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.

A poetic collaboration between a granddaughter and her late grandfather that conveys the comforting warmth of reminiscent memories, along with their lasting impact and calming nature.

Performers this is an opportunity for you!

We spoke to Aly Stoneman, climate change poet and doctoral researcher, about her journey into the creative industry and her unique exploration of coastal erosion.

Escape Through Words! - A scratch night writing opportunity with Anthroplay and Escape Bar.

Award winning poet announces Essex date for 'lost' third instalment of trilogy. Fast-paced and thrilling verse play about Brexit and marriage told in blistering verse visits Colchester Arts Centre on 13 October.

Award winning poet announces Nottingham date for 'lost' third instalment of trilogy. Fast-paced and thrilling verse play about Brexit and marriage told in blistering verse visits Nottingham Playhouse on 29 September

Multi award winning poet updates the scandalous, bawdy and colourful Georgian ballad storytelling style for the modern ear in his eleventh full length poetry show. It visits The Edge, Theatre & Arts Centre in Manchester on 14 and 15 October

Top stand up poet Luke Wright emerges from his Covid enforced retirement with an infectious thirst for life. New post pandemic show at Marina Theatre, Lowestoft on Saturday 4 September

A special edition published by the UK’s oldest literary periodical, The London Magazine, Untitled, 2020 fuses new commissioned prose and poetry creations with older works that coalesce to form a reflection on 2020 as a whole. 

New literary magazine edited by immigrants and refugees, 'the other side of hope' has opened submissions for writers from the same community.  

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