Biography

Paul was born in 'Poets Corner', Croydon and on his 30th birthday featured in Poetry Rivals 'Top 30 UK Writers' - a writer, reader, chocolate eater and Artistic Director of The Chocolate Poetry Club, London. He has made appearances at The Royal Albert Hall, Tate Modern Gallery, Althorp Estate, Field Day Festival, Neverland Festival, Lambeth Country Show, Brockley Max, Camberwell Arts Festival amongst others with writing published by Amaryllis, Angry Manifesto, Forward Poetry, I am not a silent poet, Nutshells & Nuggets and more. He has led creative writing workshops at Althorp Literary Festival, Clapham High View Primary, Bournemouth Emerging Arts Festival and has hosted events across the South of England. He is known to share stages with the likes of Joelle Taylor, Ross Sutherland, Anthony Anaxagorou, Rob Auton and Mark Grist. Insightful yet fierce, passionate yet measured with intimate accessible writing. "Like watching a bonfire of words." Mark Grist. [JUNE 2018]

Samples

FILM: Moving Through Walls / A spoken word cinematic short : LIVE: 'The Olive Harvest' performed at The Royal Albert Hall - - - - - - - - - - Gingerbread Weekend _ That Listen Did you hear that? That sound Did you hear it pass through? A sound filled with popcorn smiles water bomb laughter beanbag acrobatics gingerbread weekends melted marshmallow evenings. Now the next decade of our youth has laid its stairway out before us and we smile, laugh, somersault half way from the nest we knew, in search of sounds we can call home once more. (Published in Curly Mind Magazine)

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