Northern Poetry Symposium 2023:

Director of the Complete Works and Nuevo Sol British LatinX writers, Nathalie Teitler kickstarts the afternoon with a panel discussion celebrating poetry collectives. Malika Booker (Pepper Seed, Peepal Tree Press), who founded Malika’s Poetry Kitchen to nurture generations of poets since 2001, joins the Forward prize winner and Ledbury Critic Stephanie Sy Quia (Amnion, Granta) and MPK alumni poet and playwright Inua Ellams (The Actual,PitM), who launched a Global Collective Poem during lockdown, and Jacob Sam La Rose who has been responsible for several impactful initiatives, including the Spoken Word Education Programme (Goldsmiths UoL), the Vineyard, and Shake the Dust (Apples & Snakes).
We’ll explore the shared challenges and successes, how poetry collectives have re-shaped the current poetry landscape and how we’re stronger together.

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