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Welcome to April's episode of Loudcast!  Tune in as RJ Hunter chats with former Edinburgh Makar, published poet and theatre-maker, Hannah Lavery, about her new collection 'Everything Everyday: A Year of Empty Promises' and how poetry can lend itself to use as a journaling device.  'Everything Everyday: A Year of Empty Promises' is available for preorder now and is released on 7th May 2026 with Birlinn Books. You can follow Hannah's work through her website, hannahlavery.com This season of the Loudcast was made possible by Creative Scotland.Thanks to Creative Scotland for supporting our work in the Scottish Spoken Word scene.

It's a Roundhouse Slam Special on this month's Loudcast! In this episode RJ Hunter chats with Roundhouse 2024 slam champion, Bradley Taylor, about returning to the Roundhouse slam as a judge two years later, as well as his fantastic debut collection 'You Missed the Best Part', dealing with creative burnout and finding joy in your art again when it matters most. You can follow Bradley Taylor's work through his Instagram account, @bradleytaylorpoet This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Welcome back to The Loudcast! In this episode RJ Hunter chats with recent Glasgow slam heat champion, Fiona Jane, about her beautiful debut collection 'I Made Adam' and it's themes of religion and sexuality, as well as her experience joining the spoken-word scene through open mics to becoming a slam champion! You can follow Fiona Jane's work through her Instagram account, @weepeachpoetry This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of Creative Scotland.

In this episode of The LoudCast, RJ Hunter chats with multidisciplinary artist, Kate Ireland! Kate Ireland discusses her approach to making music, formatting her work for social media, her work within different communities, her upcoming debut collection with Burning Eye Press and her fantastic one-woman show Golden Time and Other Behavioural Management Strategies. Kate's book will be releasing in May, follow Kate's work through her Instagram account, @kate.ireland_ so you don't miss it.  This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. 

In this episode of The LoudCast, RJ Hunter chats the intersection between creative and entrepreneurial thinking with Purple Poetry founder and multiple slam champion, Heather Rose! Heather is the first poet to win the same Loud Poets Slam heat twice, and is best known for her bespoke poetry business Purple Poetry, catering to people and events across the country. You can follow Heather's work through her Instagram account, @purplepoetryy This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. 

Welcome back to the LoudCast! New host, RJ Hunter, brings the Loud Poets Podcast back with a BANG with an in-depth chat and slam analysis with former host and I Am Loud Creative Director, Kevin McLean! Expect conversations about the company, the changes and accomodations that had to be made in response to Scotland's cultural landscape, and of course a whole lotta raving about the Loud Poets Grand Slam Series. You can follow Kevin's work through his Instagram account, @kevoutloud. This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. 

The Loudcast is back with a special episode for our 2024 Grand Slam Final! Host Kevin Mclean interviews last year's champion RJ Hunter about her experience of competing in 2023, emerging victorious, and the impact it's had on her career. Kev and RJ chat about this year's Slam Series so far and preview Saturday's talent-packed Grand Slam Final at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Tickets are now SOLD OUT for our 2024 Grand Slam Final, but keep an eye on the EIBF website or contact their box office in case of returns: https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/loud-poets-grand-slam-final-2024 The three poems Kev and RJ discuss are: Susi Briggs - The Routin' Brig (performed at the 2024 South Slam Heat) Drew Gill - Burial (performed at the 2024 Central Slam Heat) RJ Hunter - Body Horror (performed with Jack Hinks at the 2023 Grand Slam Final) RJ Hunter (they/she) is an award-winning performance poet and writer based in Glasgow. Known for pieces ranging from razor-sharp to delightfully silly, Hunter's blistering performances have seen them travel the UK with her debut solo show 'Stupid Sexy Poem Show' (Playing at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, 19th at 8:45pm). Hunter's debut collection 'Flustercuck' was released in 2023 and they became Loud Poets Grand Slam Champion in the same year. The following year, they were named runner-up at the Scottish Slam Poetry Finals.

