UK New Artists (UKNA) have taken over Leicester this past weekend, showcasing 75 new and emerging artists across exhibitions, spoken word, film, music, and dance. Check out our highlights of Saturday's events.

Academic, writer and poet Sandeep Parmar talks to Voice about her literary career and her love of poetry. 

The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2021 is open for entries until 31 July 2021. It is free to enter and is open to poets aged 11-17 years anywhere in the world. Visit foyleyoungpoets.org to submit your poems.

We talked to Amerah Saleh, General Manager at Beatfreeks, about her role, career path and any advice she had for young people interested in the arts. Read on to find out more!

This week on instaviews we will be interviewing Instagram poet and self-published author, J R Darbon. 

Are you under 18 and love poetry?

We go live with performance poet Jess Green this Friday at 1pm

I sat down with poet Luke Wright on Zoom to discuss his successful live performances on Twitter, as a result of his nationwide tour being cancelled due to lockdown.

"I wanted to create a personal story that reflected the attitudes being displayed in a wider political narrative."

Poet, producer and creative practitioner Nasima Begum talks about her art, her inspirations, and her place on the Jerwood Creative Fellowship as part of MIF 2019.

Time is my true enemy

Moniza Alvi has published five anthologies: two with Oxford University Press and three with Bloodaxe books. Her poetry reading, at the Literary Festival in my hometown, was emotionally stirring; each poem with significance and hidden implications.