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Since the beginning of May, we’ve been hosting weekly Insta sessions with guests from all over the UK and further afield. These relaxed 30-minute sessions blend performance with insightful conversations from leading and emerging poets.

Next up, we welcome Sophie Sparham on Tuesday 2 March. Sophie is a poet and writer from Derby. She has written commissions for BBC Radio 4, The V&A and The People’s History Museum. She co-hosts the night Word Wise which won Best Spoken Word Night at the 2019 Saboteur Awards. Her latest collection ‘The Man Who Ate 50,000 Weetabix‘ comes out in April on Verve Poetry Press. 

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Insta sessions #34: Sophie Sparham on Tuesday 2 March
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Since the beginning of May, we’ve been hosting weekly Insta sessions with guests from all over the UK and further afield. These relaxed 30-minute sessions blend performance with insightful conversations from leading and emerging poets.

Next up, we welcome Haris Ahmed on Tuesday 23 February. Haris is a Bradford-based poet and editor for Genius. He was commissioned to write the poem ‘The Doomsday Clock News‘ as part of Fly The Flag’s campaign for World Human Rights Day in December. Last year, ran a successful crowdfunding campaign for his début poetry book ‘isit‘, which is due to be published soon.

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Insta sessions #33: Haris Ahmed on Tuesday 23 February
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Since the beginning of May, we’ve been hosting weekly Insta sessions with guests from all over the UK and further afield. These relaxed 30-minute sessions blend performance with insightful conversations from leading and emerging poets.

Next up, we welcome Rushika Wick on Tuesday 16 February. Rushika is a poet and kids’ doctor from South London. She’s performed in London with various collectives including New Gums and Cold Lips Magazine, and in Amsterdam with Rough Night Press.

She’s had work published in various anthologies and magazines including Ambit, Datableed and Poetry Review. She has started making poetry objects (some for performance) and visual poetry more recently and is a student at the Poetry School. Her début collection ‘Afterlife As Trash‘ is published by Verve Poetry Press in April.

Insta sessions #32: Rushika Wick on Tuesday 16 February
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This month included exclusive author readings from the likes of Kathryn Williams and Nikesh Shukla, plus a Matt Abbott feature on Motown Records’ Black Forum spoken word imprint from the early ’70s. You should be able to find it wherever you usually listen to podcasts, but if not, it’s on our Anchor.fm page here.

We return to Soho Radio’s Culture channel on Saturday 13 March from 4-6pm!

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We’re thrilled to have programmed this event for Leeds Lit Fest in celebration of International Women’s Day 2021. The event will take place over Zoom on Sunday 7 March from 3-5pm and tickets can be reserved free of charge here.

It’ll feature performances from Theresa Lola, Erin Bolens and Reece Lyons, and will be hosted by our very own Louise Fazackerley. There’s also an open mic section which is now full.

Please feel free to join and share the Facebook event here!

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Since the beginning of May, we’ve been hosting weekly Insta sessions with guests from all over the UK and further afield. These relaxed 30-minute sessions blend performance with insightful conversations from leading and emerging poets.

Next up, we welcome Iftikhar Latif on Tuesday 9 February! Iftikhar is a writer and spoken-word artist of British-Bangladeshi descent. He released his debut collection of short stories and poems, titled ‘Losers’, in August 2019.His work often refers to the British Asian experience, deconstructions of masculinity, and addiction/isolation. Currently, he is a founder and co-host for ‘Off The Chest’.

Insta sessions #31: Iftikhar Latif on Tuesday 9 February
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Since the beginning of May, we’ve been hosting weekly Insta sessions with guests from all over the UK and further afield. These relaxed 30-minute sessions blend performance with insightful conversations from leading and emerging poets.

Next up, we welcome Maria Ferguson on Tuesday 2 February! Maria is a poet and multi-award-winning theatre-maker from Romford. Her début poetry collection Alright, Girl? was published by Burning Eye Books in April and features her poem My Letters, which was Highly Commended by the Forward Prize.

Insta sessions #30: Maria Ferguson on Tuesday 2 February
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