Open Mic Podcast with Alfie Prendergast

Episode Four of Open Mic Podcast is hosted, edited and produced by Alfie Prendergast @AlfiePrenderga1 Please consider supporting the podcast at: https://ko-fi.com/openmic_podcast   *CONTENT WARNING* There are several poems, from the end of the second intro and until about the 28 minute mark, which contain references to rape and sexual assault.    Thank you to the fantastic readers in episode four, please search out and support their work:   Hannah Levene poet and one of the editors over at @JournalFruit https://www.livingwage.org.uk/news/poem-basket-goods-hannah-levene   Inga Vesper - @wekesperos The Long, Long Afternoon was published on 4 February by Manilla Press and is available in all good bookshops and online. There is also an audibook available.  https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-long-long-afternoon-the-most-atmospheric-and-compelling-debut-novel-of-the-year/9781838772260   Georgia Leishman - @GeorgiaLWriter Georgia Leishman is a writer and video creator. Find her website here: https://www.gleishmanwriter.com   Edwin Stevens - @irmavepmate Edwin’s debut novel Seagulls is published by Very Bon Books and is available, amongst other work, at: https://edwinrstevens.com   Faye Alexandra Proctor – @FayeAlexandraR1 Faye is the poetry Editor for @smallleafpress    Aimee Bea Ballinger – @BurningHouseBo1 Aimee runs Burning House Books, a Bookshop with a focus on art, experimental writing + counterculture based in Finnieston, Glasgow. She writes a brilliant newsletter and runs a Patreon bookclub https://www.thewhitereview.org/contributor_bio/aimee-ballinger/ https://www.patreon.com/burninghousebooks https://tinyletter.com/Aimee-BHB https://www.burninghousebooks.com/pages/about   Lindz McLeod – @lindzmcleod Lindz McLeod is a queer, working-class Scottish writer and poet, who has been published by the Scottish Book Trust, Twist in Time magazine, Shoreline of Infinity, and more. Her work can be found at: www.lindzmcleod.co.uk She’s working on her second novel right now (which is a massive expansion of the short story read in this episode.   Benjamin Kritikos – @MunsonGoober Ben’s writing can be found in his newsletter at: https://spaghettiforbrains.substack.com as well as: https://spaghettiforbrains.com/category/zines/ He also co-hosts a podcast: Spaghetti For Brains, which describes itself as a ‘Transatlantic pollical comedy podcast in which Ben and Norm make fun of capitalism because it’s stupid.’ During Ben’s piece he mentioned the activist organisation Sister’s Uncut. They can be found here: https://www.sistersuncut.org   Thanks for listening! 

Ep 3 Contains:  Murray McKinstray – Chapel Town Ely Percy – The Demon and the Witch @decenthumanbean Ben Kritikos  - Rainer @BenKritikos ------------------------------------------ Jenna Burns – First Meeting @Jenna_221b Ely Percy – The Witch

Episode 2 Open Mic Podcast is an open mic reading event, in a podcast. Contributors:  David Linklater (@DavidRossLinkla) Aimee Bea Ballinger (@burninghousebks) Ruthie Kennedy (@ruth___ie ) Edwin Stevens (@irmavepmate) Benjamin G Wilson (@BenWritesFilth) Ely Percy (@decenthumanbean ) Meenakshi Malik Yvonne Dalziel (@yvonnedalziel) Edited and Produced by Alfie Prendergast  Music played by Alfie Prendergast and composed by the composer of Greensleeves  Production of recordings by each author 

OPEN MIC PODCAST  episode one  Includes the work of... (in order of appearance) Hannah Levene  Jill Korn  Michael Milner  Malin Lilja Jessie Cotter Julia Sheills  Ben Kritikos  Deva Fern O'neill  Max Currie  and Shauneen Kelly  Hosted, produced and edited by Alfie Prendergast All music by Alfie Prendergast   Find more information about the authors here.  And the answers to any questions about the podcast here.    To ask any other questions or submit a recording of your writing please email:  openmicpodcast@hotmail.com or tweet  @openmic_podcast