Spoken Label

Making her long overdue return today to Spoken Label (Author Podcast) is Kristina M. Serrano.

Kristina M. Serrano graduated from Cape Fear Community College with an Associate's Degree in Arts, as well as a BFA in Creative Writing Fiction and a Certificate in Publishing from The University of North Carolina Wilmington, landing on the dean's and chancellor's lists. She was the Executive Editor and Prose Editor of an online literary magazine, and, while in college, had the privilege of singing the national anthem at four large events. Slow Echoes is her first published novel, but she has...

Latest up from Spoken Label features making her debut, Lucy Heuschen.

LucyHeuschen is a Pushcart and Forward Prize-nominated poet, born in London and living in the Rheinland, Germany. She is The Poetry Society’s Stanza Rep for Germany. Lucy's work appears in journals such as Dream Catcher,Lighthouse, Obsessed With Pipework, The High Window, Green Ink, Skylight 47, The Storms and Ink Sweat & Tears among others, and in anthologies from Black Bough, Sídhe Press, New Contexts and Yaffle. She was commended in the Poetry Society's Stanza Competition 2024 and shortlisted for Ink Sweat And Tears’ “Pick of the Month”...

The latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features Amanda Nicholson doing a live launch of her new novel, 'Death to all men' of course hosted by Andy N.Amanda Nicholson is an author, poet, podcast co-host and copywriter. Her recent novel has the memorable title Death to All Men.Amanda’s poetry has been broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester, and she won the Bradford Cares 2023 Competition. She Has a Creative Writing MA, and has articles published by Ask.com, Harlequin and Reader's Digest UK, among others.Her book can be bought from including:https://www.amazon.co.uk...

The latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features Part 2 of a longer Podcast, making her debut the amazing actress, Jessie Liang, perhaps best known for her appearance in season 1 of 'The Night Agent'.

Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, Jessie Liang is a Taiwanese-Brazilian graduate of Studio 58's prestigious Acting conservatory-style program based in Vancouver, Canada. Best known for her recurring roles in The Night Agent and Maid (Netflix), guest starring in Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and her appearances in popular series like Virgin River (Netflix) and Supergirl (CW), Jessie also played J...

The latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features Part 1 of a longer Podcast, making her debut the amazing actress, Jessie Liang, perhaps best known for her appearance in season 1 of 'The Night Agent'.

Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, Jessie Liang is a Taiwanese-Brazilian graduate of Studio 58's prestigious Acting conservatory-style program based in Vancouver, Canada. Best known for her recurring roles in The Night Agent and Maid (Netflix), guest starring in Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and her appearances in popular series like Virgin River (Netflix) and Supergirl (CW), Jessie also played J...

Bonus Episode today from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) featuring our returning friend, Hayley Lynn Gordon from Giz A Word Collective (Pictured with co-host Rachel Wilton) of which Andy N and Amanda Nicholson will be headlining on Saturday 07 June 2025 over in Liverpool.More about Hayley and Gizaword "Hayley Gordon aka Twisted TalesPoet/Spoken Word Artists/Performer, Co-Creator and Co-Organiser of Giz A Word Collective - @gizaword.collectiveA Scouse spoken word artists and performer and recently had a first publication in The Poetry's Dead Anthology (£10 Amazon)Also been featured on North West radio shows, podcasts and comedy shows in Liverpool. G...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features making their return is out friend, Ashley Edge.Ashley is the co-host of the online spoken word event 'Prickly Pear' and runs the poetry publishers 'Poetic Edge Publishers' as well as regularly running writing workshops.some links include:https://poeticedgepublishers.com/https://www.eventbrite.com/o/ashley-edge-66407590783https://www.facebook.com/ashleyedge.poet

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features making her debut is John Clifford.

John Clifford has shared his poetry around the UK, Europe and the US, with performances in six festivals and twelve cities in the last three years - including Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2022 and New York Poetry Festival in 2023. A Mind Over Matter national slam finalist, his work has been displayed in Manchester's Northern Quarter, musically produced with Iris Lyre, and broadcast on BBC Upload. He is a co-host of the Salford based poetry and storytellers night Verbose and his first collection...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features making his debut,

Rich Rubin, author the day before it rained.

Rubin's debut book 'The Day Before It Rained' is described as an eclectic collection of short stories ranging from quirky portraits to tales of LGBTQ+ relationships; plus eccentric takes on friendship, romance, and everything in between. Whether period pieces or modern day works, from the magical to the mundane, from the heart of Kansas to the Yorkshire moors or the Tunisian desert, the stories span the years, travel the globe, and explore...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features making her return is the wonderful Eden Gruger.