Thank you for joining us for the final episode of NaPoWriMo 2022!  The month of April is National Poetry Writing Month. Founded in the US in 2003, poets around the world join the challenge of writing poetry every day for thirty days. Here at I Am Loud HQ we did NaPoWriMo a little differently, by doing 5 poems across 5 weeks in April.  This week host Bex Sherwood speaks with regular guests Katie Ailes, Mark Gallie and Kevin Mclean about their writing this year, discusses Grackles, and shares poems from other poets in the scene.  Here are the links from this episode!  Mark Gallie - Pokemon Poem: https://youtu.be/h38SiH_iQS4 Demi Anter - Clear: https://youtu.be/3gYnU6TO1l0 Katie and Authenticity: https://youtu.be/s5tQBRFUM5g Jack Macmillan: https://jackpoetry.com/ Sam Small: https://samsmallpoetry.wordpress.com/ Rob Auton: https://www.robauton.co.uk/ Our episode on Found Poetry: https://youtu.be/pz4jX_fo9MU The Fringe Slam on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/56662330 Colin Nelson: https://www.instagram.com/pooetryman/ Colin Nelson - The Life & Times Of A Sewer Dwelling Fatberg: https://youtu.be/OkwfcuV9PLk What the hell is Babalon 5? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5 Sarah M Davies: https://www.instagram.com/fromsarahspen/ Found Poem Workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuZlMBtVwdM Poetry for Cows: tinyurl.com/cowpoems  Andrea Gibson: https://andreagibson.org/ Loudcast: https://andreagibson.org/ Lewis Brown: https://www.instagram.com/shouldhavesentapoet/ Prisoners Constraint: https://wordsverse.com/2020/05/prisoners-constraint/ May Open Mic: https://fb.me/e/2pObqaGCU Help - Kevin Mclean: https://youtu.be/bYxt-hTfahs Lewis Brown - The Spark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJhlAHutMY Georgia Barlett McNeil: https://www.facebook.com/gbmpoetry/ Georgia Bartlett McNeil - Psalm 136: https://youtu.be/hUUBqsz6Hdk Jack NaPoWriMo poem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUUGKcfi6LU Sarah Grant NaPoWriMo films: https://www.instagram.com/sarahgrantcreative/ Palindrome Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOuebcLW_t4 Renga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP_Z0C49F8k List Poem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qv7Pe4Z72o Patreon: Patreon.com/iamloud Our next SSC show: https://www.facebook.com/events/1398991120617280 Our next Away show: https://www.facebook.com/events/359034746288929 Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dxzKIL Follow us!  Katie: www.twitter.com/KatieAiles || www.instagram.com/katie.ailes Kev: www.twitter.com/KevOutLoud || www.instagram.com/KevOutLoud Mark: www.twitter.com/MarkGallie_ || www.instagram.com/mark_gallie Bex: linktr.ee/bexcreative

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of NaPoWriMo 2022!  The month of April is National Poetry Writing Month. Founded in the US in 2003, poets around the world join the challenge of writing poetry every day for thirty days. Here at I Am Loud HQ we do NaPoWriMo a little differently, by doing 5 poems across 5 weeks in April.  Using 5 Forms from Return to Form Season 2, each week host Bex Sherwood guides regular guests Dr Katie Ailes, Kevin Mclean & Mark Gallie in conversation about poetic form, and writing practice, and invites them to share their work from the week.  This is the penultimate episode of NaPoWriMo 2022. All of us have completed our final challenge of writing a Contrapuntal poem, but next week we'll be sharing work from other poets and wrapping up this year of NaPoWriMo!  Here are the links from the episode!  Outwith by Katie Ailes: https://youtu.be/oQF0O2VPMVk Contrapuntal Workshop: https://youtu.be/m0Flk7A31a4 Contrapuntal by Harry Baker: https://youtu.be/XgjZsTzrL5o Our Instagram: Instagram.com/IAmLoudPro Insomnia by Kevin Mclean: https://youtu.be/OWdbIl39D9U Standard Habbie Workshop: https://youtu.be/RNfu4yMT-zw Palindrome Poetry: https://youtu.be/GOuebcLW_t4 Dawn French Ballerina Sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRN17AJ0RY8 Mirror by Rita Dove: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/153518/mirror-5eb219fd3ffe1  Samsung Advert on the News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4-8XrXKu_A Cont by Tim Minchin is available on Netflix within "Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra Live" Katie's hate Shelley Poem: https://youtu.be/g6DBwCkQm5Q Hollie McNish: https://holliepoetry.com/ Don't trust poets by Mark Gallie: https://youtu.be/55F48xPRYTM Follow us!  Katie: www.twitter.com/KatieAiles || www.instagram.com/katie.ailes Kev: www.twitter.com/KevOutLoud || www.instagram.com/KevOutLoud Mark: www.twitter.com/MarkGallie_ || www.instagram.com/mark_gallie Bex: linktr.ee/bexcreative

