Kate Tempest – Sabotage

Announcement Saboteur Awards

Editor’s Choices at the Saboteur Awards 2018: Why We Picked What We Picked

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Editor Affleck's Creative Space, Aquanauts, Art Allen, Ben Connors, Daisy Lafarge, Dancing Words, Dean Atta, Dizraeli, Eley Williams, Fair Field, Fire and Dust, Guante, Hera Lindsay Bird, Here Comes Everyone, Jackie Hagan, Jade Cuttle, Jennifer Copley, Joanna Walsh, Joy France, Kate Tempest, Laudanum Press, Malcolm Devlin, MINERVA Platform, Natalie Teitler, Penned in the Margins, Rakhshan Rizwan, Riggwelter, Sad Press, Sidekick Books, Singing Apple Press, Tate Britain, Tyrone Lewis, Vanessa Kisuule, Will Harris, zarf

Now that the results of the Saboteur Awards have long been released, we think it’s safe to let you know

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What Cult? A Critical Engagement with Watts’ Essay

March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 Editor Debate, Hollie McNish, Kate Tempest, Katie Ailes, PN Review, Rebecca Watts, Rupi Kaur, Spoken Word

-by Katie Ailes– When I first read Rebecca Watts’ essay “The Cult of the Noble Amateur” in PN Review 239

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The Shortlist for the Saboteur Awards 2016

May 1, 2016May 13, 2016 Editor A Lovely Word, Abi Palmer, Ad Hoc Fiction, Adam Horovitz, Afric McGlinchey, Agnes Marton, Agnes Török, Alison Lang, Alistair Noon, And Other Stories, Andrew Wynn Owen, Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves, Anthony Fisher, Arcadia Missa, Ash Dickinson, Ashley Lister, Bad Language, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Becky Cherriman, Ben Wilkinson, Bethany W. Pope, Bill Jones, Blackstaff Press, BlueSCI, Bottle of Smoke Press, Bunbury magazine, Burning Eye, Cafe Rio, Camille Ralph, Charles Whalley, Chrissie Gittins, Cinnamon Press, Clare Pollard, Colin Davies, Danielle Mclaughlin, Daunt Books Publishing, Dave Coates, David Hartley, David Turner, Dawntreader, Dead Ink Books, Deborah Alma, Dom&Ink, Emily Harrison, Emma Lee, Emma Press, End of All Things Podcast, Eoghan Ryan, Evidently, Eyewear Publishing, Fat Roland, Fictions of Every Kind, Find the Right Words, Fiona Moore, Five Leaves Bookshop, Flarestack Poets, Fran Isherwood, Freight Books, Funhouse, Giles Goodland, Granta, Greg Freeman, Gutter, Hammer & Tongue, Han Kang, Hand Job Zine, Hannah Chutzpah, Happenstance Press, Harry Gallon, Helen ivory, Helen Mclory, Helen Oyeyemi, Hollie McNish, I am not a silent poet, Ian Bailey, Imove, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Irish Poetry Shop, Isabel Costello, J.O. Morgan, Jackie Hagan, James O'Leary, James Trevelyan, James Whitman, Jan Carson, Jane Talbot, Janice Galloway, Jasmine Ann Cooray, Jemima Foxtrot, Jenny Offil, Jess Green, Jim Carruth, Joanna Walsh, Jody Porter, Joe Reeve, Joey Connolly, John Fuller, Jools Barrett, Joseph Ridgwell, Joy Lane Publishing, JT Welsch, Julie Morrissy, K J Orr, Karen Dennison, Karen Little, Kate Garett, Kate Tempest, Katy Evans-Bush, Kieren King, Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Lara Williams, Liars' League, Liberties Press, Lighthouse Literary Journal, Linda Stupart, Literary Salmon, LMA Baman-Milner, Loud Poets, Louise Fazackerley, Lucy Allan, Luke Wright, Lunar Poetry, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Maria Ferguson, Mark Farley, Megan Nolan, Metatron, Michael Stewart, Michelle Tudor, Mother's Milk Books, Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff, Mslexia, Murder Slim Books, Nandini Dhar, Naomi Booth, Naomi Frisby, Neil Elder, Nina Allan, Onion Custard Publishing, Open Pen, Oz Hardwick, Padraig Regan, Paper Swans Press, Penned in the Margins, Penny Goring, Platypus Press, Poetry on the spot, Portobello Books, Prac Crit, Preti Taneja, Prole, Queen's Ferry Press, Rachel Benson, Rally & Broad, Reach Poetry, Rialto, Richard Scott, Robert Garnham, Rod Tame, Ross Sutherland, Roulade, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2016, Salena Godden, salt publishing, Sandstone Press, Sanitarium Press, Sean Mahoney, Shelley Tracey, Sidekick Books, Simon Barraclough, SJ Fowler, Sleepy House Press, Sofia Banzhaf, Sophia Walker, Southword Editions, Stanzas, Stephen Watt, Stinging Fly, Stuart A. Paterson, Sue Rainsford, Susan Evans, Tangent Books, Tania Hershman, Test Centre, The Emma Press, The Fat Damsel, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, The Missing Slate, Tom de Freston, u.v. ray, Unthank, Upswing, Urbane Publications, Valley Press, Vanguard Readings, Vasiliki Legaki, Wendy Pratt, Wild Word Press, Write Out Loud, Yvonne Reddick

Over 1700 people nominated in this year’s Saboteur Awards, and once again we are in awe at the variety of

