Latest up from Spoken Label features the wonderful James Russell. Pieces read out include: 1. The Club 2. The Guest More about James can be found at:  https://twitter.com/jamesrwrites

Latest Spoken Label features the lovely Amy Charlotte Kean: You can find out more about Amy at: twitter.com/keano81 Poems read out in this session include: 1. Captives 2. Evening Primrose 3. Mind your own business 4. Crow garlic

New from Spoken Label is the wonderful Tallulah Howarth. More about Tallulah can be found at;  https://www.facebook.com/tallulahhowarthcreative/ Poems read out in this session include: 1. Kitchen Sink Surrealism 2. Bedroom at the bottom of the English Channel 3. There is something wrong with the tap 4. Humans are infintive repulsive

.Latest Spoken Label session is from the amazing Leanne Moden More about Leanne can be found at:  https://www.leannemoden.com/ Pieces read out in this session include:  1. A piece of the pie 2. Fishface 3. Bad Kisser 4. Star Struck

.Back in the house today is Spoken Label this time with the wonderful Steve Mingle. More about Steve can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/vlad.the.inhaler57/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu3svfsAzlAwQcAnTljLXVA (Youtube - Garden Shed Poetry) 1. Ashton Market Part 1 2. Pictures of your dinner. 3. 15 minutes of fame. 4. Smart Phone Wa*kers

Latest Podcast is back in Ireland with Danielle Holian author off "Beautifully Chaotic" and "The Dilemma" Danielle Holian can be found on twitter, instragram and facebook. Poems read out include: 1. Four Walls. 2. Community 3. Wake Up Call 4. Where are you leaving? 5. Finding up 6. Boy to Man 7. My other half 8. Past Life 9. Stump 10. Grace to heartbreak

Latest Spoken Label features the wonderful Leila Ziari: Some links for Leila include:  Official Website:  http://leilaziari.com/ Author Page:  https://www.amazon.com/Leila-Ziari/e/B084RGXJJF Official Poetry Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/lovepoemstoapoet/ Leila Ziari Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/leilaziaripoet/ Love Poems To A Poet: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084GNPMPR/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Official Youtube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2gU46F9RmhTkZteu8qjpyg Poems read out include: 1. Rivers of Passion 2. Born to love 3. Loyalty  4. Wishing on a star 5. Heartstrings

Top of the morning guys, back with anther session is Spoken Label with a session from Dina Nassour, all the way from Latakia, Al Ladhiqiyah in Syria. More about Dina can be found at: daughterofall (instragam) Poems read out on this session include:  1. Disoriented 2. Bird 3. Of poetry, of desert and wild imagination with him 4. Snuffed Soul

Back in the house with Spoken Label is a old friend of ours, Sarah James reading and talking about his new multi media project Room More about Sarah including a link to the project is here www.sarah-james.co.uk Pieces read out in this project include: 1) Diagnosis. 2) The arc as. 3) People scare me because. 4) Self forgivenes 5) Not

** Contains topics and language not suitable for all ** Back in the house, here is another new Podcast from Spoken Label featuring the lovely Leanne Geaney. Poems read out in this session include: 1. Living the dream 2. The bee and the flower 3. I thought I couldn't live without you (...) 4. Are you loving it? You can find out more about Leanne at: www.commongroundscollective.ie/leannegeaney

Latest Spoken Label back in the house as always features the excellent Joanne McCarthy. Poems read in this session include: 1. No Carbon Footprints 2. Inbite 3. Stargazing (with Irish translation afterwrds) 4. Unhousing You can read Unhousing here:  https://humag.co/poetry/unhousing And she also has work forthcoming in the Stony Thursday Book and the Stinging Fly.