Eden advises "I am Eden, autistic blogger, and author of four fiction collection, and four nonfiction guides to writing, marketing and publishing. When I am not writing my one books I am helping other people with theirs as one of a handful of Alliance of Independent Authors approved writers mentors globally."

More about Eden can be found at: edengruger.com

How to write without Block can be bought from Amazon including - https://www.amazon.co...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features

making his debut, Joe Walsh.

Joe is from Edinburgh and lives in Aberdeenshire currently. He has had a variety of jobs including working as a butcher and in the bar-trade before working in Social Services. He then qualified as a Social Worker and after 25 years retired early to concentrate on writing. He has had poems published in anthologies by Seahorse Publications, Blot from The Blue Publications, Inherit the Earth Publications and Dreich Publications. He also has three slim collections of poetry, and...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry) Podcast features makinghis debut, David Leo Sirois. David Leo Sirois is a Canadian-American poet published 161 times, in 27 countries. His work has been translated into 13 languages (such as Hindi, Bengali, French, Spanish, Greek, & Romanian). He hosts Spoken World Online, the Zoom arm of SpokenWord Paris. His first collection is called Humbledoves (Poems to Pigeons & Plants). He won Third Prize in Winning Writers' Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. Sirois has been honored for his “admirable contribution to world literature” by The Fertile Brains, a renowned literary group in India. He teaches workshops online for...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features making his debut is Bethany Handley.

Bethany Handley is an award-winning writer, poet and disability activist from Monmouthshire. Named one of the UK’s ten most influential disabled people in politics, law, and media by the Shaw Trust 2024, she campaigns for disability rights and better access to nature. An ambassador for Country Living’s Access for All, Wales Coast Path, and Ramblers Cymru, her debut poetry pamphlet Cling Film was published by Seren in February 2025. She co-edited Beyond / Tu Hwnt, an anthology of Welsh Deaf and disabled writers...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features making her debut is Kathryn Millington talking about her debut poetry collection 'Imprint'.Some thoughts said about Kathryn's collection:“It is rare to find a collection that is brave enough to place the complexities of IVF and the strange world of grief that the infertile inhabit in such direct light. Kathryn Millington’s collection Imprint does just that. This is a story of confrontation and acceptance, a journey into a world that feels niche, but is anything but. The poetry world benefits from sharing experience, it will be enriched by t...

Second Part of our extended chat with Peter Roe from Jawbone with a few poems at the end

New from Spoken Label, and the first one in our close to 10 year history,

of a extended Podcast split into 2 parts, part 1 featured today, Part 2 to follow in a few days features making his debut Peter Roe.

Peter Roe is a prize winning performance poet, artistic, autistic, computer geek and technology nerd. A former Bard of Dorchester, now Grand Bard (Sept 2024) and host of Jawbone @ The Poet Laureate, Jawbone Online and Bridport spoken word night Apothecary. Founder, Managing Director, Editor and Publisher for The Jawbone Collective.

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Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry) features making their debut is Evrah Rose.Evrah Rose is a dynamic force in contemporary poetry and spoken word, known for her fearless approach to storytelling and her dedication to social justice. As a two-time published author, record label founder, and recipient of the F. Jones Award, Evrah has made a significant impact both locally and nationally. Her work fuses rhythmic storytelling, hip-hop, and raw, conscious poetry, drawing inspiration from luminaries such as Tupac Shakur, Stacey-Ann Chin, and Kae Tempest.With several million streams on her spoken word films, Evrah has...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry / Author Podcast) features making her debut, Lisa O'Hare.Lisa O’Hare is a Saboteur Award shortlisted poet and 2023 BBC Words First Finalist and has been writing herself into existence since 2019. After two decades of letting her creativity lie dormant, Lisa who spends her time between Manchester and Wrexham, has resoundingly reclaimed it through live performances and readings and her debut collection of poetry. published todayRhythmic, relatable, and reflective Lisa’s poems sit perfectly at the intersection of the personal and the universal. Exploring existing in the every day, within the pages of Proving I Ex...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features the wonderful Amanda Nicholson.

Amanda Nicholson is an author, poet, podcast co-host and copywriter. Her recent novel has the memorable title Death to All Men.

Amanda’s poetry has been broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester, and she won the Bradford Cares 2023 Competition. She Has a Creative Writing MA, and has articles published by Ask.com, Harlequin and Reader's Digest UK, among others.

