The New Poets Prize 2022 winner talks about her upcoming debut pamphlet ‘The Pretence of Understanding’, the unhelpful notion of a ‘proper poet’ - and why she wrote a poem about her granny’s letterbox fish deliveries. 

We speak to the former assistant editor of Voice about his first published book of poetry, his desire to be a hedonistic rock god, and his general talent as a Jack of all trades.

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.

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!

Nottingham Trent University introduces their first WRAP Live online event with award-winning novelist, poet and former Mostly Lit podcast host, Derek Owusu.

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

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.

We caught up with Nikita Gill, author of Wild Embers and Great Goddesses, about life as a poet, the worth of rejection and her thoughts on the Insta-poetry phenomenon.

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

Time is my true enemy