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of NaPoWriMo 2022!  The month of April is National Poetry Writing Month. Founded in the US in 2003, poets around the world join the challenge of writing poetry every day for thirty days. Here at I Am Loud HQ we do NaPoWriMo a little differently, by doing 5 poems across 5 weeks in April.  Using 5 Forms from Return to Form Season 2, each week host Bex Sherwood guides regular guests Dr Katie Ailes, Kevin Mclean & Mark Gallie in conversation about poetic form, and writing practice, and invites them to share their work from the week.  This week, we share our newly crafted poems found poems and set up our next challenge - Contrapuntal Poetry! We have a Contrapuntal poetry workshop created to help with this challenge, as well as inspiration from Harry Baker! Form Fundamentals: https://youtu.be/t3cmmppEtbA How to Write a Contrapuntal Poem: https://youtu.be/m0Flk7A31a4 Return to Form || Contrapuntal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgjZsTzrL5o Here are the links from the episode!  NaPoWriMo 2022: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrqBc7cnm-OtCAaBD1HOMooTtG0mrh3az Found Poetry Workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuZlMBtVwdM Katie's Scottish Family Party Found Poem: https://twitter.com/katieailes/status/1387502707972481025?lang=en Jess Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46iuD3_iH9U What's a Grackle? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grackle Poetry As Fuck: https://poetryasfuck.wordpress.com/ Mark's Don't Trust Poets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55F48xPRYTM Our April Show: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65456222 For the Poets - The Repeat Beat Poet: https://youtu.be/NfVG-W8ymRU The Repeat Beat Poet's Pamphlet: https://vervepoetrypress.com/product/peter-degraft-johnson-testaments-to-life-death-pre-order-free-uk-pp-due-feb-22/?v=79cba1185463 Shake the Dust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hP1WCiSgWg Harry Baker: https://www.harrybaker.co/ Our April Open Mic: https://www.facebook.com/events/793548481618729 Follow us!  Katie: www.twitter.com/KatieAiles || www.instagram.com/katie.ailes Kev: www.twitter.com/KevOutLoud || www.instagram.com/KevOutLoud Mark: www.twitter.com/MarkGallie_ || www.instagram.com/mark_gallie Bex: linktr.ee/bexcreative

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of NaPoWriMo 2022!  The month of April is National Poetry Writing Month. Founded in the US in 2003, poets around the world join the challenge of writing poetry every day for thirty days. Here at I Am Loud HQ we do NaPoWriMo a little differently, by doing 5 poems across 5 weeks in April.  Using 5 Forms from Return to Form Season 2, each week host Bex Sherwood guides regular guests Dr. Katie Ailes, Kevin Mclean & Mark Gallie in conversation about poetic form, writing practice, and invites them to share their work from the week.  This week, we share our newly crafted poems written in Terza Rima and set up our next challenge - Found Poetry! We have a found poetry workshop created to help with this challenge, as well as inspiration from Sarah Grant & Tyrone Lewis.  Form Fundamentals: https://youtu.be/t3cmmppEtbA How to Write Found Poetry: https://youtu.be/GuZlMBtVwdM Return to Form || Found Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hFeZg-o1Kg

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of NaPoWriMo 2022! The month of April is National Poetry Writing Month. Founded in the US in 2003, poets around the world join the challenge of writing poetry every day for thirty days. Here at I Am Loud HQ we do NaPoWriMo a little differently, by doing 5 poems across 5 weeks in April. Using 5 Forms from Return to Form Season 2, each week host Bex Sherwood guides regular guests Dr. Katie Ailes, Kevin Mclean & Mark Gallie in conversation about poetic form, writing practice, and invites them to share their work from the week. This week, we share our newly crafted poems written in Standard Habbie and set up our next challenge - writing in Terza Rima!

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of NaPoWriMo 2022! The month of April is National Poetry Writing Month. Founded in the US in 2003, poets around the world join the challenge of writing poetry every day for thirty days. Here at I Am Loud HQ we do NaPoWriMo a little differently, by doing 5 poems across 5 weeks in April. Using 5 Forms from Return to Form Season 2, each week host Bex Sherwood guides regular guests Dr. Katie Ailes, Kevin Mclean & Mark Gallie in conversation about poetic form, their writing practice, and invites them to share their work from the week. This week, we share our newly crafted Villanelle's and set up our next challenge - writing in Standard Habbie! Both our Rhyme and our Metre Form Fundamental workshops could be useful throughout this challenge - as well as our Return to Form video with Mark Grist and Angie Strachan, and our Workshop by Dr. Katie Ailes. Form Fundamentals: https://youtu.be/t3cmmppEtbA How to Write in Standard Habbie: https://youtu.be/RNfu4yMT-zw Return to Form || Standard Habbie: https://youtu.be/5ezHTgxYCl4 Here are all the links from Today's Episode! The Legendary Storybeast: https://youtu.be/OGwj6XbtlPA Bex's Poem 'Fever': https://youtu.be/RyeC6p4h-qA How to Write a Sestina: https://youtu.be/5B4nMpqXMuQ Poetry for Cows: tinyurl.com/cowpoems  Our Upcoming Edinburgh Show: https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:4087/913:15948/ Our Upcoming Aberdeen Show: https://fb.me/e/1sHTEtTYh Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/iamloud Join us next week on Sunday for the next episode of the NaPoWriMo Podcast. Keep up to date with the poets! Katie: www.twitter.com/KatieAiles || www.instagram.com/katie.ailes Kev: www.twitter.com/KevOutLoud || www.instagram.com/KevOutLoud Mark: www.twitter.com/MarkGallie_ || www.instagram.com/mark_gallie Bex: www.twitter.com/BexPoet || www.instagram.com/bexpoet 