..Latest Spoken Label features the wonderful Beau Williams.  More about Beau can be found at:  https://beauwilliamspoet.com/ https://www.facebook.com/beauwilliamspoet/ https://www.instagram.com/beauwilliamspoet/ https://beauwilliamspoet.com/videos/ Pieces read out in this session include:  1. Highland Inn 2. Kylie Mae 3. Strongest act of bravery 4. Happiness is an old harmonium

Latest Spoken Label Podcast features the wonderful Sam Rapp. Poems read out in this session include: 1. My World 2. I don't do Maths 3. Allington Lock 4. Don't Dys me 5. Friendship 6. My journey with Dyselxia Some links for Sam include: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnEGlTHZkw0 (Her Poem -Rant) whiskyandbeards.co.uk/2018/09/15/sam-rapp/ (Her page on whiskyandbeards) uk.linkedin.com/in/sam-rapp-dyslexic-poet-and-fun-with-words-productions-06aa5a3a (Linkedin) www.facebook.com/Sam-rapp-the-dyslexic-poet-1607623482810400/?ref=br_rs (Her page on facebook) www.facebook.com/groups/354784238704167/?ref=br_rs (Fun with words facebook) twitter.com/SamRapp8?fbclid=IwAR0iV2gt5hILIC7tt5cVUUIigl52Tt8yge5_wv8eNDsfujQ5VH_teZJ11lM (Twitter) www.instagram.com/s_rapp_the_dyslexic_poet_/?fbclid=IwAR33vLdlBbGrG2W8q8Q6E4sUysWmxQWltnoDEc3eFFADKf5pEcM2hd8tNOQ (Instagram)

Back in the house for Spoken Label is the wonderful Mark Rogers. Pieces read out were: 1) So 2) So 3) So 4) So Mark can be found on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002462382303 He can also be contacted through [email protected] & links to his books; '.....So,50' and '....So, much better' available direct from me or thru www.lulu.com   

Back in the house for a returning session features a old friend of Spoken Label, Stafford's Poet Laureate, Mel Wardle Woodend. Poets read out in this session include: 1. What is Community? 2. Echoes 3. Ally 4. Empathy A video of Echoes created with Jonathon Watkiss can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWtQ0xbNZQw&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3dn0ytg5Zj6Z1Y99PwSgyvymAVhHEaH09CnWL7fVUb67GrDji3hfs0COM More about Mel can be found at: www.melwoodendwriting.com Her facebook page is: www.facebook.com/melwardlewoodend/

With Amanda Steel sitting in attendance, Returning guest today for Spoken Label is the lovely Roz Weaver, originally from Liverpool but now based in Leeds. Poems read out in this session include: 1. How Trauma dresses at Daybreak 2. Home is where the spirit goes 3. Vigil 4. Communion 5. Smoke the Peace Pipe 6. The moment you haven't met yet (Live, That's what she said, August 2019) Her Instagram is @weaverroz Blog is www.undercompulsionpoetry.com Her debut book Smoke the Peace Pipe is available here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smoke-Peace-Pipe-Roz-Weaver/dp/1735023019/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Roz+Weaver&qid=1596743442&sr=8-1

Latest from Spoken Label features the wonderful Grae J Wall all the way from St Albans. More about Grae can be found at: The poetry underground (facebook) graejwall.bandcamp.com graejwall.bandcamp.com/album/mouseclubvirusblues Pieces read out during this session include: 1. Breathe 2. Barely talking 3. One simple day 4. We 5. The Waiting Lounge (Bonus – from mouseclubvirusblues) 6. The Bomb (Bonus from - mouseclubvirusblues)

The wonderful Don Dolby is our latest guest on Spoken Label. Pieces read out on this session include:  1. November forest frost. 2. Can you?  3. Reflections on Hammersmith 4. Nothing  5. 18 years, 10 months and 19 days.  Useful links for Don include: blog: griffonnier.blogspot.com website: www.elusiveillusion.co.uk Poems by other poets local to Buxton can be found at: buxtonspokenwords.blogspot.com

Latest up for Spoken Label is the wonderful Ruairi Coneely You can find out more about Ruairi at:  https://about.me/rmconneely https://twitter.com/RMConneely Pieces read in this session were:  1) Sneeze Collector 2) (Untitled) 3) Auburn

Latest Spoken Label is from the wonderful Carol Fenwick, host of the excellent new Podcast series Carol's Pod reading out a few of her own poems: Poems read out include: 1) Customer Service Experience  2) The Day Alex turns Dictator The facebook for the Podcast series is: www.facebook.com/groups/2842007266022392/ A few links for the Podcast include: (Anchor) anchor.fm/carol5297 (Spotify) open.spotify.com/show/53SDHg7oLcNjJF2uznD5m4 (Itunes/Apple) podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1523068198 (Breaker) www.breaker.audio/carols-pod (Google Podcast) www.google.com/podcasts (Overcast) overcast.fm/itunes1523068198/carol-s-pod (Pocketcast) pca.st/nzfnudgk (Radiopublic) radiopublic.com/carols-pod-Wx34oV Spoken Label's archive is: spokenlabel.bandcamp.com

