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This month’s column celebrates the BBC’s ‘Make a Difference in poetry’ campaign, which saw 40 poets from around England commissioned to pen something about the lockdown. It also features a quick round-up of other online spoken word poetry activity. Click here to read it!
The fifth of our Insta sessions features Emily Harrison on Tuesday 9 June. Emily is a former Saboteur Awards Best Spoken Word Performer. Her full-length poetry collection ‘I Can’t Sleep ’cause My Bed’s On Fire’ is published with Burning Eye Books. Emily lives and teaches in Hackney.
These sessions welcome guests to join us for relaxed conversations and performances. They’re broadcast live on our Instagram account from 7.30-8pm (BST) on Tuesdays, and then uploaded to Facebook, YouTube and IGTV shortly afterwards.
Find more information and share the event over on Facebook. Our latest session with Stephen Lightbown is available to view below.
The fourth of our Insta sessions features Stephen Lightbown on Tuesday 26 May. Stephen is a Bristol-based poet who writes mainly about life as a wheelchair user. His first poetry collection, Only Air, was published in 2019 by Burning Eye Books.
These sessions welcome guests to join us for relaxed conversations and performances. They’re broadcast live on our Instagram account from 7.30-8pm (BST) on Tuesdays, and then uploaded to Facebook, YouTube and IGTV shortly afterwards.
Find more information and share the event over on Facebook. Our latest session with Iona Lee is available to view below.
The third of our Insta sessions features Glasgow-based poet, illustrator and Acolyte front-woman Iona Lee on Tuesday 19 May. Iona was on the bill for our first ever ‘LIVEwire’ event in London in December 2016 and is an incredible performer.
Continue reading “Insta sessions #3: Iona Lee on 19 May”The time has finally arrived! Salena Godden‘s brand new release ‘The Lockdown EP’ is available to stream and download, with 50% of the profits being donated to NHS Charities.
Obviously our strong preference is that you buy it direct from our Bandcamp site, but this page has handy shortcuts to the release in all of the major digital providers, as well as our Bandcamp.
There’s more information on the release here, and you can watch the brand new video to lead poem ‘I Want to Be Your Wife’ below. Wherever you get it, we hope you enjoy!
