The Animated Poet
A few years ago I realised if I draw while I listen, it tames my frantic mind and lets the […]
MoreA few years ago I realised if I draw while I listen, it tames my frantic mind and lets the […]
MoreHello from Apples and Snakes, and goodbye 2022! A momentous year for us as we turned 40 on 2nd October 2022. […]
More“i hate having to share trauma with white people to be taken seriously. as a writer but also just as […]
MoreI’d love it if people could read the word ‘disabled,’ notice what feelings come up and then challenge them. Try […]
MoreThe world of commissioning can sometimes be a minefield, and it can be difficult to know where to start. I’ve […]
MoreTune in and listen up. Join Award winning British-Nigerian writer Yomi Sode for Apples and Snakes: The Podcast. You probably […]
MoreIts September. School bells are calling in students to begin a new academic year, and for many writer teachers like […]
MoreThis week on The Verb we're celebrating the birthday of Apples and Snakes, who've been pioneering spoken word poetry for 40 years.
MoreYoung Identity started life as Inna Voice. In 2006, we entered Apples and Snakes’ national poetry slam “Word Cup” at […]
MoreThe first poem I ever performed in public was in the basement of a Starbucks. It was something sweet, innocent […]
MoreHow it Worked For me – Sundra Lawrence I love Apples and Snakes callouts – the news neatly folded in […]
MoreSome people might say that I don’t look like a typical poet. I’m ok with that.
More“I’ve never really seen myself as a writer, more somebody who happens to write. I didn’t grow up dreaming of […]
More“…The only thing that helped me stay connected to who I was was my writing” Who am I? I am […]
MoreHello from Apples and Snakes What to say about 2021, was it worse than 2020? Hard to choose! We kept […]
MoreIn 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 […]
MoreWe are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our great friend and most powerful poet, Jean Binta Breeze. […]
MorePreparations for this year’s SPINE Festival are well underway and we can’t wait for it to start in June. The […]
MoreZena recently joined Apples and Snakes officially as a Consulting Artistic Associate. She has been a long time friend of […]
MoreIn the second part of this blog, Artistic Director of Apples and Snakes, Lisa Mead, and Consulting Artistic Associate, Zena […]
MoreArtistic Director of Apples and Snakes, Lisa Mead, interviewed our friends Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan from The Last […]
MoreLesbian 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.
MorePlease don’t call the police, but I was thirteen when I first watched the fifteen-rated, 2002 version of The Ring. […]
MoreA secretive tech company decides to launch a podcast, revealing themselves to the outside world for the first time in […]
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