Birmingham – Sabotage

Announcement Festival Live Literature Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards: Round 2 of Voting Now Open

May 31, 2023June 1, 2023 Heddwen awards, Birmingham, digbeth, evening, events, Fiction, live events, performance poetry, poetry, Saboteur Awards, Spoken Word

Thank you to everyone who submitted their nominations. We have counted and the shortlist has been revealed. Voting closes on

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Saboteur Award 2023: Nominations now open!

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Heddwen all of the above, announcement, anthology, award ceremony, awards, Birmingham, blogzines, chapbook, children's poetry, Collaboration, collection, conversation, Debate, Festival, literary criticism, literature, literature event, live events, Live Literature, nomination, performance poetry, poetry, sabotage, sabotage reviews, saboteur, Saboteur Awards, Spoken Word

The Saboteur Awards are back for another year, and we couldn’t be more excited to announce that nominations for 2023

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New Feature! Regular Night Spotlight: Stirchley Speaks

October 8, 2019October 9, 2019 Heddwen Birmingham, live poetry, Open Mic, performance poetry, poetry, poetry night, poetry reading, Spoken Word

An introduction from our West Midlands Spoken Word Editor, Hannah Ledlie: “Regular spoken word nights are the lifeblood of the

Anthology Short Stories

The Book of Birmingham edited by Kavita Bhanot

May 17, 2019 Phil Olsen a city in short fiction, Alan Beard, Balvinder Banga, Birmingham, Bobby Nayyar, C.D. Rose, Comma Press, Jendella Benson, Jenny Booth, Joel Lane, Kavita Bhanot, Kit De Waal, Malachi McIntosh, Sharon Duggal, Sibyl Ruth, Tindall Street Fiction Group

– Reviewed by Jenny Booth – Although I don’t know Birmingham, the stories in The Book of Birmingham (Comma Press, 2018)

Bohdan Piasecki standing in front of a blue and yellow Hit the Ode display

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Hit the Ode x UniSlam Party (The Patrick Studio, Birmingham Hippodrome, 1 Feb 2019)

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Heddwen Birmingham, Hit the Ode, literature event, Live Literature, live poetry, performance poetry, Spoken Word, UniSlam

reviewed by Hannah Ledlie Hit the Ode was launched a decade ago in The Victoria, a popular pub in Birmingham city

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Saboteur Awards Festival 2020: Updates and Applications

September 30, 2018September 6, 2019 Heddwen Birmingham, sabotage reviews, Saboteur Awards

For 2020, the Saboteur Awards will be spending another year in the beautiful city of Birmingham, UK. We have a

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Stablemates (Rosie Garland, Jackie Hagan, Henry Normal with Jill Abram, Waterstones, Birmingham, 18 Oct 2017)

October 21, 2017October 21, 2017 Sally Jack As In Judy, Birmingham, Flapjack Press, Henry Normal, Jackie Hagan, Jerwood Compton Fellows, Jill Abram, Raining Upwards, Rosie Garland, Sally Jack, Some People Have Too Many Legs, Stable Mates, Things I Did When I Was Dead, This Is Not a Safe Space, Waterstones

reviewed by Sally Jack Created and hosted by poet Jill Abram, Stablemates is a regular monthly spoken word night where three