Grand Slam Final Special (w/RJ Hunter) - The Loudcast
The Loudcast
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: The three poems Kev and RJ discuss are: Susi Briggs - The Routin'...
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NaPoWriMo 2022 || Ep. 7 - Wrap Up ||
The Loudcast
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...
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NaPoWriMo 2022 || Ep. 6 - Contrapuntal ||
The Loudcast
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...
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NaPoWriMo 2022 || Ep. 5 - Found Poetry ||
The Loudcast
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...
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NaPoWriMo 2022|| Ep. 4 - Terza Rima ||
The Loudcast
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,...
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NaPoWriMo 2022 || Ep. 3 - Standard Habbie ||
The Loudcast
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...
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NaPoWriMo 2022 || Ep. 2 - Villanelle ||
The Loudcast
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...
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NaPoWriMo 2022 || Ep.1 - Let's Get Writing! ||
The Loudcast
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: Villanelle: Villanelle Workshop: Here are all the...
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Hosting Spoken Word (w/ Siân Bevan) - The Loudcast
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Kevin Mclean chats with Siân Bevan 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.
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Speaking Scots in Spoken Word (w/ Len Pennie) - The Loudcast
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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!
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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
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