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Blog
15 May 2020Interview with Sanah Ahsan: poet, presenter, and trainee clinical psychologist
View BlogSanah talks about her latest experience in the BBC's ‘Performance Live: The Way Out’, her doctorate on whiteness in clinical psychology, and how spoken word can be used to help mental health
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Interview
12 May 2020Interview with Loz Anstey, New Creative
View Interview“We have a need, as humans, to compartmentalise to a degree. We section things off in our minds in order to form a basic understanding of them.”
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Event
5 May 2020 – 8 May 2020Instaviews with Luke Wright
View EventJoin us Friday May 8th at 12pm over on our Instagram channel for a live Q+A
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Event
27 April 2020 – 30 September 2020A new live show every day from one of the UK’s leading poets
View EventLuke Wright has performed a live online show via Twitter at 8pm every evening since 19 March (the date of his first tour date cancelled due to Covid-19) and plans to do so until we can return to theatres, arts centres and venues
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Photo Blog
21 April 2020“To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.” — Robert Graves
View Photo BlogPoetry is an art, a passion that can only be written by those who are gifted with the power of creativity. It can be the most wonderful of fairy tales to the one of histories darkest most sad moments.
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Review
14 April 2020Butterflies
View ReviewButterflies is an autobiographical story of going through cancer and finding a voice
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Review
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Feature
13 March 2020TrinityTalent 2019 | Lottie Thompson
View FeatureLottie is celebrated by Trinity for Artistic Achievement in Arts Award.
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Opportunity
15 January 2020 – 28 February 2020Enter Words of Unity poetry competition
View OpportunityWords of Unity aims to unite young people against division and encourage collaboration.
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Opportunity
4 January 2020 – 3 March 2020Newcastle Poetry Competition Young People’s Poetry Prize is Open for Entries
View OpportunityYoung people aged between 11-17 can enter the Newcastle Poetry Prize now! The deadline is March 3rd 2020.
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Interview
27 November 2019I wanted more than survival, says performance poet Neal Pike
View Interview"The 90s was very much a place where disabled people could only survive and never aspire to anything more."
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Review
16 October 2019Scare Slam Review
View ReviewThe Scare Slam brings you a fun night of spooky storytelling.
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Blog
3 October 2019Instapoetry: An Innovative Form Born Out of Necessity
View BlogInstapoetry has provoked a number of debates in recent years. Here, PhD researcher Laura Gallon argues that the innovative form has been born out of necessity – a necessity to allow diverse voices to be heard.
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Interview
26 September 2019Interview with Sharlene Gandhi, writer and performer in Run Softly
View Interview"The Thames has always seemed so daunting and unstoppable, yet at the same time a sign of depth and history."
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Feature
24 September 2019Jason Reynolds: “It’s only by showing up that you will see improvement"
View FeatureMulti-award winning author says you have to "trust your gut and write it your way, do it your way and break all the rules"
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Blog
18 September 2019My Spoken Word Challenge! Feedback Needed!
View BlogFor my unit 1 challenge I have decided to throw my hand in Spoken Word/Poetry writing. I would love to hear your feedback on a couple of my pieces :)
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Interview
12 September 2019Interview with Carmina Masoliver, poet and founder of She Grrrowls
View Interview"I’m most at peace by the sea, but the river allows busy Londoners a place for quiet contemplation, and I always find it a soothing place to be."
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Interview
10 September 2019Interview with Jamal Hassan, writer and performance poet
View Interview"There is no such thing as bad poetry, it is only unpolished."