The month of April is National Poetry Writing Month. Founded in the US in 2003, poets around the world join the challenge of writing poetry every day for thirty days. Here at I Am Loud HQ we do NaPoWriMo a little differently, by doing 5 poems across 5 weeks in April. Using 5 Forms from Return to Form Season 2, each week host Bex Sherwood guides regular guests Dr. Katie Ailes, Kevin Mclean & Mark Gallie in conversation about poetic form, and their writing practice, and invites them to share their work from the week. Form Fundamentals: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr... Villanelle: https://youtu.be/pr7dT7CWad4 Villanelle Workshop: https://youtu.be/1_-kWZn--uA Here are all the links from Today's Episode! 2020 NaPoWriMo Podcast: https://youtu.be/qK91G9nHo3Q 2021 NaPoWriMo Podcast: https://youtu.be/3uIoZPMMr1c Return to Form Videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr... Harry Baker Contrapuntal: https://youtu.be/XgjZsTzrL5o Katie's Percy Shelley Video: https://youtu.be/g6DBwCkQm5Q How to Write a Golden Shovel: https://youtu.be/8TWsJKfj8wA Glenfiddich Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDhF... Join us next week on Sunday for the next episode of the NaPoWriMo Podcast. 

We have a tremendous episode for you folks, featuring the wonderful Siân Bevan: writer, performer, host, and part of the great team at Edinburgh City of Literature. Kevin Mclean chats with Siân about the art of hosting and City of Lit's work to support Edinburgh's writers, including the upcoming Literature House. Plus, we feature fantastic poems from Georgia Bartlett-McNeil, Mark Gallie, and Iona Lee, and Sian shares a poem by Stella Harvey Birrell. This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. All links mentioned in this episode can be found in the episode description over on YouTube.com/Iamloud 

In this episode of The Loudcast we're delighted to feature poet and Scots language advocate Len Pennie! Len's fantastic and important work promoting Scots through her Twitter and TikTok accounts has vaulted her to fame in the past year, and it was a joy to chat with her about all of it. Plus, we feature poetry from Carly Brown, Kevin Mclean, Hannah Lavery, and of course Len herself! This season of the Loudcast was made possible by funding from the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. 

This time, we share our coming-of-age poetry as Kevin Mclean, Mark Gallie, and Bex Sherwood reflect on being 17! This challenge was set by the amazing Carl Alexandersson through our Patreon. Host Katie Ailes guides us through the poems and announces the options for our next challenge: Do you want to see us write poetry in second person or write pun poems? Vote now on Twitter, YouTube & Instagram!  All links for this episode can be found on the YouTube video for this challenge! 

In this episode of The Loudcast we feature poet, educator, and Creative Scotland Literature Officer Dr. Alice Tarbuck! Kevin and Alice speak about the importance of accessibility in the arts world, Creative Scotland's revised Open Fund for Individuals, and Alice's work on magic and witchcraft. Plus, we feature fantastic poems from Joe with the Glasses, Bex Sherwood, Ciarán Hodgers, and of course Alice Tarbuck herself! This season of the Loudcast was funded by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

What a crazy 14 days! We're back on zoom this week to share our Avril Lavinge-inspired "Sk8er Boi" poetry. We were challenged by our Patreon support and friend Tyrone Lewis! Katie Ailes explains the Sk8er Boi challenge as best she can, and Mark Gallie, Kevin Mclean, and Bex Sherwood shared brand new varied, and wonderful poems that were written for this challenge. Be sure to comment below for our next challenge, if you want Acrostic Poetry or Poems about being 17! Comment "Acrostic" or "17" below, or vote on our IG and Twitter polls. All links from the episode can be found in the YouTube description for this episode 

In less than two weeks Loud Poets returns to our favourite venue, the Scottish Storytelling Centre, for the Edinburgh Fringe! To celebrate the return to live events, in this episode of The Loudcast we catch up with the SSC's Programme & Events Manager, Daniel Abercrombie. Host Kevin Mclean chats to Daniel about curating artistic programmes as a creative act, the interactive nature of storytelling, digital programming in light of the climate crisis, Scotland's Year of Stories, and much more! Plus, we feature fantastic poems by Esme Allman, Katie Ailes, and Stuart Kenny, and Daniel gives a wonderful reading of "Prologue" by George Mackay Brown. This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

It's a joyous reunion this week on Happy Hour: for the first time in 18 months, all four of us were under the same roof! What a chaotic delight to get together and film this episode in person. Our challenge was writing poetry inspired by concepts and discoveries. Kevin Mclean, Mark Gallie, and Bex Sherwood shared brand new pieces, and host Katie leads the chat about this brilliant challenge. Plus, we draw our options for our next challenge: the SK8TER BOI challenge OR writing MODERN NURSERY RHYMES! Vote on our Instagram and Twitter polls. All links from the episode can be found in the YouTube description for this episode 

What a delight to catch up with the multi-talented Carly Brown! Carly featured at our first ever show back in 2014 and has been a favourite on our stage ever since, wowing audiences with her dynamic, often hilarious performances. Host Kevin Mclean chats with Carly about bringing empathy and humour to political poetry, tailoring work to different audiences, compiling pamphlets, ekphrastic poetry, and much more. Plus, we feature fantastic poems from Mhairi McCall, Mark Gallie, Angie Strachan, and Carly herself. This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. 