Back on the road for Spoken Label is a feature with the wonderful Mark P Henderson. More about Mark can be found at: markphenderson.com Pieces read in this session include: 1. (Extract from Folk Tales of the Peak) 2. (Extract from Cruel and unusual punnishments) 3. (Extract from National Cake Day) 4. (Extract from The Engklimastat)

Latest Spoken Label and keeping the flow going as always features all the way from France, Richard Earls. More about Richard can be found at: www.facebook.com/richardearlslive/ www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZEihDd1U3Re2JPRrAmmDdX9CTS3aT0d&fbclid=IwAR0PX5t5mVfxGWBinfpRHJRixs7uI7nTU8AH81qy8rdHsOjQJhOKy41UT68 Poems read out in this session include: 1) The Arms Factory Tour (Hellfire) 2) Too soon 3) Signposts 4) Don't hate Heroes

Latest Spoken Label features the wonderful Caroline Burrows (Versecycle). More about Caroline can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNfagvsYi3w_p-Un63KgS_A (youtube) VerseCycle (twitter) VerseCycle (facebook) Poems read out in this session include:  1. Junkies in the underpass 2. A Wilfred Owen Oydssey (A Spring cycling offensive) 3. Neil Young is everywhere. 4. The Hawthorn 5. The Last Waltz

Latest Spoken Label Podcast features the wonderful Lucy Sullivan, author / artist of Barking. More details about Lucy can be found at: lucysullivanuk.com (A second session with Lucy should be following all been well in July / August 2020 with my Comics Podcast Comics Unity)

Latest from Spoken Label features the wonderful Yvonne Reddick Poems read out in this session include: 1. In Oil 2. Madness lake (Slight fluff – a cut will need to be made) 3. Translating Mountains from the Gaelic 4. In the burning seasons 5. Mountain Hare More on Yvonne can be found at: yvonnereddick.org www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/yvonne_reddick.php twitter.com/yvonnereddick www.serenbooks.com/author/yvonne-reddick

Back in the house is Spoken Label, with a dear friend Steve Smythe who Andy co-runs a open mic literature night with called Speak Easy with Andy's partner, Amanda. More information about Steve can be found at: www.facebook.com/steve.smythe.12 Pieces read out include: 1. Spotlight 2. High Tide 3. Karaoke siren 4. Misconnected 5. Leaving Do

New from Spoken Label features a long time friend of Spoken Label Jeffarama! aka Jeff Dawson. More about Jeff Dawson can be found on his write out loud page: www.writeoutloud.net/profiles/jeffarama The Bard Company albums are available for downloaded from: thecrowsofalbion.bandcamp.com/album/bard-company-all-systems-go thecrowsofalbion.bandcamp.com/album/bard-company-raising-the-standards Poems read out during this session include: 1) God grant me the serenity 2) Rock N Roll love poem 3) Give me a country that cares. 4) To you who gave everything.

Latest Spoken Label Podcast features the wonderful Anna Jordan. Poems read out include: 1) Mothers Goodbye letter to a dirty face 2) Sticky feet 3) Tokyo, New York, My Ireland 4) Amazonian nights More about Anna can be found here: Modwords https://www.facebook.com/modwordswaterford/Modhearts Modhearts Poetry Posts https://www.facebook.com/modartsx/

Latest Spoken Label Podcast is from the excellent Luci:d . Luci:d is an award-winning writer and spoken word poet. Her feature sets have included The Poetry Society. Her poetry has appeared in The Social Distancing Festival, covered by BBC, The Stage, and LA Times. Her poem, Clap featured alongside contributions from celebrities Emilia Clarke and Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock in the #copingtogether campaign. Her work has been published in Litro, and has won the Writers Forum International short story competition. She was also one of the winners at Hammer and Tongue in October 2019. Instagram @lucid_spokenword YouTube: Luci:d Spoken Word www.youtube.com/channel/UCde76iCSapjlBCmO-Nr43YA/videos Poems read out in this session include: 1. Clap 2. Alright 3. Trolled

