Hillview
By Chris Reeves
Poet in the City announces appointment of Lennie Goodings as Chair of Board of Trustees
Poet in the City is delighted to announce the appointment of Lennie Goodings as Chair of its Board of Trustees. Lennie takes over from Sarah Davis, who steps down after eight years as a Trustee, five of which in the role of Chair.
Hillview Inheritance Remembered
By Chris Harrison
National Producers Taskforce
On Wednesday 4th November, Poet in the City brought together over 40 arts organisations, venues, and funding bodies for the first National Producers Taskforce meeting. We discussed diversity, creative career pathways and how Covid has changed the employment landscape for young and early-career producers.
William Wordsworth: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
An afternoon of poetry, discussion and reflection on life’s big questions through the words of Romantic poet William Wordsworth.
This event will take place online.
Halloween Poetry Party
Share your favourite spooky poems with us this #SpookySeason at Poet in the City’s virtual Halloween Poetry Party.
“Read By” – Poetry Films with the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
Lead producer Jasmine White discusses the partnership between Poet in the City and the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation to showcase contemporary UK poetry voices.
Culture Recovery Fund
Poet in the City is incredibly grateful to receive a grant as part of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
From Producers to Prize-Winning Podcasting: Axel Kacoutié
Axel Kacoutié was a member of Poet in the City Producers 2017. Since then, he’s gone on to work for the Guardian and win awards for his audio work.
Poet in the City Presents: Virgil’s Aeneid
An evening of poetry and discussion considering the lessons of Virgil’s Aeneid in the context of contemporary refugee emergencies.
Poet in the City Presents: Forugh Farrokhzad
An evening of poetry and discussion celebrating 1960s rebel poet Forugh Farrokhzad and her legacy on contemporary poets and artists.
Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest – Erica Wagner
emilydickinson-2020-ericawagner.mp3 Erica Wagner was born in New York City and is a widely-acclaimed author and critic. She was literary editor of The Times for 17 years and is now contributing literary editor for Harper’s Bazaar, a contributing writer for the New Statesman, as well as writing for the Financial Times, the Economist and the New…
Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest – Nikita Gill
emilydickinson-2020-nikitagill.mp3 Nikita Gill is a Belfast-born poet, writer and Instagrammer, and has been described as ‘one of the most successful and exciting Instapoets working today’. Nikita was interviewed by Penny Hughes ahead of Poet in the City’s Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest event at King’s Place on 3 October 2020, as part of Poet in the…
Emily Dickinson: Success Is Counted Sweetest – Nikita Gill
Nikita Gill is a Belfast-born poet, writer and artist and has been described as ‘one of the most successful and exciting instapoets working today’. This interview was conducted on 3 October 2020 at King’s Place by Penny Hughes at Emily Dickinson: Success Is Counted Sweetest as part of Poet in the City’s “Fail Better” 2020 season.
Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest – Caroline Bird
emilydickinson-2020-carolinebird.mp3 Caroline Bird is a poet and playwright. Her 2017 collection, In These Days of Prohibition, was shortlisted for the 2017 T.S. Eliot Prize and the Ted Hughes Award. Her sixth Carcanet collection, The Air Year, was published this spring. This interview was conducted by Penny Hughes as part of Poet in the City’s Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest event…
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What Is An Activist? – Amina Atiq
amina-atiq-audio-only-1(1).mp3 Amina Atiq is a Yemeni-Scouse writer, performance artist & activist. Curious Mind Young Associate & BBC Words First Finalist 2019. Atiq’s work explores the conflict of her dual- identity of her heartland, Yemen and her homeland Liverpool. She is writing a one-woman poetry theatre play, revisiting her grandmother’s 1970’s Yemeni- British household. Currently a remote writer…
What Is An Activist? – Khadijah Ibrahiim
khadijah-ibrahiim-audio-only.mp3 Khadijah Ibrahiim was born in Leeds of Jamaican parentage. Educated at the University of Leeds, she is a literary activist, theatre maker and published writer, who combines’ inter-disciplinary art forms to re-imagine poetry as performance theatre. Hailed as one of Yorkshire’s most prolific poets by the BBC, her work appears in university journals and poetry…
What is an Activist? – Joelle Taylor
joelle-taylor-audio-only.mp3 Joelle Taylor is an award-winning poet, author and educator who completed a world tour with her last collection Songs My Enemy Taught Me. She founded SLAMbassadors, the UK national youth poetry slam championships, as well as the international spoken-word project Borderlines. She is widely anthologised, the author of 3 collections of poetry and is currently completing her debut…
Digesting History
FAQs about Digesting History
Calm Sleep Stories – Selina Nwulu
Poet in the City is delighted to announce the release of a brand new poetic Sleep Story by Selina Nwulu, commissioned by Calm, the #1 app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation.
What is an Activist? – National Poetry Day
In line with National Poetry Day 2020’s theme of “Vision”, Poet in the City hosted an online broadcast, talking to poets who are changing perceptions around contemporary social issues.
Samuel Beckett: Fail Better – TEST
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Poet in the City Friends
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Poet in the City Friends
Become a Friend and support us to transform the landscape of live poetry to create a vibrant, engaging space for all.
Poet in the City Podcast
Plug in to the Poet in the City Podcast, a series of specially curated audio experiences
Arts Council England Emergency Response Funding
Poet in the City is grateful to have received funding from Arts Council England’s Emergency Response Fund.
A Little Body Are Many Parts – Legna Rodriguez Iglesias and Seraphina Vick
Interview with Legna Rodriguez Iglesias and Seraphina Vick at A Little Body Are Many Parts event
Fail Better: Samuel Beckett – Natalie Abrahami
Interview with Natalie Abrahami
Poetry Broadcasts
Poet in the City presented a six-week series of dinnertime poetry broadcasts, premiering every Tuesday at 7pm on YouTube. Catch up on readings and performances from leading contemporary poets.
Fail Better Samuel Beckett
A review of Samuel Beckett: Fail Better by Jack Wright
Samuel Beckett: Fail Better – Emilie Morin
Fail-Better-Samuel-Beckett-2020_(2)_-_Emilie_Moran.mp3 Emilie Morin is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York. She specialises in modern British and Irish literature, theatre history and forms of political writing. She has published widely in these fields including writing the books: Beckett’s Political Imagination (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and Samuel Beckett…