What’s SPINE Festival all about?
Preparations for this year’s SPINE Festival are well underway and we can’t wait for it to start in June. The […]
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From artist opinion pieces, to behind-the-scenes news, our blog offers insight into all things spoken word.
If you have an idea for a blog post you’d like to see, please send suggestions to info[at]applesandsnakes[dot]org and watch this space for more articles.
Zena Edwards: Comfortable With the Uncomfortable
Zena recently joined Apples and Snakes officially as a Consulting Artistic Associate. She has been a long time friend of […]
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The Last Poets: Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan – Part 2
In the second part of this blog, Artistic Director of Apples and Snakes, Lisa Mead, and Consulting Artistic Associate, Zena […]
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The Last Poets: Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan – Part 1
Artistic Director of Apples and Snakes, Lisa Mead, interviewed our friends Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan from The Last […]
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Joelle Taylor: Writing From Archives
Lesbian history is obscured by centuries of misogyny, homophobia and class difference. As a consequence, much of the material available refers to upper and middle-class women, in the form of diaries, artworks and analytical texts.
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The Woman With The Wasted Face: Poets, Tread Carefully This Halloween
Please don’t call the police, but I was thirteen when I first watched the fifteen-rated, 2002 version of The Ring. […]
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Beth Calverley: In Defence of Daydreams
Beth Calverley, founder of The Poetry Machine, has seen the positive effects of poetry through her work within health and […]
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Anti-Racist Practice in Education
Written by Ming Akila with an introduction from Talia Randall A+S: Could we start with each of you giving us […]
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The Artist’s Responsibility
What is the role of the artist in moments of historic, social, or political importance? Is there a responsibility to […]
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Black Lives Matter: Our Commitment
28 May 2021 In response to Black Lives Matter, we have started to embed equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB) […]
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Spoken word is dead: long live poetry?
Could it be that there is too much poetry in spoken word? There can be no props, costumes and stage personas if we absorb the assumption that poetry is not a performing art.
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Announcing: Apples and Snakes @ Home
In these extraordinary times, we’re trying something new! Beginning on Wednesday 15 April, Apples and Snakes @ Home is an […]
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COVID-19 Update: 14 September 2020
The majority of the Apples and Snakes team have now returned to our office at The Albany in Deptford. You […]
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REFRESH: MAPPING THE FUTURE OF APPLES AND SNAKES
From our first event in the Adams Arms in London back in 1982, Apples and Snakes has grown into a […]
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The Rise of Nature Poems: Joseph Coelho
Poetry and nature writing have often gone hand in hand. African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote beautiful poems in the […]
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Burning Eye Books: Q&A
We asked Clive Birnie from independent publisher Burning Eye Books a few questions about the world of publishing and the […]
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Jerwood Arts | Apples and Snakes Poetry in Performance programme
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in our application to the Jerwood Development Programme Fund. Jerwood Arts […]
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Creative Community: Jacob Sam-La Rose and Rachel Long in conversation – Part 1
Facilitator, mentor, and writer Jacob Sam-La Rose and poet and curator Rachel Long discuss the merits, importance, and challenges of […]
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Creative Community: Jacob Sam-La Rose and Rachel Long in conversation – Part 2
Facilitator, mentor, and writer Jacob Sam-La Rose and poet and curator Rachel Long discuss the merits, importance, and challenges of […]
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Slam Poetry: how do you maintain truth and authenticity in the face of success and demand?
Owen Craven-Griffiths Apples and Snakes’ Producer for the Midlands When it comes to spoken word it can sometimes be hard […]
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Keisha Thompson: The Binary Brainwash
Binary. It basically means one thing or the other, right? But if you trace the word back it actually stems […]
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Rowan McCabe: Door to Door Poetry
We spoke to North East poet and creator of Door-to-Door Poetry, Rowan McCabe, about poetry, kindness, and Brexit Britain… What […]
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Yomi and Tobi in conversation
Jawdance host and Apples and Snakes favourite Yomi Ṣode has been selected as a Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellow alongside Hafsah Aneela Bashir […]
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Nicky Crabb: SPINE Festival 2019
SPINE Festival – a free, annual spoken word and cross artform festival taking place in libraries for children, young people […]
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