'Death to all men' is available for all of the usual places including - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-All-Men-Amanda-Nicholson/dp/B0DVD...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) making her debut, Sophia Elan.Currently based in Turkey, but will be moving to France, Sophia, a University of Chicago Law School alum and former corporate lawyer, left her career to feed her soul. “Sicilian Seductions” is the first novel in Sophia’s 7-part Mediterranean-based "Happily Ever Now" collection, a testament to the power of following one's instincts and finding true happiness.Sophia's books are available on AmazonAll of her links are on:https://linktr.ee/mediterraneanmeHer website:https://www.mediterraneanme.org/

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features Andy N for a change being interviewed by Amanda (the wife) for a change talking about his new novel ‘Death’.

Andy N is the author of ten poetry collections, thelast being ‘Changing Carriages at Birmingham New Street’ and is the co-host of Chorlton’s Spoken Word night ‘Speak Easy’.

He is in the bands Ocean in a Bottle and Polly Oceanand his Podcast credits include Spoken Label and Not the TV Guide.

He has bought out two novels ‘Birth’ and ‘Death and iscurrently working on his next poetry b...

Latest up and the first Podcast from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features Karen Kendrick. Karen is a writer and creative writing teacher from the North West of England.She writes poetry and fiction which straddle the boundary between reality and fantasy. She lives in Astley, Greater Manchester with her husband, two sons, a dog and a snake, and many plants. Afterwards is her first novel.Afterwards is "She knows she is dead because she remembers dying. The afterlife is not what she had expected - she has awoken into a nightmare, in which everything seems hell-bent on killing...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) making her debut features Juliette Tomlinson discussing her debut novel "Longford".

Longford is set in 1864, and the great city of Manchester was Cottonopolis, rising with the sound of industry, and the boom of a hundred mills. At the heart of its energies was John Rylands. ‘the greatest merchant prince the world has ever seen’. This is the story of an empire built by a true Manchester man, given meaning and worth by the extraordinary woman Enriqueta, who loved him and a partnership that left a huge mark on the city...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast)

features making his debut the wonderful Mervin M. Francis.

Mervin is the author of three poetry collections,

the most recent being Life, Dreams and Challenges, a r

a reflective and insightful exploration of life;s

myriad hurdles and aspirations.

Mervin asdvises he began his journey with Book of Dreams

where he established himself as a whimsical poet. His

second volume, Dreams of Life marked a significant evolutaton

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features making her debut, Rachel Wilton.

Rachel Wilton is a artist from Liverpool and a member of the Giz a Word Collective also from Liverpool.

Rachel can be found on Instagram :- https://www.instagram.com/anne.whatt.designs.0151/

Giz a Word can be found at:

https://www.instagram.com/gizaword.collective/

OR

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562738441315

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features making her debut, the amazing Andrea Hailwood, author of The Friendly Show series.

The Friendly Show series is a ongoing series of books where guided by the Stories of the Ancestors, the sceptical squirrels are on a fairy tale adventure to uncover truths, mysteries and secrets about themselves, their environment and their relationship with humans.

Inspired by folklore, nature and real life squirrels, The Friendly Show! is a series full of twists and turns which all come full circle and is recommended for fans of Watership...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry / Artist Podcast) features the return of our friend, Goodnighttheskye.

Goodnighttheskye (they/them) is a Leeds-based poet and spoken word artist best known for wearing black and spending too much time in the woods. Permanently preoccupied with what we keep under the bed, their work explores themes of queerness, chronic illness and childhood with a healthy dose of the dark and the fantastical. In short, they write about mosh pits, monsters and the people who love them. Goodnighttheskye has headlined poetry nights around Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester and Huddersfield, and their work has...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Artist / Writer Podcast) features Dr Orna Tsultem.

Uranchimeg (Orna) Tsultem is a scholar of the art and culture of Mongolia. She has served as a curator of Mongolian art at the international level since 1997. Her curated exhibits have been shown at Kasumi Tsukuba Center in Tsukuba, Japan, Frauen Museum in Bonn, Germany, E&J Frankel Gallery in New York City, Worth Ryder Gallery and Institute of East Asian Studies at University of California Berkeley, Venice Beinnale, Shanghai Beinnale, the Modern Art Gallery in Ulaanbaatar, and the Sapar Contemporary in New York City...

Fresh up today on Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features an exclusive chat with Sheila Seal from the recently reformed 'The Man from Delmonte'.

The Man from Delmonte are an independent band from Manchester, England, formed in the mid-1980s.

Band members included Mike West (vocals and acoustic guitar), Sheila Seal (bass), Martin Vincent (guitar and harmonica), and Howard Goody (drums).

They took their name from a series of 1980s television advertisements for Del Monte fruit juices, featuring the "man from Del Monte". In...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features the return of our friend tea buff, weird fiction aficionado and abstracted songwriter, Eric Loveland Heath, professionally known as E.L. Heath.

