Spoken Label

Andy N
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Spoken Label is a podcast series designed to interview and record sessions from authors, poets, artists, musicians etc in North West England and beyond. Formed in 2015 and ran / edited by Andy N, author of ‘Return to Kemptown’ and ‘The End of Summer’,it is always often to submissions from interested artists. Email: aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

  1. Sarah James (also known as Sarah Leavesley - Spoken Label, January 2026)

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    Sarah James (also known as Sarah Leavesley - Spoken Label, January 2026)

    Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry Podcast) features the return of our friend Sarah James (also known as Sarah Leavesley ) talking about her new poetry book 'Darling Blue'. Darling Blue interweaves ekphrastic poems with a book-length fictional poetry narrative of love, lust and letting go. The poems inspired by Pre-Raphaelite artworks include QR codes, which readers can scan to view the pieces after or alongside their reading. Blue here is more than a colour or inspiration; it is desire, secrecy and sorrow – the essence of ‘feeling / really alive’, yet ‘distance’s illusion’. “A fascinating creative hybrid weaving ekphrasis and cohesive narrative, Darling Blue deftly balances its fictional speaker’s personal response to various Pre-Raphaelite artworks, with rich descriptive hints that resonate way beyond the mere visual. Exploring the complex tensions between the public sphere and private activities, this collection is a gallery tour of the narrator’s unfulfilling relationship with an unattainable partner, through to the ultimate redemption of self-worth and new love. James’s finely crafted and intelligently controlled poems brim with vivid imagery and lush sensory detail, reminding the reader ‘how brightly sunlight shines through // when freed from a cracked mirror’.”Sarah Doyle, Pre-Raphaelite Society Poet-in-Residence “James uses the lyric and ekphrasis to create a profound and moving collection on the cost of love; what endures and how we survive its wake. As vivid and emotive as its pre-Raphaelite sources, Darling Blue is also startlingly direct, eloquent and consoling on the things we find hardest to put into words. An unmissable collection.”Luke Kennard More details about said book can be found here; https://www.sarah-james.co.uk/?page_id=17191

    50 min
  2. Suzy Aspell (Spoken Label, January 2026)

    JAN 14

    Suzy Aspell (Spoken Label, January 2026)

    Latest up from Spoken Label features making her debut, Suzy Aspell. Suzy is a Bedfordshire poet, living and writing in Luton. Curious about world cultures, she has worked in the travel industry for many years including repping in Spain and teaching ESL in Taiwan. Her poems are published in numerous anthologies, online and print magazines. Suzy also tutors GCSE English students struggling with ADHD and Dyslexia. She is passionate about art, politics and the planet and has a very pampered cat full of mischief and brio. Her debut book 'Webstrung' is now out. More details here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-suzy-aspell-webstrung-tickets-1978839759991 OR https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1917408056?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_TTZ92CBDFTX850KXECZ5_1&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_TTZ92CBDFTX850KXECZ5_1&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_TTZ92CBDFTX850KXECZ5_1&bestFormat=true

    36 min
  3. Hongwei Bao (Spoken Label, January 2026)

    JAN 7

    Hongwei Bao (Spoken Label, January 2026)

    Happy New Year all folks! Back with a bang, the first Spoken Label (Spoken Word Podcast) Podcast of the year features the Hongwei Bao. Hongwei Bao (he/him) is a Nottingham-based queer Chinese writer, translator and academic. He is part of the Fifth Word Playwrights, GOBS Spoken Word Collective and Nottingham Playhouse Writers’ Room. He is also a Middle Way Mentee for writing fiction and a New Earth Theatre theatremaker. His work explores queer desire, Asian identity, diasporic positionality and transcultural intimacy. Hongwei is the author of Dream of the Orchid Pavilion (poetry pamphlet, Big White Shed, 2024), The Passion of the Rabbit God (poetry collection, Valley Press, 2024) and Queering the Asian Diaspora (nonfiction, Sage, 2024). His short story ‘A Postcard from Berlin’ was a runner-up for the Plaza Prize for Microfiction in 2023. Hongwei has performed poetry at Bad Betty Live, City Arts Nottingham, Dandelions Poetry, DIY Poetry, ESEA Authors LitFest, ESA NE Newcastle, Five Leaves Bookshop, Fluent in Both, Lighthouse Bookshop Edinburgh, Kif Kif Antwerp, Nottingham Central Library, Nottingham Poetry Festival, Nottingham Playhouse, Notts Poetry, Nowhere Netherlands, Paper Crane Poetry, Prague Pride, Shaded Writers, Speech Therapy, and The Common Press London. Instagram: @patrickbao123 Bluesky: @queercomrades Self-Portrait as a Banana can be purchased from here - https://amzn.eu/d/0GOtbOo

