Fail-Better-Samuel-Beckett-2020-Joanna-Walsh.mp3 Joanna Walsh is a writer, artist and editor. She is the author of seven books including the digital work seed-story.com. Her latest book, Break.up, was published by Semiotext(e) in 2018. She is a UK Arts Foundation Fellow, and a PhD candidate in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia, where she…
Fail-Better-Samuel-Beckett-2020_(1).mp3 Natalie Abrahami was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill from 2007-2012 and Associate Director at the Young Vic 2013-16. She has also been Associate Artist at the Nuffield Theatre and at Hull Truck. Recent theatre and opera include: Swive [Elizabeth] (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), ANNA (National Theatre), The Meeting (Chichester Festival Theatre), Machinal…
Can failure be a good thing? Across 2020 Poet in the City’s London programme will contemplate the role of failure as a catalyst for change.
Poet in the City’s 2020 Fundraiser invites you to wander through the Unreal City. A riotous reimagining of the 1920s literary landscape.
Explore your Central Library after dark as we transform the building for a theatrical dining experience with a menu of poetry, history and live performance.
A look inside the little green notebook of international symbol of revolution Che Guevara, with poetry readings in both Spanish and English.
A tribute to James Baldwin, exploring the failure of the media to recognise his life’s work beyond the singular narrative of the Black experience in America.
An evening of live poetry, performance and discussion exploring Samuel Beckett’s famed approach to failure.
An afternoon of live poetry and discussion celebrating Emily Dickinson’s approach to finding strength in the face of critique, and explore how numerous contemporary artists have also rejected societal classifications of failure and success and instead defined their own.
deconstructing-empire-219-anthonyanaxagorou.mp3 Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-born Cypriot poet, fiction writer, essayist, publisher and poetry educator. His poetry has been published in POETRY, The Poetry Review, Poetry London, Granta, Ambit, The Adroit Journal and The Rialto. His work has appeared on BBC Newsnight, BBC Radio 4, ITV, Vice UK, Channel 4 and Sky Arts. His second…
deconstructingempire-219-_sonadatta.mp3 Dr Sona Datta is a curator, writer, and broadcaster of South Asian art from Medieval to Modern. She is a 2019/20 Clore Leadership Fellow. This interview was conducted on 6th December 2019 at St Paul’s Cathedral by Ed Walker at Deconstructing Empire: The Great British Fantasy? as part of the Poet in the City Producers programme.
deconstructingempire-219-_lintonwesleystephens.mp3 Linton Wesley Stephens was born in Chester and grew up on the Wirral. He began playing the Bassoon at the age of 16. He is the sub-principal bassoon with Chineke! Orchestra with whom he has performed at the proms and Wigmore hall. He also enjoys varied freelance career. Recent appearances include BBC Philharmonic, Hallé…
A review of Oi Barman! In the City by Jack Wright
Commissioned in collaboration with Culture Mile, Oi Barman! is a lovesong to bar life, to low pay and late nights; to our fellow champions in spirits, and brethren in tips.
Poet in the City · Interview with Glenn Patterson at Poet in the City’s Seamus Heaney – Blackbird event Glenn Patterson is a Belfast born writer. He has made documentaries for the BBC and has published his collected journalistic writings as Lapsed Protestant (2006). He has written plays for Radio 3 and Radio 4, and…
Tom Deveson interviews Roy Foster at Poet in the City’s Seamus Heaney – Blackbird event
Tom Deveson interviews Vona Groarke at Poet in the City’s Seamus Heaney – Blackbird event
Penny Hughes interviews Narguess Farzad at Poet in the City’s Rumi – The Universe in Motion event
Poet in the City is working with Steer and Jedco Product Design on a public art project in the Paddington area to help reveal and draw visitors to the Grand Union Canalside, commissioned by the Paddington Partnership.
Poet in the City · Interview with Mona Arshi at Poet in the City’s Sylvia Plath – Life Between the Lines event Mona Arshi worked as a Human rights lawyer at Liberty before she started writing poetry. Her debut collection ‘Small Hands’ won the Forward Prize for best first collection in 2015. Her poems and…
Poet in the City · Interview with Erica Wagner at Poet in the City’s Sylvia Plath – Life Between the Lines event Born in New York, Erica moved to London in the 80’s to live and study. She is a former Literary Editor at The Times and her first book was a collection of short stories,…
Poet in the City · Interview with Dr. Gail Crowther at Poet in the City’s Sylvia Plath – Life Between the Lines event Gail Crowther is a freelance writer, researcher, and academic currently working on a number of solo and collaborative projects. Ongoing work deals with Sylvia Plath and archival studies; examining the notion of…
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A tribute to all women murdered by violent men, Icelandic poet Gerður Kristný presents Drápa, a story of modern-day Nordic crime reimagined through Old Viking Skaldic verse, musically accompanied by members of ALDAorchestra. On a frozen January day in Reykjavik, 1988, 26-year-old Gréta Birgisdóttir was strangled to death by her husband Bragi Ólafsson. Ten years on, renowned Icelandic…
A tribute to all women murdered by violent men, Icelandic poet Gerður Kristný presents Drápa, a story of modern-day Nordic crime reimagined through Old Viking Skaldic verse, musically accompanied by members of ALDAorchestra. On a frozen January day in Reykjavik, 1988, 26-year-old Gréta Birgisdóttir was strangled to death by her husband Bragi Ólafsson. Ten years on, renowned Icelandic…
A tribute to all women murdered by violent men, Icelandic poet Gerður Kristný presents Drápa, a story of modern-day Nordic crime reimagined through Old Viking Skaldic verse, musically accompanied by members of ALDAorchestra. On a frozen January day in Reykjavik, 1988, 26-year-old Gréta Birgisdóttir was strangled to death by her husband Bragi Ólafsson. Ten years on,…
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