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3 May 2021
A focus on South American literature
South America is a culturally rich continent. In this post, I’ll focus on its literary tradition and most iconic authors.
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4 March 2021 – 31 July 2021
Aged 11-17? Enter the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award for free by 31 July
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.
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26 March 2021
Poetry review: Passerine by Kirsten Luckins
A modern, genre-bending elegy, Passerine is an ambitious and accomplished poetic study of loss and hope.
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5 March 2021
Want my job? with Beatfreeks General Manager, Amerah Saleh
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!
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4 March 2021
Kizzy Blue Wade | TrinityTalent 2020
Kizzy Blue Wade was selected for TrinityTalent for Progress in her Arts Award achievements.
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21 January 2021
Amanda Gorman’s inauguration performance is one of many reasons to feel hopeful for the future
Biden’s inauguration is symbolic and historic for a number of reasons, and the first US National Youth Poet Laureate’s performance is definitely among them
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14 January 2021 – 25 March 2021
AYM Online Spring Courses for 11-16s
Get creative this new year in specialist online music courses for 11-16s. We’re using Zoom to help you explore your creativity in safe, affordable weekly sessions. Book today!
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8 December 2020 – 9 December 2020
The January Challenge 2021
The January Challenge from 64 Million Artists is 31 days of creative challenges to kickstart 2021, inspiring Brits from all over the country to participate in a creative activity for fun and leisure.
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20 November 2020
Instaviews with J R Darbon
This week on instaviews we will be interviewing Instagram poet and self-published author, J R Darbon.
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21 September 2020
How to celebrate art #LoveArtsAward15
As part of the celebrations of 15 years of Arts Award, we're running a competition to find out why you love the art you do. £50 arts voucher anyone? Yes please!
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18 August 2020 – 11 September 2020
Poetry Translation Centre internship
Apply for this paid internship if you are from a BAME background
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7 August 2020
How to Write Poetry with Theresa Lola
We chatted with Theresa Lola, poet, facilitator and Young People's Laureate for London, about how to write poetry and make a career as a poet. It's part of the Artist Workshop with Voice series, funded by Arts Council England.
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9 July 2020
Poem 1- The riot in me.
After the shocking events, which have taken place in Minneapolis, I have written a collection of poems, all focused on the topic of race and societal tension. I truly believe that the pen will be able to bridge the divides in our fractured world.
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16 July 2020
Introduction to poetry with Theresa Lola: Artist workshops with Voice
Get an introduction to writing poetry with Young People’s Laureate for London Theresa Lola. Explore more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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15 May 2020
Interview with Sanah Ahsan: poet, presenter, and trainee clinical psychologist
Sanah 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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12 May 2020
Interview with Loz Anstey, New Creative
“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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5 May 2020 – 8 May 2020
Instaviews with Luke Wright
Join us Friday May 8th at 12pm over on our Instagram channel for a live Q+A
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27 April 2020 – 30 September 2020
A new live show every day from one of the UK’s leading poets
Luke 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