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In the latest book club mini-episode, Hannah, Laurie and Rebecca discuss 100 Lockdown Sonnets by Jacqueline Saphra. The book is available here: https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/100-lockdown-sonnets

We're back Darlings! After a prolonged hiatus, we are back to talk monsters, Edinburgh and indentity with Tom Juniper. There's also a sneak peek of our book club episode, which will be out later this month. Tom Juniper's book Monstrous is available here https://ko-fi.com/tomjuniper/shop

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

This month, Rebecca, Hannah and Laurie are joined by Anthony Anaxagorou to discuss empire, Paul Simon and really long poems. Plus there's a taster of our Book Club Mini Episode on All the Men I Never Married by Kim Moore - that episode will be out later this month. You can find out more about Anthony here: https://anthonyanaxagorou.com/

This month we hand the mic over and invite our listeners to take to the audio stage for our Open Mic Special! Featuring poetry from Amanda Nicholson, Andy N, Ellen Clayton, Fiona Broadhurst, Daniel Flenley, Tim Kiely and Christopher Kraken. Thank you to everyone who took part! For more information about the open mic poets, visit: Amanda Nicholson: https://amandasteelwriter.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmandaSteelWriter Twitter: https://twitter.com/Amanda_S_Writer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandasteel37/ Andy Nicholson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andynpoet/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aen1mpo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andynstorytellerpoet Ellen Clayton, whose chapbook can be found here: https://www.bentkeypublishing.co.uk/product-page/home-baked-ellen-clayton Instagram: @ellen_writes_poems Fiona Broadhurst: Linker.ee/fionabroadhurst Daniel Flenley: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/danny-flenley https://chipmunkkalahari.wordpress.com/ Tim Kiely Twitter & Instagram: @timkiley1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timkielypoetry His pamphlet is available here: https://timkielybooks.bigcartel.com/ Christopher Kraken: Instagram: @christopherkraken Website: christopherkraken.com

Welcome to the Vogon Slam, the poetry slam which goes looking for the worst poetry in the galaxy! Inspired by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Vogon Slam is an annual poetry competition where the worst poet wins. This year's event took place virtually on 25 May - and Dead Darlings is proud to present the audio of the event here for your disgust and delectation. So, grab your towel, pop your babelfish in your ear and prepare for some gut-wrenchingly terrible poetry from poets including: Alexander 'Woody' Woodward Temple Robert Garnham Robin Lamboll Shannon 'Shenanigan' Burns Tom Juniper Helen Robinson and featured poet (and 2021 Vogon Champion) Tim Kiely.

An announcement from the DD team: Hello Darlings! August's episode is going to be one of our open mic special episodes, so that means we'd like you to get involved. If you'd like to take part, simply make a recording of yourself reading your poem on your phone's voice memo app, or using a computer, and email it to deaddarlingspodcast@gmail.com before midnight on the 29th of July.  Your message should include (in this order): your name, any introduction to your poem you want to make and your poem. You can also include anything you'd like to plug such as your social media details, your website and anywhere your work is published. We'd also love it if you finished off with a recommendation or piece of advice for our listeners.  There is 5 minute time limit, and normal open mic rules apply, so no kicking down, or simply put, don't be a dick.  A couple of quick tips for best sound quality: try to record somewhere quiet, where there are some soft furnishings around to reduce echo. If you're recording on your phone, try and hold your phone as though you were having a phone conversation.  We'll exercise discretion on whether something is appropriate, and we may not be able to fit everyone in. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop us an email, or message us on Facebook, where you'll find us as Dead Darlings Podcast, or on Twitter and Instagram, where we're @deaddarlingspod.

This month's interview is with Dr Katie Ailes, whose PhD explored authenticity in spoken word and performance poetry. We've also got a poem from Jake Wild Hall, and a taster of our Book Club, featuring Amnion by Stephanie Sy-Quia. The full book club epsiode will be out later this month.

In the latest Bookclub episode, Laurie, Hannah and Rebecca chat about Rebel Without Applause by Lemn Sissay. Copies of the book are available here: https://canongate.co.uk/books/201-rebel-without-applause/

This month's interview is with the Birmingham-based poet and beatbox extraordinaire Jasmine Gardosi. There's also poetry from Ken Cumberlidge and a sneak preview of our Book Club episode (full episode out later this month), looking at Rebel Without Applause by Lemn Sissay.

