On this podcast that celebrates all things poetry and creativity we have the incredible powerhouse performer that is James Scott-Howes joining us for a very special partners in Rhyme episode as he talks to the bounty bunch podcast about his new upcoming book 'unstable boi.

About the author

"I always knew I was different. I had nothing much to talk about with the other little boys and I was far too scared to speak to the girls, but at the same time I could never shut up. Showing off was the first thing that ever came naturally to me with writing as a close second. Pouring over the lyrics of Alice Cooper, Maiden and Megadeth records finding a treasure trove of long, obscure words that weren’t meant for nine year olds, I became fascinated by language and the power it had to take the endless flights of fantasy from the inside of my churning, pre-adolescent mind and make them into something real. The composure required to write the novels I’ve planned and abandoned a thousand times has always been a concern for others. Poems and lyrics suit my short form bursts of intense and obsessive creativity and inability to focus on any one thing for more than a few minutes, so very much better. A lifetime of failed bands and an urgent, all consuming need to describe the demons I’d been wrestling with in the cloying summer of 2018 brought me to spoken word in the autumn of that year and here I’ve stayed. Everything that’s kept me separate up until this point is what has given me a home in poetry and my new band. With my wife, my son and the beautiful oddities that I get to call my friends. I will never not be an unstable boi and finally, after 43 years, I know that’s ok."

If you would like to come along to James' poetry book launch date. He will be at The old Needleworks in Redditch: Mini Poetry Press takeover of Speak Your Mind Tickets, Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

Check out their YouTube channel UNSTABLE BOI - YouTube

If you would like to order James' book here's the link you need: Unstable Boi (minipoetrypress.com)

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