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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The Shanachie: Oakley Flanagan
Picking up where my grandmother left off Protest as we know it seems to be a vital & a necessary […]
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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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PROPER POETRY: CLASS AND SPOKEN WORD BY KIBRIYA MEHRBAN
…one of the reasons it all turned a bit weird was one of those guys saying ‘I don’t ever want […]
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Notes from the Midlands Aliyah Hasinah
Recent research via the Guardian found that £700 million is needed to give northern England (anywhere north of London) the […]
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THE LIFE CHANGING POWER OF DISABILITY ARTS BY LISETTE AUTON
I am a writer, a poet, an actor and activist, a spoken word performer, a creative practitioner and facilitator, a […]
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INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING AND THE SMALL PRESS REVOLUTION BY KIT RAYNE
Poetry has been and still is a revolution. What else but revolution would cause such a drastic shift in a […]
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Being an Artist in Residence for SPINE 2018: Amina Jama
“When I grow up, I want to be a Superhero Bubble-gum Trapper, and nobody can tell me otherwise” – Year […]
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Blackbox: Helen Seymour
Helen Seymour is a Canterbury-based writer and spoken word artist whose work blurs the line between theatre and poetry, approaching serious topics with surreal humour.
Blackbox: Roger Robinson
Roger Robinson is a Trinidadian writer and musician based in the UK. He has published several books and is lead vocalist for critically acclaimed King Midas Sound.
Blackbox: Shagufta K
Shagufta K is an award-winning poet who uses arts to engage with audiences who feel their experiences are not reflected within traditional and mainstream arts.
REDEMPTION SONGS AND ALTERNATIVE ANTHEMS: THE UNSOUND BARRIER BETWEEN POETRY AND MUSIC BY KIBRIYA MEHRBAN
If one of the main objectives of reading and writing poetry is to evoke emotion, then it’s no surprise that […]
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CROSS DRESSING AND FLUID IDENTITIES: FITTING BY MATT MILLER
For this blog, rather than talk about the creative process of making, I wanted to talk about my experience of […]
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Silence, how to work with Historical texts: Rachel Rose Reid
For the last few months, I’ve been collaborating with a brilliant spoken word artist from Cornwall, whose work is timeless, […]
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Making a Scene by Kym Deyn
Creating a Spoken Word Community I like to joke sometimes that “Durham University Poetry Slam Team” sounds like an oxymoron. […]
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There’s No Last Place by Sophie Sparham
The simple fact we often forget Success. The word has a different meaning to different people. In the poetry world, […]
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