S10 Ep6: The Funky Goodbye (Part 2) - Join us for part one of our first ever live recording in front of a real life audience! This episode was recorded in January 2025 at The Funky Cellar inSpitalfields, London to celebrate friend of the podcast (the Ray Davies of poetry herself) Demi Anter. Demi assembled some of our favourite voices in the poetry world to see her off as she moved on to pastures new in Berlin.

Part 2 features poetry readings from: Lou Griffith-Jones, Fern Beattie and Demi Anter.

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Demi Anter

Instagram: @anterdemi

Twitter: @DemiAnter

Website: demianter.com

Lou Griffith-Jones

Instagram: @l.j.griffithjones

Fern Beattie

Instagram: @fernangelbeattie

Twitter: @fernbeattie

Website: fernangelbeattie.com

Write Bloody UK

Instagram: @writebloodyuk

Twitter: @writebloodyuk

Website: writebloodyuk.co.uk

S10 Ep5: The Funky Goodbye (Part 1) - Join us for part one of our first ever live recording in front of a real life audience! This episode was recorded in January 2025 at The Funky Cellar inSpitalfields, London to celebrate friend of the podcast (the Ray Davies of poetry herself) Demi Anter. Demi assembled some of our favourite voices in the poetry world to see her off as she moved on to pastures new in Berlin.

Part 1 features poetry readings from: Jimmy Bowman, Iain Whitley and a mini live podcast with Fern Beattie and Demi Anter, hosted by Jimmy Bowman.

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Demi Anter

Instagram: @anterdemi

Twitter: @DemiAnter

Website: demianter.com

Jimmy Bowman

Instagram: @jbopenspoems

Twitter/ X: @jbopenspoems

Bluesky: @jbopenspoems.bsky.social

Iain Whiteley

Instagram: @poetriain

Twitter/ X: @iainw

Fern Beattie

Instagram: @fernangelbeattie

Twitter: @fernbeattie

Website: fernangelbeattie.com

Write Bloody UK

Instagram: @writebloodyuk

Twitter: @writebloodyuk

Website: writebloodyuk.co.uk

S10 Ep4: Yerkezhan Berkembayev - We talk about about Zhan's debut pamphlet 'A hero in past tense' out with Fawn Press, performance poetry, poetry theft, themes of identity, self-acceptance and belonging amongst other things. Poetry recitals from Yerkezhan Berkembayev and Lily Redwood.

A hero in past tense is available through Fawn Press: https://fawnpress.co.uk/product/a-hero-in-past-tense-yerkezhan-berkembayev/

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Yerkezhan Berkembayev

Instagram: @zhan_poetry

Lily Redwood

Instagram: @lilyredwoodpoet

Website: lilyredwood.co.uk

S10 Ep3: Leah Atherton - We talk about about Leah's latest pamphlet 'Mycelium' out with Fawn Press, grief in the digital age, folklore and the role of witches in communities amongst other things. Poetry recitals from Leah Atherton and Ryan Chambers.

Mycelium is available through Fawn Press: https://fawnpress.co.uk/product/mycelium-by-leah-atherton/

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Leah Atherton

Instagram: @poet_on_the_run

Ryan Chambers

Instagram: @ryan.thepoet

Substack: @ryanchambersthepoet

S10 Ep2: Jake Hawkey - We talk about about Jake's impressive debut collection 'But & Though' out with Pan MacMillan/ Picador Poetry, growing up around addiction and the journey to acceptance, working class literature and prose poetry amongst other things. Poetry recitals from Jake Hawkey and Steph.

But & Though is available through Pan MacMillan: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/jake-hawkey/but-though/9781035048106

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Jake Hawkey

Twitter/ X: @hawkstar5000

Steph

Instagram: @stephmoj

S10 Ep1: Rachel Spence - We talk about about Rachel's heartfelt collection 'Daughter of the Sun' out with The Emma Press, Ancient Greece and Medea, quantum physics, the freedom of rewriting and the sonnet form . Poetry recitals from Rachel Spence and Chloe Hazel.

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Rachel Spence

Instagram: @rachelwords

Website: rachelspence.co.uk

Daughter of the Sun is available via The Emma Press: theemmapress.com/shop/poetry/daughter-of-the-sun

Chloe Hazel

Instagram: @chloehazeloliver

Twitter/ X: @chloehazel22

S9 Ep5: The 12 Poems of Christmas – Featuring poets of Christmas past, (well some familiar voices from across 9 series of People’s Poetry Podcast anyway…)

Poetry recitals of writing connected to Christmas/ December, new beginnings, reflection and winter from: Matt Abbott, Demi Anter, Laurie Bolger, Jimmy Bowman, Maria Ferguson, Kate Ireland, Leanne Moden, Tommy Sissons, Jamie Thrasivoulou, Scarlett Ward, Iain Whiteley and Georgina Wilding.

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S9 Ep4: Kate Ireland - We talk about performing poetry, barriers to education and Kate’s one woman spoken word show ‘Golden Time’ as well as her incredibly sensory spoken word album and accompanying pamphlet ‘Self Regulating Behaviours’. Poetry recitals from Kate Ireland and D. L. ‘Dan’ Husband.

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Kate Ireland

Instagram: @kate.reland__

Twitter/ X: @KateIreland18

Self Regulating Behaviours is available via

Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3UqXQ7zlAvkD83tNVNTFcB?si=DY7BT2Z0TJ2nnoAiNyHCBw

Bandcamp: kateireland.bandcamp.com/album/self-regulating-behaviours

D. L. ‘Dan’ Husband

Instagram: @husbandmaterialpoetryandprose