Dan Cockrill – Sabotage

Saboteur Awards Seasonal/End of year

Saboteur Awards 2015: Best Spoken Word Show, Regular Spoken Word Night, Spoken Word Performer, and One Off Event

June 2, 2015 websterpoet 2001: A Space Ode and Ditty, Bad Language, Bang Said the Gun!, Can't Care Won't Care, Chimene Suleyman, Colin Davies, Dan Cockrill, Ella Gainsborough, Evidently, Fat Roland, Hannah Silva, Heart Poems for Children’s Heart Week, Henry Raby, Hollie McNish, Holly Corfield Carr, Jackie Hagan, James Webster, Jo Bell, JP Daly, Kieren King, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston, MINE, OE by Max Barton, Oz Hardwick, Project U, Rebecca Goss, Ross Sutherland, Say Owt Slam, Schlock!, Some People Have Too Many Legs, Sophia Walker, Standby for Tape Backup, Stu Freestone, The 52 Project, Unthank Books, Words and Women

– In which James Webster sums up Best Spoken Word Show, Regular Spoken Word Night, Spoken Word Performer, and One

Festival Spoken Word

Review: The Last Word Festival – The Roundhouse (16 Nov – 1st Dec)

December 5, 2013December 5, 2013 websterpoet A Tale from the Bedsit, Dan Cockrill, Lettie McKie, Paul Cree, Peter Heyhoe, Poetry Takeaway, Rayyan Khan, Run, Salander, Sean Mahoney, Sophie Rose, The Last Word Festival, The Roundhouse, Words in Progress, Zia Ahmed

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – (image courtesy of Stuart Leech) A hot-bed of thrilling spoken word … The Roundhouse

Saboteur Awards Spoken Word

Saboteur Awards 2013: Performance

June 20, 2013 Editor Bang Said the Gun!, Binders full of women, Chill Pill, Come Rhyme with Me, Dan Cockrill, Deborah Alma, Dirty Great Love Story, Emergency Poet, Emma Jones, Fay Roberts, Hammer & Tongue, Inky Fingers, James Webster, Jibba Jabba, Lucy Ayrton, Lullabies to Make Your Children Cry, Martin Figura, Penning Perfumes, Poetry Parnassus, Poetry Polaroid, Raymond Antrobus, Saboteur Awards, Shake the Dust, Vanessa Kisuule, Wandering Word Stage, Whistle

-in which James Webster sums up the categories he presented at the awards – Best Performer When it came down

All of the Above Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2013: The Winners!

May 30, 2013 Editor Adventures in Form, Alan Cunningham, Bang Said the Gun!, Catechism Poems for Pussy Riot, Charlotte Newman, Dan Cockrill, Estuary, Jibba Jabba, Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Lucy Ayrton, Luke Kennard, Martin Figura, Overheard: Stories to read aloud, Penned in the Margins, Penning Perfumes, Poetry Parnassus, Rising, Saboteur Awards 2013, Sarah Hymas, Shake the Dust, Still, Tania Hershman, Tony Williams, Unthank Books, Unthology, Vanessa Kisuule

A more in-depth post will come soon, with comments from voters, logos for each winner, pictures and links to videos

All of the Above Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2013: The Shortlist

April 1, 2013 Editor Adventures in Form, Alan Cunningham, Alliterati, angela topping, Annexe Magazine, Armchair/Shotgun, Ashley Stokes, Bang Said the Gun!, Bartleby Snopes, Binders full of women, Book Club, Burning Eye, Cargo Press, Catechism Poems for Pussy Riot, Charlotte Newman, Come Rhyme with Me, Crisis Chronicles Press, Dalkey Archive, Dan Cockrill, Dark Windows Press, Dead ink, Dirty Great Love Story, Django Wylie, E.A. Hanninen, Emergency Poet, Emma Jones, English PEN, Erbacce, Estuary, Fay Roberts, Hammer and Tongue, Inky Fingers, Inky Fingers Collective, J.S. Watts, Jason Rolfe, Jibba Jabba, Katie Bonna, Kevin Reid, Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Lapwing Publications, Laury A. Egan, Lawrence Gladeview, Lindsey Holland, Lucy Ayrton, Luke Kennard, Lullabies to Make Your Children Cry, Lummox, Martin Figura, Negative Press, Overheard, Penned in the Margins, Penning Perfumes, Poetry Parnassus, Raymond Antrobus, Rhyming Thunder, Richard Marsh, Rising, Saboteur Awards, Sally Ashton, salt publishing, Sarah Hymas, Sculpted, Shake the Dust, Silver Birch Press, Stairwell Books, Stewed Rhubarb, Stone Garden, Superbard, Superbard Starts to Save the World, Tangent Books, Tania Hershman, Tea Fuelled, The Centrifugal Eye's 5th Anniversary Anthology, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, Tony Williams, Twentysomethingpress.com, Unthank Books, Unthology, Vagabondage Press, Valley Press, Vanessa Kisuule

Your Pick of this Year’s Best Indie Lit! VOTING IS NOW CLOSED! Once a year, to mark our birthday, we

Bang Said The Gun! 23/02/2012

May 1, 2012 Editor Bang Said the Gun!, Cecilia Knapp, Chris McCormick, Craig Miller, Dan Cockrill, Jess Green, Julian Daniel, Koel Mukherjee, Liz Bentley, Martin Galton, Nia Barge, performance poetry, Peter Hayhoe, Poet, Rob Auton, Roebuck, Spoken Word

– reviewed by Koel Mukherjee – @ The Roebuck THE HYPE – It’s hard not to turn up to Bang Said

Word Wrestling Federation Presents: Page Match 2

March 2, 2012 Editor 'Angry' Sam Berkson, Amy Acre, Apples and Snakes, Bang Said the Gun!, Charlie Dark, Chill Pill, Curious, Dan Cockrill, Dan Simpson, Dirty Hands, Jackomo Rook, James Webster, Jessica Green, Justice Lyric, Katie Bonna, Lara Akinnawo, Martin Galton, Mr G, Mr Gee, Niall O'Sullivan, Notorious G, Paul Cree, Peter Hayhoe, Poet Curious, Rachel Pantechnicon, Rob Auton, Roundhouse, Rubix, Salena Godden, Sam Berkson, Selena Godden, Talia Randal, Word of Mouth

@ The Camden Roundhouse, 25/02/201 – reviewed by James Webster – The Concept: An odd mix? Performance poetry and professional wrestling

Bang Said the Gun @ The Roebuck 03/11/11

November 21, 2011 Editor Bang Said the Gun!, Benny Jo Zahl, Dan Cockrill, Dave Viney, Edward Unique, Emma Jones, James Webster, Jem Rolls, Kieren King, Lettie McKey, Martin Galton, Monkey Poet, Peter Hayhoe, Rob Auton, Rod Iame

-Reviewed by James Webster– I had pretty high expectations for Bang Said the Gun. I’d heard nothing but good about the