Zombies and murderers and poetry, oh my! In this episode of Happy Hour, Kevin Mclean, Bex Sherwood, and Mark Gallie share their brand new monster poetry. Katie Ailes hosts as always, offering feedback and keeping our creepy creatures in check. Tune in for three *very different* poems, some truly unhinged chat, and even some delightful musical theatre! For next week are you team Science or team Tenses?  Drop a comment on our YouTube or check out our IG or Twitter to vote!!

In this episode of the Loudcast, Katie Ailes is joined by an icon of the Scottish literary scene Kevin Williamson. In this episode, they discuss how the scene can better support Scottish Artists outwith the central belt, as well as Kevin's work on Neu! Reekie! and the upcoming Push the Boat Out festival. Featuring poems from Janette Ayachi, Katie Ailes, Leo Glaister, and we also ask Kevin Willaimson to share some of his work.   This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.   

It's episode three of Loud Poets Happy Hour, and this week we share poems from our second challenge! This time we're sharing our unreliable narrators. Listen to the episode to see how we got on, and vote for our next challenge.  Are you Team Monster or Team Cows?  If you'd like to get involved with Happy Hour and help support our future projects, you can go to Patreon.com/IAmLoud and sign up for as little as £1 a month. All of our Patreon supporters get to put a challenge into the Poetic Pint Glass of Poetic Challenges, plus you get lots of other fantastic perks! Thank you so much for your support. Loud Poets Happy Hour is hosted by Katie Ailes (@KatieAiles) and produced by Bex Sherwood (@bexpoet). You can watch all of our Happy Hour videos at this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPsFOJozvEA&list=PLrqBc7cnm-Ot8Z_YYvJFUti_9-pSLcOG_  

This week, Kev sat down with current Scottish Slam champion Jenny Foulds! In our episode, Jenny and Kev discuss creative ownership in artforms, and how the slam and spoken word scene may evolve.  We also share amazing poems from Nadine Aisha Jassat, Stuart Kenny, Jim Monaghan, and, of course, Jenny herself! This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. 

It's time for our second episode of Loud Poets Happy Hour, and the first episode in which we share our poems from a challenge! Our very first challenge in this project was to remix poetic cliches. Watch the episode to see how we got on, and vote for the challenge you want us to take on next in the comments below: are you Team Lies (unreliable narrator) or Team Love (love letter between body parts)? If you'd like to get involved with Happy Hour and help support our future projects, you can go to Patreon.com/IAmLoud and sign up for as little as £1 a month. All of our Patreon supporters get to put a challenge into the Poetic Pint Glass of Poetic Challenges, plus you get lots of other fantastic perks! Thank you so much for your support. Loud Poets Happy Hour is hosted by Katie Ailes (@KatieAiles) and produced by Bex Sherwood (@bexpoet). You can watch all of our Happy Hour videos at this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPsFOJozvEA&list=PLrqBc7cnm-Ot8Z_YYvJFUti_9-pSLcOG_

Welcome to Episode 1 of our new show, Loud Poets Happy Hour! This is our new biweekly show in which we take on writing challenges and chat poetry. We had a great time this week discussing writing, inspiration, and debating between our two challenges! To vote on which challenge you would like to see our poets attempt, vote on our Twitter or Instagram polls (@IAmLoudPro). We will announce the winning challenge on Monday 24 May over on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. If you'd like to get involved with Happy Hour and help support our future projects, you can go to Patreon.com/IAmLoud and sign up for as little as £1 a month. All of our Patreon supporters get to put a challenge into the Poetic Pint Glass of Poetic Challenges, plus you get lots of other fantastic perks! Thank you so much for your support. Loud Poets Happy Hour is hosted by Katie Ailes (@KatieAiles) and produced by Bex Sherwood (@bexpoet). This episode features Kevin Mclean (@kevoutloud), produced by Mark Gallie (@ZaJollyGinger) (all Twitter handles). Special thanks to Sam Bidgood for recording the music used in our intro.

In this episode of The Loudcast we feature one of the Scottish poetry scene's brightest new voices, Courtney Stoddart! Courtney's had a meteoric rise through the spoken word scene, and it was a delight to chat with her about her experiences and current projects. Kevin and Courtney chat about writing in form, being pigeonholed, performing others' work, Scottish exceptionalism, the importance of being unflinching in political writing, and much more. Plus, we feature poetry from Jess Green, Casey Bailey, and Kevin, and of course a poem from Courtney herself.  This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. 

