a wide range of poetry and performance related topics. Some of these topics include but are not limited to; The benefits of other artform's influences; online gigs and getting paid in fish!

We also have poems from Dan Simpson and another Return to Form video featuring Jo Gilbert & Courtney Stoddart. You can see an extended interview with Harry as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now!

You can find Harry over on Twitter & Instgram @harrybakerpoet Or on his website: https://www.harrybaker.co/

Links from the Show

Dan Simpson - Clickbait - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga_MP8dGDIo Return To Form - Univocal - Jo Gilbert & Courtney Stoddart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l2L5DUAbTs&t=71s

Host - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Producer - Mark Gallie - https://twitter.com/ZaJollyGinger Researcher - Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/KatieAiles