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17 May 2022
Dawn FM’s Afterlife
Christian and New Age religious imagery inform the looming presence of the Great Hereafter in The Weeknd’s latest album
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4 March 2022
Saturday round-up: UKNA City Takeover in Leicester
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.
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11 January 2022
Review: Paradise Island by Scarlett Smyth
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.
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21 December 2021 – 30 January 2022
Call out for performers - Lancashire Fringe Festival (May 2022), Enjoy The Show
Performers this is an opportunity for you!
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26 November 2021
Robot artist will perform artificially generated poetry at Dante celebration
Ai-Da will use a databank of words and speech pattern analysis to create a ‘reactive’ piece to Dante’s famous poem, the Divine Comedy
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24 November 2021
Interview with Aly Stoneman, poet and doctoral researcher of coastal erosion
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.
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1 September 2021
Kathleen Jamie named as Scotland’s next Makar
Kathleen Jamie is the fourth Makar, taking over from Jackie Kay in August 2021 after she fulfilled her five year term.
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1 September 2021 – 17 September 2021
Writing opportunity with Anthroplay and Escape Bar
Escape Through Words! - A scratch night writing opportunity with Anthroplay and Escape Bar.
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13 October 2021
Luke Wright announces Colchester date for ‘lost’ third play in trilogy
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.
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9 September 2021
Luke Wright: Poet announces Nottingham date for third ‘lost’ trilogy play
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
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29 July 2021
Luke Wright: Poet announces Cambridge date for third ‘lost’ trilogy play
Award winning poet announces Cambridge date for 'lost' third instalment of trilogy. Fast-paced and thrilling verse play about Brexit and marriage told in blistering verse visits Cambridge Junction on 29 July.
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14 October 2021 – 15 October 2021
Luke Wright: The Ballad Seller in Manchester
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
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10 October 2021
Luke Wright: The Ballad Seller in Brighton
Luke Wright, winner of Best Spoken Word Performer, 2021 Saboteur Awards, has based his new full length poetry show on bawdy Georgian street ballads and takes it to Brighton's Komedia on Sunday 10 October while touring the UK
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4 September 2021
Luke Wright: Come! Come On! Meet Me! In Lowestoft!
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
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19 May 2021
Untitled, 2020
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.
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17 May 2021 – 31 July 2021
New literary magazine 'the other side of hope' call for submissions
New literary magazine edited by immigrants and refugees, 'the other side of hope' has opened submissions for writers from the same community.
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14 May 2021
A review of Maggie Butt's poetry collection 'everlove'
A reflective collection of poetry, Maggie Butt’s everlove examines ideas of displacement and the self, exploring them both on a personal and wider scale.
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11 May 2021
Want My Job? with academic and poet Sandeep Parmar
Academic, writer and poet Sandeep Parmar talks to Voice about her literary career and her love of poetry.