Latest archive session on Spoken Label dating back to November 2019 features the wonderful Linda Quinn Linda Quinn grew up in a caravan in West Country fields and byways. Training at East 15, she worked for 15 years as an actress in theatre, tv and film, later creating and directing performances for Manumission Club in Ibiza. Completing an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck in London, her filmscripts have attracted A-lister attention. She lives and works in London, teaching Creative Writing at City Lit, Greek Street and Pikes Ibiza. She is now completing her first novel, and a series of short stories. She is a co-founder of Pikes Ibiza Literary Festival. More information on Linda be seen at: @ikanto on Instagram @ikanto121 on Twitter thewordfactory.tv/writer/linda-quinn/ Read latest work on thewordfactory.tv/story/what-the-eyes-dont-see/ Her agent is : Julia Silk: [email protected] The extract is from 'Toffee man'. 

Returning for Spoken Label is a old, dear friend of ours Stefan C Gambrell. More about Stefan be found at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012988232484 Poems read out here include: (with thanks to Amanda Steel for attending the poetry section) 1. Free. 2. Ode to the Sofa Surfer 3. Evolution Baby

Latest Spoken Label features the wonderful Sophia Behal all the way from Czech Republic. More about about Sophia can be found at: wuhanpoetry, (bit.ly) souphistication (tumblr) audiobook/wuhan 1 (kobo) Poems read out as part of this session include: 1) NUCity - Lights 2) Weapons down 3) Taken out of #Wuhan

Latest Spoken Label session features Natalie Crick. Natalie Crick, from Newcastle in the UK, has poems published or forthcoming in Stand, Poetry Salzburg Review, Orbis, The Moth, Banshee, Strix, Bare Fiction, New Welsh Review and elsewhere. She is studying for an MPhil in Creative Writing at Newcastle University. Her poetry has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize twice, shortlisted for The Anthony Cronin International Poetry Award 2018, commended in the 2019 Hippocrates Open Awards for Poetry and Medicine and one of her poems was a runner-up in the PBS & Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition 2018, judged by Carol Ann Duffy. This year one of Natalie's poems was commended in the Verve Poetry Festival Competition 2020 on the theme of diversity. She is currently a creative-practitioner-in-residence at the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research at Newcastle University. Some links for Natalie include: And there are a few links: www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/study/students/cricknatalie.html?fbclid=IwAR2VjsqLHykWwdaNnvEp-i6aI5FRdyW0_xith4QHmOEzmzbz3YZzWSbNDFU www.poetrybooks.co.uk/blogs/news/womens-poetry-competition-runner-up-natalie-crick Twitter; natalieiswriting999 Instragram: PoetryNatalie Facebook: fragmentedvoices Poems read out in this session include: 1.'I See You' (published in The Manchester Review) 2. 'Red' (published in Banshee) 3. 'In Remembrance' (published in New Welsh Review) 4. 'Acute Admissions Ward' (published in The Verve Anthology of Diversity Poems and commended in the Verve Poetry Festival Competition 2020) 5. '30 Days' (published in Orbis) 6. 'Baby's Breath' (published in The Interpreter's House.)

Back with his 200th episode (somehow), Andy N chats to Amanda Steel about the history of Spoken Label, and answers questions about the development of this Podcast, how things have changed and offers hints about the future. The full archive is at spokenlabel.bandcamp.com

** contains topics not suitable for everybody ** Latest Poet is from the wonderful and very funny poet from Limmerick Paul McNamara: Pieces read out in this session include: 1) Dating is hard 2) Pauline O'Kelly (aka The Granny Poem) 3) Quarterlife crisis More information about Paul can be found at: paulmcpoet (Twitter) PaulMcPoet (Facebook)

New from Spoken Label is a old friend from Spoken Label, Pete Slater who returns with a brief chat and lots of his poetry. Poetry read out in this session include: 1) The End of Summer 2) We are Soldiers 3) Homeless Blues 4) No Return. 5) Olden Days Pete can be found on facebook as PeteSlaterPoet and youtube as the same.

