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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 to celebrate it than on World Book Day. It’s full of beautiful illustrations and stand-up and read out loud poetry for children (or anyone really!). 3 March also marks the start of SPINE Festival, a…

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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 think about approaching the start of a painting. But if I said this was a list of considerations attached to creating a poem, I think it would still stand. For framing, read form; for colour…

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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 and Anthony Joseph. Each of the recipients receives £15,000 plus a year of critical support and mentoring with no expectation that they produce a particular work or outcome. Yomi sat down with our London Producer and newly…

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It’s All in the Blend : Gina Sherman

5 poets to know…… (Well, actually 10) I’ve curated a list of 5 performance poetry shows (from within the last 5 years!) that blend with other art forms wonderfully well. The influence of other art forms on performance poetry is vast and diverse and mouth-wateringly rich, so picking 5 that combine art forms really well was…

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