In this month's Book Club episode, Laurie, Hannah and Rebecca chat about All the Names Given by Raymond Antrobus. The book is available here: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/raymond-antrobus/all-the-names-given/9781529059496

This month Rebecca, Hannah and Laurie chat to the poet Matthias 'Munkey' Ediger about writing in translation, dance and his impressive range of personalised t-shirts. And they discuss All the Names Given by Raymond Antrobus in the sneak preview of our book club mini-epsiode, out later this month. (Sorry this episode has been delayed, Rebecca caught Covid!)

In this month's Book Club mini-episode, Hannah, Laurie and Rebecca chat about Surge by Jay Bernard. The book is available to purchase here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116412/surge/9781784742614.html

This month, Rebecca, Hannah and Laurie chat to Kathryn O'Driscoll and hear a poem from Faizah. There's also a sneak peak at this month's Bookclub mini-epsiode, looking at Surge by Jay Bernard. You can find out more about Kathryn here https://kathrynodriscoll.com/ and buy copies of her collection Cliff Notes here https://poetryod.bigcartel.com/. You can find more from Faizah on her Instagram @faizxhxx.

This month Laurie, Hannah and Rebecca chat about Hera Lindsay Bird's self-titled debut collection Hera Lindsay Bird. The book is available to purchase here https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/307/307929/hera-lindsay-bird/9780141987408.html

This month's interview is with Salena Godden, who shares an extract from her novel Mrs Death Misses Death. We've also got a poem from Beth Hartley and a sneak preview of our bookclub episode, which will be out later in the month, where we discuss Hera Lindsay Bird's collection Hera Lindsay Bird. More information about Salena Godden is available here: http://www.salenagodden.co.uk/ And more information about Beth Hartley can be found here: https://linktr.ee/PoetryBees

Hannah, Laurie and Rebecca discuss Joelle Taylor's TS Elliot Prize-winning collection Cunto and Othered Poems. The Youtube interview with Joelle that Rebecca mentions is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxmp0eUl2xU Cunto and Other Poems is available from the publishers here: https://saqibooks.com/books/the-westbourne-press/cnto/

This month Rebecca, Hannah and Laurie interview Pete 'The Temp' Bearder about his book and show Stage Invasion, which explore the roots and impact of spoken word poetry as an artform. Plus there's a taster of our book club episode featuring C+nto and Othered Poems by Joelle Taylor, which will be out later in the month. For more information about Pete, visit http://www.petethetemp.co.uk/ and the YouTube playlist of sound poetry he mentions in the interview can be found here: youtube.com/c/PetertheTemp/playlists

In this month's bookclub mini-episode, Rebecca and Laurie chat about Christmas Poems by Wendy Cope. The book is available here: faber.co.uk/product/9780571338580-christmas-poems/

This month, Hannah and Laurie chat to Bristol-based poet Malaika Kergode. Plus we have a poem from Kayla Martell Feldman, and there's a taster of our mini-bookclub episode, which will be out later in the month.

In this month's bookclub mini-episode, Hannah, Rebecca and Laurie discuss How to Fly (In 10,000 Easy Lessons) by Barbara Kingsolver. The book is available from publishers Faber and Faber here: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571359905-how-to-fly/

This month's guest is barrister and poet Tim Kiely, and our poem of the month is by Elle Dillon-Reams. Plus there's a sneak preview of our Book Club epsiode, where we discuss How to Fly in 10,000 Easy Lessons by Barbara Kingsolver. The full episode will be out later this month. Tim Kiely's pamphlet Hymn to the Smoke is out now on Indigo Dreams press and is available here: https://timkielybooks.bigcartel.com/ You can find out more about Elle Dillon-Reams at https://www.elledillonreams.com/

In this month's bookclub mini-episode, Rebecca, Hannah and Laurie chat about Wife by Tiphanie Yanique. The book is available here: https://www.peepaltreepress.com/books/wife

We're back! This month we chat to Robert Garnham about comedy, poetry and the tricky task of choosing a title. There's also a taster of our Book Club epsiode, looking at Wife by Tiphanie Yanique And we hear a poem from Hannah Gordon in memory of Dean McKee.

A live session double bill featuring a joint set from Sonia Burns and Camille McCawley. Dead Darlings has joined the PBH Edinburgh Digital Free Fringe! Dead Darlings sessions are live zoom events comprising a set from a fantastic poet and a round of quick-fire questions to help you get to know them a little better. Find Sonia on Facebook as Sonia Poetry and Twitter as @Peckishism and Camille as @camille.poet on Instagram and Facebook.

