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

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Twitter: @fernbeattie

Website: fernangelbeattie.com

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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

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Website: demianter.com

Jimmy Bowman

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Iain Whiteley

Instagram: @poetriain

Twitter/ X: @iainw

Fern Beattie

Instagram: @fernangelbeattie

Twitter: @fernbeattie

Website: fernangelbeattie.com

Write Bloody UK

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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

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Lily Redwood

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Website: lilyredwood.co.uk