In this return on Spoken Label, we review Eric's releases on Plenty Wenlock Records and Wayside and Woodland Records over this year, and also his venturing into publishing with his first book "A Guide to the lore of Plenty Wenlock' and also Landnotes #1, which is published by Wayside and Woodland Recordings.

Some links include:

https://www.facebook.com/ELHeathuk/<...

Latest Spoken Label (Author Chat Podcast) is perhaps our

strangest to date features Kateryna Kei talking about a real

life mystery of a book behind Casey Adams and a journal he

left behind at the Hague Hotel.

The book is described as "

Imagine stumbling upon someone’s stolen diary while traveling in a foreign country.

Imagine reading it and falling in love with the story within – a deeply moving story that someone lived through and wrote down to never forget.

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) features the return of our friend, Lily Massey.

Lily Massey began writing poetry at the age of fourteen as a hobby, and has loved it ever since achieving the Young Laureate position for Staffordshire enabled her to really develop her craft and become a part of the poetry scene and community that spans across the county and further afield. Her poems are of many forms, genres, and lengths, but Lily lets her emotion diffuse into her words, and performing is when she feels they come alive.

This...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features making her debut, the amazing Emma Smith.

Emma is an autistic and bipolar poet and writer from Bath, UK. She holds an MA in Creative Writing and has published work in Canary Collective, Lunate Journal, The Occult Digest, Vellichor Lit and many more. Her work is often confessional in nature, exploring themes of trauma, rebirth, neurodivergence and occasionally ghosts. You can read more of her poetry on Instagram @emzmariepoems

Latest up from Spoken Label making her debut is the wonderful Connie Rigby.

Connie Rigby was born in Delph, Oldham and is currently studying MA Creative Writing, BA Modern Foreign Languages and Cultures in Manchester.

She can be contacted via email : connielouiserigbypoetry@gmail.com

Bonus Episode from Spoken Label (Author / Artist / Poetry Podcast) featuring the return of our friend Peter Topping talking about a new fund raising campaign for the visually-impaired in South Manchester (UK) with a new poetry book. More details about this can be seen: JustGiving https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/free-books?utm_term=Z7KAJn87y Link to YouTube video of sample page in book https://youtu.be/fKg2crEJbis Facebook page Peter Topping https://www.facebook.com/peter.thetoppings.net/

Latest up from Spoken Label features the return of our friend, the wonderful Quigley CB (Also known as Quigley Cryan Brockbank)

As of typing, Quigley is a Manchester-based writer, whose work typically combines horror and elements from folk tales with an absurdist sense of humour. She has had work published in the likes of Spellbinder and has been featured on All FM and the BBC. Her first play, Exiles, was shortlisted for the Shelagh Delaney New Writing Award. Her debut short story collection, God Leaks out of your Armpit – a collection of queer body horror – was recently publ...

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features the return of our friend, Charlotte Faulconbridge. Charlotte Faulconbridge is an autistic and chronically ill prize-winning poet, published author, musician and TEDx performer. Her book, Too High to Function, which tells the story of her life on the autistic spectrum has sold in over 20 countries, on every continent, and reached number one in the Amazon bestseller charts. She became an ambassador for the mental health charity MIND earlier this year and was recently a finalist in the BBC Make A Difference awards. Her brand new book, The Warring Twenties...

* Bonus Episode *

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast / Poetry) features

the return of our friend, Kate Jenkinson.

Dr Kate Jenkinson is scientist and poet reconciled and is one of a handful of LinkedIN Business Poets. She likes hats, writes about the many ones she wears (Mother, Daughter, Friend, Coach, entrepreneur) and she enjoys performing at open mics and slams since the pandemic made the poetry community more accessible. In 2022 she performed her TEDx talk Poetry Never Abandons Us and she enjoys attending and headlining events...

Latest up from Spoken Label features making his debut, the wonderful Edward Little.

Edward Little is a writer based in Liverpool who publishes fiction as well as performs spoken word poetry. His creative vent, Giz a Word: Creative Collective, runs once a month in the city.

More about Edward can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/edward.little.184

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features making her debut, the amazing Lesedi Letsoalo.

Lesedi Letsoalo is a 20-year-old South African writer, currently studying Accounting Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. My Grief - Booked is her first solo book and was written after her grandmother, who had been her primary caregiver/guardian since she was an infant, passed away very suddenly in 2021 due to COVID-19. The loss opened her eyes to how much stigma, shame and negativity surrounds the inevitable emotions that come with grief and loss, thus she not only wrote...