The Place of Poetry in the World – Simon Armitage’s Inaugural Lecture

November 26, 2015 Editor Alt Lit, Claudia Rankine, Geoffrey Hill, Kate Tempest, Kenneth Goldsmith, Oxford Professor of Poetry, Simon Armitage

-Reviewed by Dan Holloway– The Oxford Professor of Poetry seems about as outmoded and irrelevant a title as you could

Seasonal/End of year

Spoken Word Round-Up 2014

December 31, 2014December 30, 2014 websterpoet 300 to 1, A Cappella Zoo, Against Rape, Around the World in 8 Mistakes, Be Kind To Yourself, Bethany W. Pope, Can't Care, Crap Time Lord, Dan Simpson, High Noon Over Camelot, Horatio and Me, Inky Fingers, James Webster, Kate Tempest, Lettie McKie, Liars' League, Lucy Ayrton, Mab Jones, Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret, Paula Varjack, Quiltbag Cabaret, Richard Marsh, Richard Tyrone Jones, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, The Anti-Slam, The Mechanisms, The Splitting of the Mermaid, Tim Clare, We are Enemies, Welcome to Night Vale, Wingman

– by James Webster – It feels like we’ve had a cracking year for Spoken Word in 2014, with the

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Saboteur Awards 2014: Performance

June 15, 2014June 15, 2014 websterpoet Against Rape, Around the World in Eight Mistakes, Bang Said the Gun!, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Fay Roberts, Hollie McNish, James Webster, Jenni Pascoe, Jibba Jabba, Kate Tempest, Kirsten Luckins, London Lines, Lucy Ayrton, Nine Arches Press, Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret, Performance, Poems After Frida, Rob Auton, Saboteur Awards, Shindig, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, The Anti-Slam, The Moon Cannot Be Stolen, The Sky Show, Translating Concrete Poetry, White Rabbit's Are You Sitting Comfortably?

-In which James Webster sums up the categories he presented at the awards- After a lot of voting, some great

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Saboteur Awards 2014 – Results!

June 1, 2014June 15, 2014 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Against Rape, Burning Eye Books, Cherry Potts, Daniel Cockrill, Donut Press, Fiona Moore, Galley Beggar, George Ttoouli, Hanna Krall, JibbaJabba, Jon Stone, Julia Bird, Kate Tempest, Katy Darby, Kirsten Irving, Kirsten Luckins, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Lisa Matthews, Literal Fish, London Lines, May-Lan Tan, Michelle McGrane, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Penned in the Margins, Pereine Press, Poems in Which, Saboteur Awards, Sidekick Books, Sophia Walker, Sophie Mayer, Steve Nash, Tony Husband, Under the Radar, W.N. Herbert, Weird Lies, Yvonne Reddick

For a more in-depth account of each awards, click here for poetry, here for fiction, and here for performances! You can

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Saboteur Awards 2014: The Shortlist!

May 1, 2014May 25, 2014 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Against Rape, Agnes Marton, Anti-Slam, Arachne Press, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Belona Greenwood, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Cherry Potts, Chris McCabe, Colin Barrett, Daniel Cockrill, David Coates, David Rose, Donut Press, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Enemies, Fay Roberts, Fiona Moore, Galley Beggar, George Ttoouli, Grist Books, Hannah Krall, Harriette Lawler, Harry Man, Hollie McNish, Jabba Jabba, Johnny Monroe, Jon Stone, Jonathan Taylor, Kate Tempest, Kathleen Bell, Katy Darby, Kirsten Irving, Kirsten Luckins, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Lisa Matthews, Literal Fish, London Lines, Lucy Ayrton, Lynne Bryan, Maria Vlotides, Marianne Villanueva, May-Lan Tan, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Other Voices: Alternative Spoken Word, Oystercatcher, P.O.W., Pedestrian Publishing, Peirene Press, Penned in the Margins, Poems After Frida, Poems in Which, Poetry Bus, Rebecca Tamás, Red Squirrel Press, Rising, Rob Auton, Rosie Breese, Saboteur Awards 2014, Salt, Shindig Leicester, Sidekick Books, SJ Fowler, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, Tall Lighthouse, Tony Husband, Translating Concrete Poetry, Under the Radar, Unthank Books, Vagabondage Press, W.N. Herbert, Wayne Holloway-Smith, White Rabbit's Are You Sitting Comfortably?, William Thirsk-Gaskill, Yvonne Reddick

Vote now! The results will be announced at the Awards on 31st May, book tickets now! Over the course

Interactive Literature Spoken Word

Review: Glasshouse by Kate Tempest 28/02/13

March 13, 2013 Editor Cardboard Citizens, Forum Theatre, Glasshouse, Jo Allitt, Karl Niklas, Kate Tempest, Spoken Word, Terry O'Leary

– reviewed by Karl Niklas – Glasshouse, written by Kate Tempest, is a piece of forum theatre produced by Cardboard

Festival Seasonal/End of year Spoken Word

Top Spoken Word Moments of 2012

February 3, 2013 Editor Adam Kammerling, Anna Le, Ben Mellor, Dirty Great Love Story, Dizraeli, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh International Women's Day All Female Slam, Hammer & Tongue, James Webster, Kate Tempest, Katie Bonna, Lucy Ayrton, Nth Entities, Once Upon a Time (in Space), Page Match 2, performance poetry, Phil Jupitus, Phil Manzanera, Richard Marsh, Spoken Word, Stoke Newington Literary festival, Superbard, The Mechanisms, Wasted

– listed by James Webster – As the year is (fairly) recently ended and a new one begun, it seems