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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 published by Written Off Publishing.

More about Quigley can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/quigley_cb/

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, is her debut poetry collection themed around mental health. Charlotte can be contacted on: https://www.instagram.com/charlotterobynf/https://www.inclusivecreatives.co.uk/ Jawbone who publishes The Warring Twenties can be found at: https://www.wessex.media/

* 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 internationally.

Her work can be found in EyeFlash, Good DadHood, Steel Jackdaw, Flight of the Dragonfly and Feral (their first Mother/Daughter poetry and art collaboration).

Kate recently realised she was neurodivergent so this and her aphantasia is a feature of her recent work.

This bonus episode talks directly about Kate's debut poetry book

'Unbroken'.

'Unbroken' is described as "Kate Jenkinson's debut collection is a tale of self-discovery. Delving into her past to analyse and embrace her neurodivergencies. Sometimes heart-wrenching and difficult, sometimes glorious and life-affirming, always about acceptance.

As an aphantasic poet, it is about much more than creating a visual image for Kate. Her poetry lies in the sounds, tastes and touch that she experiences; the emotions that come from all senses. With sublime natural lyricism, and joy in wordplay, rhyme and alliteration, her slam poetry comes to life on the page. Sitting alongside beautiful form and free verse poetry, it is a marriage of the soul.

Kate's poetry will have you looking inward, while she holds your hand, showing you how to accept yourself to ultimately become Un/Broken"

Kate can be found on both facebook and Linkedin:

https://www.facebook.com/kjenkinson1

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/katejenkinsonnextstephr

Her book is available either through Kate directly or

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Kate-Jenkinson/dp/1917408005

Prickly Pear is on facebook

and eventbrite

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/ashley-edge-66407590783?fbclid=IwY2xjawGUr4hleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYtGgSJuHYzV_QAB2KHj-ZU95MoHGPj9F8sDXP9K0cHlMPwVgE1LICyZcA_aem_r8ORXCbezw7NzhkrYD7FZw

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 the book, but published it. She aims to raise more awareness to the impact of grief and loss on individuals, to educate society on how to be kinder to people going through it. Another goal of hers is to create a safe space for grievers to sit with and in their true and authentic emotions, however heavy they may be, and know that it's normal and okay to feel the way that they're feeling during whatever their time of their grief.Her debut full length collection "My Grief ~ Booked" can be found on Amazon.Her email address to contact for more details is lesediletsoalo02@gmail.com