Things We Inherited: Voices from Africa Curated by Liyou Libsekal Voices from #Africa e-chapbook now live: This collection features poets from Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. In…
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United Solo Festival I will be performing My Father & Other Superheroes at the United Solo Festival on November the 18th in New York. #Excited The 7th annual United Solo...
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Breaking Ground – Black British Writers US Tour The Breaking Ground tour list consists of five prose writers, five poets. All of the artists present a vast range of themes in their...
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Creativeworks London Fest 10.00am to 9.00pm, Friday 29th April 2016 Creativeworks London (CWL) is London's Knowledge Exchange Hub, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) over four years to bring...
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Literary Death Match February 17 (at Southbank) In 2016, Literary Death Match is taking up residency at the Southbank Centre, for a five-show run that'll bring together some of the most talented...
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Wednesday 10 February 2016 - Sunday 21 February 2016 Every day from 10.30am to 4pm, enjoy the best children's theatre, literature and music, with plenty of workshops and free activities...
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AND Schools INSET: Spoken Word and music 28 January 2016 10.30 to 16.30 at the Museum of London Join spoken word artist Nick Makoha and musician Tara Franks to explore...
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Breaking Ground – Black British Writers US Tour Breaking Ground is conceived, curated and organised by Speaking Volumes. We specialise in producing engaging and excellent literary events designed to appeal...
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Whispers to Katrina @ Kings Place Led by acclaimed jazz pianist Trevor Watkis, Whisper to Katrina is a newly-commissioned soundscape to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina –…
Let's All Be Free Film Festival 2015 The Let’s All Be Free Film Festival is back for a third year. We will screen a diverse selection of short fiction, documentary and...
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Breaking Ground at The Station Bristol in Bristol. Breaking Ground is an Arts Council funded project to showcase some of the best writers from the UK and Jamaica. On 14 October, Bristol will host...
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Words of Colour interview Nick Makoha is no stranger to Words of Colour. When we interviewed him back in 2012 he was one of 10 new poets selected for Spread the…
African Poets on Newsday Six poets who were shortlisted for the 2015 Brunel African Poetry Prize share their work and inspiration on BBC Word Service Newsday
Nick Makoha shortlisted for Babishai Poetry Award From over 2,000 poems, Nick was included on the Longlist of 16. The winner of the 2015 Babishai Poetry Award will be announced...
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Walk & Talk - Series with Roger Robinson Stephen Rudder and Roger Robinson made this interview film series and now they are about to launch it on July 16th at the...
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One Throne Magazine – Issue 6 Summer 2015 Founded in 2014, One Throne is an online literary magazine published quarterly. Their goal is to showcase the foremost of all writing, worldwide, in…
Contemporary African Lyrics: Poetry in Performance Saturday 4 July 15.45 – 16.30, FREE Multilingual poetry performances from emerging voices, including Cristina Ali Farah, Melissa Kiguwa and Nick Makoha (joint winner of...
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Brunel’s African Poetry winners 2015 Sudanese poet Safia Elhillo and Ugandan-born writer Nick Makoha will be awarded £3,000. This year the judges decided to award the prize to two outstanding poets who…
Poetry International Poets' perspectives on a conflicted world - Thursday 23 – Sunday 26 July Southbank Centre’s biennial Poetry International festival was founded by Ted Hughes in 1967. It returns this year from Thursday...
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The Poetry Society & Barclays Premier League: In autumn 2014 the Poetry Society began an exciting new collaboration with Barclays Premier League to help young footballers mark the hundred-year anniversary...
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Stand By Your Woman: - We ask - was 2014 the year of the male feminist? With HeForShe, the UN Barbershop conference and male politicians wearing ‘This is what a feminist...
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