Commission This – Shagufta K Iqbal
The world of commissioning can sometimes be a minefield, and it can be difficult to know where to start. I’ve […]
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The Educational Poet
Its September. School bells are calling in students to begin a new academic year, and for many writer teachers like […]
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The Beginning of Young Identity
Young Identity started life as Inna Voice. In 2006, we entered Apples and Snakes’ national poetry slam “Word Cup” at […]
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A Poet Walks Into a Bar
The first poem I ever performed in public was in the basement of a Starbucks. It was something sweet, innocent […]
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From Callout to Publication
How it Worked For me – Sundra Lawrence I love Apples and Snakes callouts – the news neatly folded in […]
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Iroro Azanuwha: Not a typical poet
Some people might say that I don’t look like a typical poet. I’m ok with that.
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Not Feeling Like a Poet
“I’ve never really seen myself as a writer, more somebody who happens to write. I didn’t grow up dreaming of […]
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Tahmina Ali – This is a Mother Poet
“…The only thing that helped me stay connected to who I was was my writing” Who am I? I am […]
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The Poems of Joseph Coelho
Joseph Coelho has been a long-time friend of Apples and Snakes. With his latest release, Poems Aloud, what better way […]
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Practical Poetry in Times of Revolution – lisa luxx
“I speak here of poetry as a revelatory distillation of experience, not the sterile word play that, too often, the […]
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Kate Fox: This is a Neurodivergent Poet
This is a Neurodivergent Poet… I know a lot of other poets feel, as I did, that whenever they first […]
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2021 Round Up
Hello from Apples and Snakes What to say about 2021, was it worse than 2020? Hard to choose! We kept […]
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Open House: Mapping the journey of ESOL
Open House has been running as part of the SPINE Festival since 2017. The project is specifically devised for refugee […]
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On Poetry and Painting – Alice Frecknall
Subject, perspective, composition, medium, colour palette, framing, tools… these are some of the things that come to mind when I […]
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FAQ with Rick Dove
In July this year Rick Dove became the oldest ever Hammer & Tongue National Slam Champion. Rick was a participant in our Red Sky Sessions and he was […]
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Jean “Binta” Breeze
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our great friend and most powerful poet, Jean Binta Breeze. […]
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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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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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