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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Joelle Taylor: Poetry and Protest
How were we to know/ that when we were cleansing/ we were erasing our whole existence – CUNTO, Joelle Taylor My […]
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DigiPoets British Council Cultural Exchange
DigiPoets British Council Cultural Exchange: Podcast and Poet Blog Between 19 and 23 March 2019, three artists from Botswana, Mozambique […]
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No Word Unspoken: Be bold. Speak out.
No Word Unspoken means be bold, speak out, there is power in what you have to say. Poetry helps us […]
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POETIC THEATRE MAKERS: MEET THE POETS AND THE PROJECT
Banner image left to right: Somalia Seaton, Chris Thorpe, Casey Bailey, Lanaire Aderemi, Adaya Henry, Sujana Upadhyay, Jasmine Gardosi & Chris […]
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THE NEED FOR SLAMFRESH IN NEWCASTLE: BY ROWAN MCCABE
Myself and fellow poet Don MacDonald started SlamFresh because we both feel that there are very few opportunities for under […]
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Art as Therapy: Inua Ellams
My earliest memory of creation happened when I was 4/5 years old in Nigeria. I stuck four A4 sheets of […]
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