It's our final NaPodcast of NaPoWriMo 2021! In this final episode we allow Kevin Mclean back into the hosting chair as we share our univocal poems and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of this National Poetry Writing Month. Want to try your hand at a univocal poem? Check out our resources below: Katie's full-length workshop: https://youtu.be/53FULzVFjDk Univocal poems by Courtney Stoddart & Jo Gilbert: https://youtu.be/9l2L5DUAbTs

We're delighted to feature the multi-talented Cat Hepburn on this episode of The Loudcast! Cat is a Glasgow-based spoken word artist, scriptwriter, actor, and educator, and half of the team producing the event series Sonnet Youth. In this episode, Kevin and Cat chat about how a theatre background informs spoken word practice, translating a piece from book to script to set, onstage persona, and much more. Plus, we feature poetry from Colin Bramwell and Hannah Lavery, a cinepoem from Kevin and filmmaker Perry Jonsson, and of course a poem from Cat herself to round off the show! This season of the Loudcast was made possible by the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

It's our penultimate NaPodcast of NaPoWriMo 2021, and this week we're featuring sestinas! In this episode, we share our new sestinas and chat through the process of writing them. Plus, we look ahead to our final challenge: univocal poetry... Fancy joining in with your own sestina? Check out our resources below: Katie's full-length workshop: https://youtu.be/5B4nMpqXMuQ Sestinas by Paul Case & Gray Crosbie: https://youtu.be/ex5-ByA8Z1A

We're halfway through #NaPoWriMo2021 and this week we are focusing on Sonnets. To help you get writing, be sure to check out our Return to Form videos about Shakespearean Sonnets. We have amazing Sonnets by Hannah Lavery & Callum O'Dwyer: https://youtu.be/TTvVB2_620E and then join us here for our workshop: https://youtu.be/LV_vx0DPjr8

Joined by Robert Florence, Kev and Rab discuss the differences between comedy and poetry scenes, reading in live performance, and 'Poetry voice'.  This season of The Loudcast was made possible through the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Week two of #NaPoWriMo2021 and we're writing a golden shovel! If you'd like to get involved then we have good news! Not only do we have great golden shovels from Rachel Amey & Tawona Sithole but we also have a comprehensive workshop led by Dr. Katie Ailes to help you write your own!   You can find Rachel & Tawona's poems here: https://youtu.be/OioUZz9L4ck And to start writing your own, join Katie here: https://youtu.be/8TWsJKfj8wA

One down, four poems to go! We hope you enjoyed our discussion on writing concrete poetry. Feel free to share your work with us over on social media, we would love to see your Concrete Poems from last week and can't wait to share our Golden Shovels!

Kev is joined by special guest Imogen Stirling to discuss writing in form, spoken word theatre, and cross-artform collaboration. Plus Imogen shares an incredible excerpt from her upcoming show 'Love The Sinner'. This season of The Loudcast was made possible through the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

We'd love you all to take part in #NaPoWriMo​ with us so please send us your work throughout April! This week we are focusing on writing concrete poetry. Be sure to join us on twitter.com/IAmLoudPro to see our tips and advice for writing in form and share your writing with us! How to Write a Concrete Poem: https://youtu.be/8NrwGNKU0J8 Return to Form - Concrete Poetry: https://youtu.be/TBp81pORL9M Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud​ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro​ Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble​ Website: https://iamloud.co​ Sign up to our newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dxzKIL​

For this season finale of the Loudcast, we've turned the tables: Kevin Mclean is the guest, with Katie Ailes in the host chair! They discuss Kevin's approach to being a Creative Director, his evolving writing practices, and what motivates his creativity. As always, we also feature three poems at the start of the show: Kevin's poem "I Want" and the sestinas that Paul Case and Gray Crosbie created for our Return to Form series. Plus, Kevin shares a rarely-performed poem at the end of the show. Enjoy! The conversation continues on the Loudcast Extra - sign up to our Patreon to watch! https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud​ The poem Kevin performs at the end currently lacks a title - suggest your ideas in the comments! Links from the Show Learn more about our Return to Form project: http://iamloud.co/rtf Watch the promo videos for our LPMMPUWCGPT Invitational: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrqBc7cnm-Os6-e6DEIGRcrOpgkMQUWf3 Soapbox (run through the University of Edinburgh Literature Society): https://twitter.com/soapboxin Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists: https://twitter.com/pandemonialists Host - Katie Ailes - https://katieailes.com Guest - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Support us: Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro

Hello, hello, hello! On this episode of The Loudcast Kevin is joined by two amazing guests, Cerys Matthews and Adam Horovitz, to discuss the amazing new album 'We Come From The Sun.' The album features 10 incredible UK-based poets, including Adam, and musical scoring by Hidden Orchestra! We also have Adam's track 'A House Built From Cloth' for you to check out and another Return to Form video featuring Callum O'Dwyer & Hannah Lavery. You can listen to the full album 'We Come From The Sun' right here: https://open.spotify.com/album/7qfE4L Links from the Show Cerys' Twitter - https://twitter.com/cerysmatthews Cerys' Website - http://cerysmatthews.co.uk/ Cerys' BBC Radio 6 show - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00llg30 Adam's Thunder Mutters podcast - https://the-thunder-mutters.captivate (also available on Spotify) Adam's music and poetry project Little Metropolis on Bandcamp - https://littlemetropolis.bandcamp.com Adam's most recent book - https://palewellpress.co.uk/Books-Nat Music by Hidden Orchestra - http://www.hiddenorchestra.com Album Cover Artist Val - http://sculptureval.com/en/about/ 'Everything is going to be All Right' by Derek Mahon - https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/blogs/news/poem-a-day-everything-is-going-to-be-all-right Host - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Producer - Mark Gallie - https://twitter.com/ZaJollyGinger Researcher - Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/KatieAiles Support us: Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro

Hello, Hello, Hello and welcome back to the Loudcast! This episode Kevin is joined by the one and only Harry Baker and between the two of them they cover a wide range of poetry and performance related topics. Some of these topics include but are not limited to; The benefits of other artform's influences; online gigs and getting paid in fish! We also have poems from Dan Simpson and another Return to Form video featuring Jo Gilbert & Courtney Stoddart. You can see an extended interview with Harry as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! You can find Harry over on Twitter & Instgram @harrybakerpoet Or on his website: https://www.harrybaker.co/ Links from the Show Dan Simpson - Clickbait - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga_MP8dGDIo Return To Form - Univocal - Jo Gilbert & Courtney Stoddart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l2L5DUAbTs&t=71s Host - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Producer - Mark Gallie - https://twitter.com/ZaJollyGinger Researcher - Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/KatieAiles

Welcome to 2021 and our first Loudcast of the year! This time host Kevin is joined by Gray Crosbie and they dive into discussion about Poetic form, Putting on your own shows and the ever famous "Exposure". You can keep up with Gray over on Twitter (@GrayCrosbie), Instagram (@plantpowered_poet) and Facebook: facebook.com/plantpoweredpoet Links From The Show: Gray Crosbie - Wrong Fairytale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czK9oPcHsgU Return To Form: Golden Shovel - Rachel Amey and Tawona Sithole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OioUZz9L4ck&feature=youtu.be Host - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Producer - Mark Gallie - https://twitter.com/ZaJollyGinger Researcher - Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/KatieAiles Support us: Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro

The last Loudcast of 2020! Host Kevin is joined by Tyrone Lewis as they discuss humour in poetry, the risks of being put in a pigeon hole as a performer and so much more! You can keep up to date with Tyrone and Process Productions over on twitter & patreon. Twiiter: https://twitter.com/TyroneLewis22 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProcessProductions/posts We also have poems from Katie Ailes, Joe with the Glasses and Jess Green. You can see an extended interview with Tyrone as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Links From The Show: Katie Ailes - Lemons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR6dQXo7ddY&t=1s Joe with the Glasses - Let Them Know - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z996I4g2GiA&t=1s national average Jess Green - National Average - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClUnj0HuFJA&t=4s Host - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Producer - Mark Gallie - https://twitter.com/ZaJollyGinger Researcher - Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/KatieAiles Support us: Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro

This week on the Loudcast, join host Kevin and Jess Green as they dive into the topics of practice in poetry, touring a show and much much more! You can keep up to date with Jess Green over on twitter: https://twitter.com/jessgreenpoet We also have poems from Freddie Alexander, Dagogo Hart and Carly Brown. You can see an extended interview with Jess as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Links From The Show: Freddie Alexander - https://twitter.com/FredRAlexander Carly Brown - https://twitter.com/TheForthBelle Host - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Producer - Mark Gallie - https://twitter.com/ZaJollyGinger Researcher - Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/KatieAiles

This week on The Loudcast Kevin is joined by Stuart Kenny to chat about the importance of art for art's sake, The Space Gecko Project, making poetry accessible to new audiences and so much more! We also have poems from Toby Campion, Bex Sherwood, and Jen McGregor. You can see an extended interview with Stuart as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Also keep up to date with our wonderful guest Stuart Kenny over on twitter: https://twitter.com/ StuartKenny And check out his Album with Loud Poets favourite Nadia Freeman (Miss Leading): https://open.spotify.com/album/5SFCijHvs5qnaxincPyHJ2?si=d6UlOZpXQWyHxuYCVv3CPA Links From The Show: Toby Campion - https://twitter.com/TobyCampion Bex Sherwood - https://twitter.com/BexPoet Poetry For Cows – https://tinyurl.com/poetryforcows Jen McGregor - https://twitter.com/JenBitesPeople Host - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Producer - Mark Gallie - https://twitter.com/ZaJollyGinger Researcher - Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/KatieAiles

