Prague, Bristol, Amsterdam, Barcelona: poet posts his poems by pasting them on city walls
Meet The Writing Is On The Wall – a poet who ‘self-publishes’ by “bothering walls” with his poems. He came to Write Out Loud’s notice recently when he stepped up to the open-mic at the recent Morden Tower 60th anniversary event in Newcastle. It was a return to public spoken word for a poet who for the last couple of years – from Prague to Bristol to Amsterdam to Barcelona to London – has been conc...
29th June 2024
Disabled performance poet Jackie Hagan dies after long illness
Write Out Loud has been saddened to learn of the death of award-winning performance poet and playwright Jackie Hagan at the age of 43, after a long illness over a number of years. Her partner Miles Hadfield posted on Facebook on Friday: “I'm heartbroken to tell you that Jackie passed in the early ho...
29th June 2024
From open-mic to £1,000 poetry prize: how feedback encouraged Trystan Lewis to try his luck
A spoken word poet who only started writing again after getting some positive feedback at Morecambe poetry festival in 2022 has won a £1,000 poetry competition with his poem ‘Don’t tell Dad’. Trystan ...
22nd June 2024
