Interview with Richard Stokes at Blurred Lines
Aynur Meric interviews Richard Stokes at Blurred Lines, the opening event of Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics festival.
Interview with Nadifa Mohamed at Blurred Lines
Aynur Meric interviews Nadifa Mohamed at Blurred Lines, the opening event of Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics festival.
Interview with Cerys Matthews at Blurred Lines
Melanie Roberts interviews Cerys Matthews at Blurred Lines, the opening event of Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics festival
Interview with Liz Berry at Blurred Lines
Aynur Meric interviews Liz Berry at Blurred Lines, the opening event of Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics festival.
Interview with John Hegley at Poetry and Lyrics 2016
Alia Cassam interviews John Hegley at Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Interview with Sorana Santos
Sorana Santos talking to Melanie Roberts about her workshop at the Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Interview with Deanna Roger and The Magic Lantern
Melanie Roberts talks to Deanna Roger and Jamie Doe about their collaboration for the festival.
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.
Will Harris – “Free Will”
By Will Harris
Kayo Chingonyi reads Osip Mandelstam’s “54”
By Osip Mandelstam
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
Anthony Vahni Capildeo – “Kissing Distance”
By Anthony Vahni Capildeo
Black Noise: Experiments in Quiet
An experimental evening of soundscape and performance looking at ideas of rest, community and human interiority.
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…
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
Roger Robinson reads Robert Hayden – “Those Winter Sundays”
By Robert Hayden
Newcastle Young Producers gender expression event raises money for Tyneside Women’s Health
Poet in the City Producers organised their first collaborative event at Cobalt Studios last week, celebrating inclusive gender expression.
Past events
Click here to see a selection of our past events
Degna Stone – “When We Speak of Our Mothers”
By Degna Stone