This week on The Loudcast Kevin is joined by Peter Hayhoe to chat about Spoken Word on YouTube, his work on Muddy Feet, the ups and downs of viral success, and so much more! We also have poems from Keith Jarrett, Edalia Day, and Mary Dickins. You can see an extended interview with Peter as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Also keep up to date with our wonderful guest Peter Hayhoe over on twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterHayhoePoet Or better yet go give Muddy Feet a follow https://twitter.com/muddyfeetpoetry Links From The Show: That Awesome Poetry Show - Keith Jarrett - https://twitter.com/keithjlondon Edalia Day - https://twitter.com/edaliaday Mary Dickins - https://twitter.com/hepzibahhussey Bang Said The Gun - https://twitter.com/bangsaidthegun Artlist - https://artlist.io Artgrid - https://artgrid.io Host - Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Producer - Mark Gallie - https://twitter.com/ZaJollyGinger Researcher - Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/KatieAiles Support us: Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro

This week on The Loudcast Kevin is joined by Robbie MacLeòid to chat about his research in love poetry, the importance of preserving Gaelic language, audiences reacting to minority language poetry, and so much more! We also have poems from Ciarán Hodgers, Kevin Mclean, and Katie Ailes. You can see an extended interview with Robbie as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Also keep up to date with our wonderful guest Robbie MacLeòid over on twitter: https://twitter.com/robbieamacleod Or over on his twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cluicheamaid You can also check out his brand new single https://open.spotify.com/album/0RXRG6bh3K6n22McJOJdza Links From The Show: Ciarán Hodgers - https://twitter.com/CiaranHodgers Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Lies, Dreaming Podcast (Robbie's Carly Rae Jepsen poem) - https://tinyurl.com/y3wkehku Support us: Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro

This week on The Loudcast Kevin is joined by poet and playwright Hannah Lavery to chat about the problems with defining poetry, audience responses, letting work speak for itself, and so much more! We also have poems from Maddie Haynes, Callum O'Dwyer, and Jim Monaghan. You can see an extended interview with Hanna as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Also keep up to date with our wonderful guest Hannah Lavery over on her website or by following her on twitter: https://www.hannahlavery.com/ https://twitter.com/hanlavery And grab a copy of her book 'Finding Sea Glass' right here:: https://stewedrhubarb.org/product/finding-sea-glass/ Links From The Show: Maddie Haynes - https://twitter.com/maddie_haynes Callum O'Dwyer - https://twitter.com/callumjodwyer Jim Monaghan - https://twitter.com/JimMonaghan10 Sam Thorne - https://twitter.com/SamwiseThorne Coastword - https://www.coastword.co.uk/ Hannah's Bella Caledonia Essay - https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/09/07/you-will-find-me-here/ Neu Reekie Untitled Three - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reekie-Untitled-Three-Michael-Pedersen/dp/1846975409 Stewed Rhubarb - https://stewedrhubarb.org/ Speculative Books - https://www.speculativebooks.net/ Support us: Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro

This week on The Loudcast Kevin is joined by Rose Condo to chat about starting off in slam, experimenting with spoken word theatre, and putting performance poems on the page! We also have poems from Doug Garry, David Devereux, and Alycia Pirmohamed. You can see an extended interview with Rose as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Also keep up to date with our wonderful guest Rose Condo over on her website or by following her on twitter: https://www.rosecondo.net https://twitter.com/prairiepetal Links From The Show: Doug Garry - https://twitter.com/DougGarryPoet David Devereux - https://twitter.com/devereuxbass Alycia Pirmohamed - https://twitter.com/a_pirmohamed Flapjack poetry - http://www.flapjackpress.co.uk/ Punk In Drublic - https://www.facebook.com/punkindrublicpoetry/ Verbose - https://twitter.com/verbosemcr  Verve Poetry Fest - https://twitter.com/VervePoetryFest Young Identity - https://www.youngidentity.org/ Support us: Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro

This week on The Loudcast Kevin is joined by the Director of StAnza chat about International Poetry festivals, the importance of multilingual poetry, adapting work to online and more! We also have poems from Katie Ailes, Mark Gallie, and Kevin. You can see an extended interview with Eleanor as part of The Loudcast Extra over on our Patreon channel right now! Also keep up to date with our wonderful guest Eleanor Livingstone over on her twitter: https://twitter.com/StAnzaArts Links From The Show: StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival - http://www.stanzapoetry.org/ Katie Ailes - https://twitter.com/KatieAiles Mark Gallie - https://twitter.com/zajollyginger Kevin Mclean - https://twitter.com/kevoutloud Kev's how to film video, commissioned by StAnza - https://vimeo.com/442058619 Redbubble: https://tinyurl.com/LoudBubble Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IAmLoud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmLoud Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IAmLoudPro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAmLoudPro