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This month Rebecca and Hannah chat to poet, producer and podcaster Daisy Thurston-Gent about creating communities, stage fright and lost queer history. The poem of the month is from one Laurie Eaves, who was on holiday so couldn't join us for recording, but managed to send us some words. No book club this month folks, but normal service will be resumed shortly! To find out more about Daisy, visit https://daisytg.wordpress.com/

Rebecca, Laurie and Hannah chat to Demi Anter about her collection Small Machines, the different poetry scenes in London, Berlin and the US, and the fun of attempting to get an artist's visa in the UK. There's also a poem from Ned Ashcroft and a sneak peak of our book review episode on Whatever You've Got by Molly Naylor. That episode will be out in the next couple of weeks. You can find out more about Demi here: https://www.demianter.com/ She will be hosting an online event, celebrating Small Machine's first birthday on April 30th, and you can find tickets for that here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/small-machine-one-year-anniversary-tickets-592216283847 You can find out more about NEd Ashcroft here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ZvvLlfHLHQSgaAgf10082 ALSO our friends at Boomerang and Speak Equal are holding a special fundraising event for our friend Caz Teague's top surgery at the Jago in Dalston on May 3. You can find out more about the event here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fundraiser-for-caz-london-queer-writers-x-boomerang-club-tickets-616675812957 and Caz's GoFundMe is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/caz-top-surgery ALSO,

In this month's book club mini episode Hannah, Laurie and Rebecca chat about Warsan Shire's Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head. The book is available here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/bless-the-daughter-raised-by-a-voice-in-her-head/warsan-shire/9781784743703 The article Laurie references where Bernadette Evaristo interview Warsan Shire about the collection is available here https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/26/warsan-shire-bernardine-evaristo-suoperstar-poet-beyonce

This month, Laurie, Hannah and Rebecca chat to Bristol-based poet Sam J Grudgings about punk, writing a sequel to the Bible and his explosive performance style. Plus there's poem from Joss Affleck and a sneak preview of our book review episode on Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire, which will be out later this month. You can find out more about Sam, and buy his book, The Bible II, here https://www.samjgrudgings.co.uk/

In this month's book club mini-epsiode, Rebecca, Hannah and Laurie chat about Manorism by Yomi Sode. The book examines the lives of Black British men through the themes of family, survival, generational trauma and the complexities of belonging. You can find out more about the book, and where to buy it here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/445753/manorism-by-sode-yomi/9780141998572

This month, Hannah, Laurie and Rebecca chat to Kayla Martell Feldman about the differences between page and stage poetry, self-publishing and her new collection Same Story, out in November. There's also a preview of this month's book review episode on Yomi Sode's Manorism and a poem from Vron McIntyre. You can find out more about Kayla at her website https://www.kaylafeldman.com/

You've all been very good this year, so here is a Christmas Stocking stuffed with fabulous open mic poetry for you to enjoy. We've got brilliant poems from Trisha Bloomfield, Heather Moulson, George Parker, Robert Garnham, Amanda Nicholson & Andy N, Dan Webber, Tim Kiely and Ellen Clayton. Thank you to everyone who submitted to us. Wishing you all a happy and restful Christmas and New Year! Lots of love, Rebecca, Laurie and Hannah.

In this book club mini-episode Hannah, Laurie and Rebecca discuss Blue Horses by Mary Oliver. Plus there's information about how to take part in our Christmas Stocking open mic special episode. Blue Horses by Mary Oliver is available here: https://www.hachette.co.uk/little-brown-news/2020/03/20/blue-horses%E2%80%8B-by-mary-oliver/

In this book club mini-episode, Rebecca, Laurie and Hannah discuss Witch by Rebecca Tamas. Plus there are details of how to enter our Christmas Stocking open mic special. You can get your hands on a copy of Witch here: https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/witch-rebecca-tamas

This month we chat to the best dressed poem in any room, Kath Blair. There's also a poem from Matt Sowerby and a sneak preview of our book club mini-episode on Mary Oliver's Blue Horses. You can find out more about Kath here: https://www.kblair.co.uk/ You can find Matt on all social media as @sourbee_matt and his website is mattsowerby.co.uk

This month Rebecca, Laurie and Hannah chat to poet and novelist Dean Atta, about writing novels in verse, writing for young people and how to include hope in your work. We've also got a poem from Jake Nathan, and a sneak peek of this month's Book Club episode (out later this month) on Witch by Rebecca Tamás.

In this month's bookclub mini-espisode, Laurie, Hannah and Rebecca chat about All the Men I Never Married by Kim Moore. You can find out more about Kim Moore here: https://www.kimmoorepoet.co.uk/ The book is available from the publishers here: https://twitter.com/alibrady1860/status/1574417566432362498?s=46&t=JKNBoBL_8UcNQLoKcZUPXA