A live session featuring a set from Tina Sederholm. Dead Darlings has joined the PBH Edinburgh Digital Free Fringe! Dead Darlings sessions are live zoom events comprising a set from a fantastic poet and a round of quick-fire questions to help you get to know them a little better. Tina's latest book, This Is Not Therapy, is out now - to purchase a copy, or to find out more about Tina, visit tinasederholm.com and information about her book launch on 15 September is available here: facebook.com/events/202471175166379

A live session featuring a set from Elizabeth McGeown Dead Darlings has joined the PBH Edinburgh Digital Free Fringe! Dead Darlings sessions are live zoom events comprising a set from a fantastic poet and a round of quick-fire questions to help you get to know them a little better. Elizabeth is appearing in her own Free Fringe show - you can find out more more about that here: https://freefringe.org.uk/shows/an-introduction-to-cockroach/ For more information about Elizabeth, visit her website: https://elizabethmcgeown.com/

A live session featuring a set from Arden Fitzroy. Dead Darlings has joined the PBH Edinburgh Digital Free Fringe! Dead Darlings sessions are live zoom events comprising a set from a fantastic poet and a round of quick-fire questions to help you get to know them a little better. Arden is the lead producer on the RISE Collective's Amplify Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

A live session featuring a set from Robert Garnham. Dead Darlings has joined the PBH Edinburgh Digital Free Fringe! Dead Darlings sessions are live zoom events comprising a set from a fantastic poet and a round of quick-fire questions to help you get to know them a little better. Robert is appearing in his own Free Fringe show - you can find out more more about that here: https://freefringe.org.uk/shows/yay-the-search-for-happiness-pbh-free-fringe/ For more information about Robert and to find out how to buy his collection, Yay!The Search for Happiness, visit his website: www.professorofwhimsy.com

A live session featuring a set from Beth Hartley. Dead Darlings has joined the PBH Edinburgh Digital Free Fringe! Dead Darlings sessions are live zoom events comprising a set from a fantastic poet and a round of quick-fire questions to help you get to know them a little better. Beth's collection, What If Stars, is out now - you can find out where to buy it and how to attend the online Free Fringe book launch here: chttps://linktr.ee/PoetryBees

Dead Darlings has joined the PBH Edinburgh Digital Free Fringe! Dead Darlings sessions are live zoom events, featuring a set from a fantastic poet and a round of quick-fore questions to help you get to know them a little better, This episode features Mary Dickins. Mary's collection, Happiness FM, is available here: https://happinessfm.bigcartel.com/

This month listeners of the Dead Darlings podcast are invited to listen eavesdrop on some of the worst poetry in the universe (as long as they've bought their towel and filled in the requisite paperwork in triplicate). This episode is a recording of the Vogon Poetry Slam 2021, a competitive poetry event where the worst poet wins. Grab a sick bag and prepare to hear some truly terrible poetry. Zoom event recorded on 25 May 2021, featuring poetry from Christine Fritz, Serin Thomasin, Anonymous Bosh (Tim Kiely), Tim Martin, Tyjana Howard, Andrew Leake, Rick Dove, Josie Alford, Sivadorai Sellakannu, Rachel Shorer and sacrificial slammer Matthais Ediger, as well as a featured set from Alexander Woody Woodward.

In this month's book club episode, Rebecca, Laurie and Hannah chat about The Air Year by Caroline Bird

This month, Rebecca, Hannah and Laurie interview Tina Sederholm. Plus we announce the winner of our "All the things I didn't do in lockdown" poem competition. And there's a sneak preview of our book club episode, which will be out later this month and features The Air Year by Caroline Bird.

Rebecca, Hannah and Laurie are joined by the Repeat Beat Poet to discuss the poetry collection Poor by Caleb Femi.

This month, we interview The Repeat Beat Poet and hear a poem from Chris Lanyon. Our book review will be released as a separate episode later in the month - we'll be talking about Poor by Caleb Femi, so look out for that in a couple of weeks' time.

This month we interview our very own Hannah Chutzpah. We also chat about Rendang by Will Harris and hear a strangely erotic poem about Cthulu from Robin Lamboll

This month we're joined by poet, theatremaker and animator Edalia Day, we chat about What Girls Do In the Dark by Rosie Garland and hear a poem from Liv Winter.

This month we interview poet Jamal Hassan, chat about My Darling From the Lions by Rachel Long and hear a poem from Robert Garnham

This month we chat to Leanne Moden, and discuss How to Be a Poet by Jo Bell & Jane Commane (and others). Leanne's books, Get Over Yourself and Liasons, are available here https://leannemodenpoet.bigcartel.com/products