This month’s column looks back at Matt Abbott‘s career trajectory over the 2010s; reflecting the huge growth of the UK spoken word scene in general. Click here to read it.
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November’s ‘LIVEwire’ column in The State of the Arts
onThis month’s spoken word poetry column for The State of the Arts looks at the political poets to take us through these dark days, and the importance of political poetry in general.
Matt looks at the work of Jess Green and Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, as well as sharing videos from our very own Kevin P. Gilday and Luke Wright. You can read it here.
October’s ‘LIVEwire’ column in The State of the Arts
onThis month, I’m paying tribute to the spoken word poetry powerhouse that is Salena Godden. You can read the column here.
September’s ‘LIVEwire’ column in The State of the Arts
onThis month I explain why I’m determined to programme poets from all over the UK at my semi-regular nights in Leeds. I also preview two Essex-led events; Hannah Lowe at Chelping on 25 Sep and Maria Ferguson’s ‘Essex Girl’ on 26 Sep. Click here to have a read!
August’s ‘LIVEwire’ column in The State of the Arts
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New month, new column. Following last week’s announcement of our biggest series of ‘LIVEwire’ events to date, I’ve written in The State of The Arts to give an insight into why I’m so passionate about these events, and the sort of thing that you can expect from them.
The column is here – so please have a read and then share! Ta very much.