Latest Spoken Label Podcast features the wonderful Tahira Rehman. Tahira Rehman is a Performance-Poet and an Outreach support worker in Leeds. Her poetry has been published in the US by Our Verse Magazine, Soul-Lit and locally by Make Our Rights Reality Campaign. She made a big name for herself in 2019 with headline performances at award-winning and long running spoken word nights such as Spoken Weird and Punk in Drublic. She is also the author of Mirages to Reality published in April 2019. "A uniquely styled performance that was atmospheric and powerfully thought provoking!" - Blur The Lines | Leeds Playhouse More about Tahira can be found at: www.tahirarehman.com Poems read out during this session include: 1) Mirage 2) Escape 3) Sit by me 4) Travelling Eyes 5) Undefined happiness

Back in the house is a new session with old friend of Spoken Label, DreyZera. Some links for Drey include: www.drayzera.net www.drayzera.net/merch.html www.facebook.com/drayzera www.twitter.com/drayzera www.youtube.com/c/drayzera www.instagram.com/drayzera Pieces read out in this session include: 1) Love of Gabrielle 2) Breeze Of The Sweet Blue Sea 3) Gin unlocked

Latest Spoken Label features the lovely Helena Ascough. Pieces read out in this session include:  1. The Wicked Witch 2. I might not get a 1st.  3. Spring  4. Balloon Brain More about Helena can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/HelenaLouiseAscough/ (facebook) https://www.instagram.com/hellielouascough (Instagram) https://twitter.com/Helena_Ascough (Twitter)

Back in the house for Spoken Label is the wonderful Martin Zarrop, author of three collections, his most recent collection being ‘Is anyone there?’ All three of Martin’s books can be found easily on Amazon And all great booksellers. Poems read out in this session include: 1. Lonelyville. 2. Zombie 3. Hands 4. To my 90s

Latest Spoken Label Podcast is from MIchael Maul, author of "Dancing Naked in Front of Dogs (Selected Poems 2014 - 2018)" and "Birds Who Eat French Fries". More about Michael can be found at his website www.michaelmaul.net or his facebook page www.facebook.com/Michael-Maul-Poetry-429141337692248/ Poems read out in this session include: 1. Anniversary Poem 2. German Town 3. Love songs for Melanie Harrison 4. Husbands lost in Florida

Latest Spoken Label Podcast featuring the wonderful Amy Lee Tempest. More details about: www.amyleetempest.co.uk (Website) @ amy_lee_tempest (Twitter) @ Amy-Lee-Tempest-102449711139713 (Facebook) Pieces read out during this session include: 1) Slaughterhouse 4 2) The tent 3) Lungs 4) Things I didn't do during Co-vid 19.

** Featuring  adult language not suitable for all **  Latest Spoken Label feature features the wonderful Natasha Borton. More about Natasha can be found at:  https://natashaborton.com/ (Website) https://www.facebook.com/natasha.borton/ (Facebook) Pieces read out in this session include: 1. Hidden in plain sight 2. Ginger 3. My body

Back in the house for Spoken Label is a wonderful Irish Poet I met somewhere around 2010 Órla Fay. More about Órla can be found at: http://orlafay.blogspot.com/ Poems read out in this session include: 1) The Persuasion of time 2) Words for mobile 3) The member of the wedding 4) How the West is won

** Contains language not suitable for everybody ** Latest Spoken Label is from the lovely Gemma Whiteley. More details about Gemma can be found at: Twitter: @Gemma_Whiteley Twitter: @CompanyFourMcr sensiblegem.weebly.com/poetry.html (Some of Gemma's work can be read here) Work read out in this session: 1. Bricks 2. Sand 3. Hangover 4. Mam

Latest Spoken Label features myself, Andy n on a reprint from the excellent Jenny Berry Show on Salford City FM Word on the Street. On this show, I read out the following poems: 1. Hardrock Village 2. The streets were all we could see (extracts) 3. the ghost of liverpool empire More about me as always can be found at: onewriterandhisplc.blogspot.com or facebook - andynstorytellerpoet

Back in the house from Spoken Label is another new session from the lovely Deirdre Rose. More about Deirdre can be found at: www.commongroundscollective.ie/deirdrerose www.instagram.com/writeondee/ Poems read out in this session include: 1. Anti-Immaculate, 2. Lessons for my former self, 3. You 4. A & E

Latest Spoken Label features the wonderful Christopher Moriarty.   Poems read out in this session include:  1. Green Eggs and Sam  2. Who killed John Lennon?  3. End Games   More about Christopher can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherMoriartyAuthor/?ref=br_rs