A+S : Apples and Snakes

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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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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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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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Apples and Snakes: The Podcast

This Summer, join Jerwood Compton Poetry fellow, poet and playwright Yomi Sode as he hosts the first season of Apples […]

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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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The Golden House by Ross Sutherland

A secretive tech company decides to launch a podcast, revealing themselves to the outside world for the first time in […]

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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.