The Poetry Society Podcast
Nick Makoha talks to Will Harris
Will Harris and Nick Makoha, prizewinning poets both, talk about Nick’s poems in the spring 2020 issue of The Poetry Review and how these poems exemplify his interest in song, story and myth, the parameters of self, reconfiguring the problem of the white lens, and how the act of writing poems produces unlooked-for discoveries. Nick gives electrifying readings of his poems ‘Codex 1’ and Codex 2, both published in the Review, and ‘Bird In Flames’ from his Forward-shortlisted debut Kingdom of Gravity.
Southbank Centre's Book Podcast
Literature & the refugee crisis featuring Khaled Hosseini & Nick Makoha
Three years ago, the body of three-year-old Syrian refugee, Alan Kurdi was found on the beach in Turkey. This provoked Khaled Hosseini, best-selling author and Afghan refugee, to write the illustrated story, Sea Prayer. Ted Hodgkinson had poet Nick Makola in the studio where they talked about politics, family and his experience of fleeing Uganda as a child.
Royal Society Literature
Three Poets
Malika Booker’s writing spans poetry, theatre, monologue, installation and education, and is rooted in storytelling. It is now a firmly established writers’ collective based in London. Nick Makoha was born in Uganda, but fled Idi Amin’s tyranny as a boy. On completing a degree in biochemistry in the UK, he realised he had a vocation as a poet. Kim Moore’s debut collection, The Art of Falling, won the 2017 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.
Lunar Poets
Nick Makoha Lunar Poets Interview
David Turner is in Lambeth, south London chatting to poet Nick Makoha about professionalism, Nick's own development as a writer and poetry's place in society.
Lunar Poetry Podcasts
Hannah Silva / Nick Makoha /John Hegley
This episode is in three parts:
Part One - David Turner is in Haggerston, London to talk to Hannah Silva about her solo show Schlock!
Part Two (27:14) - David Turner is in Lambeth, south London chatting to poet Nick Makoha about professionalism, Nick's own development as a writer and poetry's place in society.
Part Three (56:16) - David Turner talks to comedian, musician and poet, John Hegley. Songs, poems, biscuits and coffee.....
Southbank Centre: Think Aloud
Being a Man 2015 | The Beautiful Game
David Turner is in Lambeth, south London chatting to poet Nick Makoha about professionalism, Nick's own development as a writer and poetry's place in society.