”I hope the poem triggers happy memories from people around the country about their local pub or those pubs you stumble upon. It is funny how a friend's conversation and...
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Voices Nationwide: Celebrating fatherhood Campaign At Nationwide our members have a voice, and in this collection of poems, we asked different dads to use theirs to explain what being a...
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Southbank Centre’s BAM- Being A Man festival Being A Man festival addressed the challenges and pressures of masculine identity in the 21st century.For 2017, its fourth year, we asked: what makes a...
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Write To The City 2018 This year's Write To The City will take place from July 23rd- July 27th at the UIC School of Art & Art History. 400 S....
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British Council Literature Seminar in Berlin 2018 Writing Gender – Sexuality, Feminism and Masculinity - 2018 will connect a new generation of writers and readers. The 33rd British Council Literature...
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The Guardian’s Best Books 2017 So to end the year I have had three wonderful ladies say marvellous things about my poetry collection in the Guardian. From moving memoirs to far-reaching…
Goldsmiths Writers Centre presents: Nick Makoha and fellow guest poets on Black Metic Nick Makoha was shortlisted for the 2017 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection. His poems appear…
Play Video Poets' Perspectives: Religion & War Part of Belief and Beyond BeliefJoin poets from Uganda, Sri Lanka, Syria, Iraq and Spain explore the conflicts that have affected their lives...
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Stablemates – Ledbury Jill Abram presents Stablemates, a poetry salon with Roger Robinson, Nick Makoha and Seni Seneviratne from Peepal Tree Press. Roger Robinson is a dub poet writing songs…
The Forward Prizes for Poetry 2017 Hear readings from the ten collections chosen by the Forward judges from poetry published in the UK and the Republic of Ireland over the…