A Gold Creative Future For Our Own Jade Cuttle!
When someone from the Write Out Loud editorial team wins an award, please forgive us, but we like to make a little bit of a fuss about it! Well this time it is Jade Cuttle, our very own Contributing Editor, who has won the Gold Award at this year's Creative Future Awards, judged by a panel including Lemm Sissay who also presented Jade with her prize. Congratulations Jade, and thanks for sharing y...
27th November 2018
Knowing and Unknowing Performance with Nick Makoha
If you have attended any poetry festivals or events this summer there is a good chance you may already have had the pleasure of seeing and hearing Nick Makoha. Much of his poetry paints pictures of protest and exile stemming from his experiences in his native Uganda and is woven with a peaceful, ly...
1st November 2018
Hollie McNish: Plums, Mums and Football Coaching
Plum. **** (Four stars)
Hollie McNish. Winchester Poetry Festival, October 2018
Hollie McNish was the perfect headline finish to a hugely successful 2018 Winchester Poetry Festival. Her hon...
17th October 2018
Genevieve Carver: The Unsung
Genevieve Carver is a Sheffield-based poet interested in finding the humanity amidst the chaos. She performs regularly at prestigious events across the country, having supported artist such as Buddy ...
9th September 2018
Elvis McGonagall: Full Tartan Jacket
Following my attendance at his show Full Tartan Jacket (see review below) I spoke to Elvis McGonagall about what he was doing, and why. “The aim of the show was to bellow my material into the void whi...
1st September 2018
Brace Yourselves. This is Holy Shit from ZatarS
Fancy something, let's say, a little different, in your portfolio of poetry experience?
I offer you: Holy Shit. A three and a half hour computer voice programme poem by the artist ZatarS
"You co...
8th August 2018
Editor's Interview: Can Luke Wright Represent The Entire Nation?
As many of you will know, over the past two decades Luke Wright has toured the world with his poetry, won awards, published books and regularly performs alongside the likes of John Cooper Clarke. Suc...
1st August 2018
Pearls of Wisdom from one of our Poet Laureates
Emily Galvin is the Staffordshire Poet Laureate. After bumping into her at a recent event where I was able to hear her perform some of her work I took the opportunity to grab a quick interview about ...
26th July 2018