    55 min
  4. Dr Jack Hunter (Spoken Label, December 2025)

    12/21/2025

    Dr Jack Hunter (Spoken Label, December 2025)

    Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features Dr Jack Hunter.Dr Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion, ecology and the paranormal. He is an Hon-orary Research Fellow with the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and a tu-tor at the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, Uni-versity of Wales Trinity Saint David. He teaches on the MA in Ecol-ogy and Spirituality and the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrol-ogy. He is also a tutor for the Alef Trust on their MSc in Conscious-ness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology, where he teaches on the ‘Approaches to Consciousness’ module, and teaches ‘The Va-rieties of Anomalous Experience’ for the California Institute for Hu-man Science. He is the author of Manifesting Spirits (2020), Spirits, Gods and Magic (2020), Ecology and Spirituality (2023), and The Folklore of the Tanat Valley (2025). He is the editor of Deep Weird (2023), Greening the Paranormal (2019) and Damned Facts (2016), and co-editor of Talking With the Spirits (2014), Mattering the Invis-ible (2021), Folklore, People and Place (2023) and Sacred Geogra-phy (2024). He lives in the hills of Mid-Wales with his family.

    44 min
  5. Eric Loveland Heath (Spoken Label, December Part 2)

    12/17/2025

    Eric Loveland Heath (Spoken Label, December Part 2)

    Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features the return of our friend with Part 2 of an extended chat, 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 in 2025 and also the venture of his label into more publishing as well as discuss what is next for this label. Some links include: https://www.facebook.com/ELHeathuk/ https://plentywenlockrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://x.com/PlentyWenlock https://www.instagram.com/plentywenlock/ https://plentywenlockrecords.bigcartel.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/plentywenlock.bsky.social

    1h 12m
  6. Eric Loveland Heath (Spoken Label, December 2025 - Part 1)

    12/10/2025

    Eric Loveland Heath (Spoken Label, December 2025 - Part 1)

    Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) features the return of our friend with Part 1 of an extended chat, 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 in 2025 and also the venture of his label into more publishing as well as discuss what is next for this label. Some links include: https://www.facebook.com/ELHeathuk/ https://plentywenlockrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://x.com/PlentyWenlock https://www.instagram.com/plentywenlock/ https://plentywenlockrecords.bigcartel.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/plentywenlock.bsky.social

    55 min
  7. Shan Powell (Spoken Label, December 2025)

    12/09/2025

    Shan Powell (Spoken Label, December 2025)

    Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry / Author Podcast) features Shan Powell. Shan is a Elder goth/swamp hag in Kitchener. Aurora finalist. Brave New Weird winner. Work in Augur, The Deadlands, On Spec, Prairie Fire, ALOCASIA, Nighmare, Feminist Studies Journal, Arc Poetry, & more. Neurospicy, antifascist, Indigiqueer, disabled. Raised on the land & off the grid. Ex JW-kid/army brat. Retired dancer, industrial DJ, & model. Addicted to learning—may be turning into a witch.

    55 min
  8. Zoe Mitchell (Spoken Label, December 2025)

    12/03/2025

    Zoe Mitchell (Spoken Label, December 2025)

    Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features Zoe Mitchell. Zoe Mitchell is a widely-published poet whose work has been featured in a number of magazines including The Rialto, The London Magazine and The Moth. She graduated from the University of Chichester with an MA in Creative Writing and was awarded a Distinction and the Kate Betts Memorial Prize. She is currently studying for a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, examining witches in women’s poetry. In 2018, she was joint winner of the Indigo-First Collection Competition and her first collection, Hag, is published by Indigo Dreams Publishing. Her second collection 'Untold Fortunes' which the Podcast primarily discusses is published by Animal Heart Press and is described as "Women have long been connected to mythology and witchcraft, often as cautionary tales. Untold Fortunes explores the experiences of women of the past, both mythological and real, giving voice to many who were so often silenced. In history both ancient and modern, these poems tug women from the footnotes. Some are heroines, some monsters...or are they products of the circumstances society forced on them? And how do these echoes shape womanhood even now? In this powerful collection, poet Zoe Mitchell examines what it means to be a woman in the world, through lenses of past, present, and future."

    50 min
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Spoken Label is a podcast series designed to interview and record sessions from authors, poets, artists, musicians etc in North West England and beyond. Formed in 2015 and ran / edited by Andy N, author of ‘Return to Kemptown’ and ‘The End of Summer’,it is always often to submissions from interested artists. Email: aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk

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  • Creator
    Andy N
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    441
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Andy N