Episode Four of Open Mic Podcast is hosted, edited and produced by Alfie Prendergast @AlfiePrenderga1

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*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!