Interview with Roger Robinson
Roger Robinson talks to Erica Gillingham about his dub poetry at the Poetry and Lyrics festival
Interview with Edmund Gordon at Angela Carter
Pamela Mounter talking to Edmund Gordon at Poet in the City’s Angela Carter event.
Interview with Rosemary Hill at Angela Carter
Pamela Mounter talking to Rosemary Hill at Poet in the City’s Angela Carter event.
Interview with Juliet Stevenson at Angela Carter
Pamela Mounter talking to Juliet Stevenson at Poet in the City’s Angela Carter event.
We’re Hiring: Head of Creative Engagement
Poet in the City is recruiting for an imaginative creative project manager and programmer to lead on our work inspiring and creating opportunities for the next generation of creative producers.
Anthony Vahni Capildeo – “Kissing Distance”
By Anthony Vahni Capildeo
Kayo Chingonyi reads Osip Mandelstam’s “54”
By Osip Mandelstam
Will Harris – “Free Will”
By Will Harris
Degna Stone reads Arundhati Subramaniam’s “My Friends”
By Arundhati Subramaniam
Ellen Moran reads Caroline Bird’s “Dive Bar”
By Caroline Bird
Cecilia Knapp reads Natalie Shapero’s “The Sky”
By Natalie Shapero
Cecilia Knapp – My Mother Quit Bread
By Cecilia Knapp
Black Noise: Experiments in Quiet
An experimental evening of soundscape and performance looking at ideas of rest, community and human interiority.
Ellen Moran and Lennie Goodings
With poems inspired by her work with local communities, join poet Ellen Moran in conversation with Chair of Virago Press, Lennie Goodings.
Penny Remfry
Trustee and founding member of Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland Penny Remfry shares personal experience of protest in the 1970s.
Radikal Queen
JazzWitch is a live risqué soiree from poet and activist Radikal Queen incorporating song, spoken word, and digital media to explore the myth, the truth, and the taboo of love, creativity, and systemic power.
Representation in the South West
Ngaio, Maia Thomas and Lennie Goodings ask how we can meaningfully improve local representation.
Shagufta K Iqbal
Inspired by the Cradley Heath Chain Makers, Shagufta’s commissions poems explore the strength and collective spirit found across unions.
Beyond Face
YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQxhwmS22R8 A library, a place where we might expect to be quiet, to read words from a page, inside our heads, to not speak out loud. Well, not here. Four women arrive, with only their voices and their words – and they have a lot to say. You might hear our noise, but…
NGAIO
Bear witness to singer, lyricist and DJ NGAIO as they storm the Library Stage at Herstory Exeter.
Women of The Waste Land: Inspiring T.S. Eliot’s Masterpiece
The stories of the compelling women behind the landmark poem.
Sappho: Words More Naked Than Flesh
Join us for a decadent – dissident – evening in celebration of the ‘Tenth Muse’ herself
How to be a Creative Producer: Applying For Funding with Kirsten Luckins
As an independent producer, how do you use grant support to fund the kind of events you want to create?
How to be a Creative Producer: Marketing Yourself with Bohdan Piasecki
As an independent producer, how do you establish your own professional profile? Learn how
to build up your network and use the power
of storytelling in self-promotion
Newcastle Library Workshops
Poet in the City presents workshops and discussions celebrating the power of women, community, radical stories, quiet strength & exploring everyday acts of social action.
Poet in the City projects up for prestigious industry awards
A Drop of Hope and Woolwich Speaks receive recognition from industry design awards and the World Health Organisation.
Amanecer – Pickle Juice
By La Intrusa
Tenebrosa – Pickle Juice
By La Intrusa