performance poetry – 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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Saboteur Awards 2021: Shortlists!

April 17, 2021April 21, 2021 Heddwen awards, Fiction, Novella, Performance Poet, performance poetry, poetry, poetry show, Saboteur Awards, saboteur awards festival, saboteur awards shortlist, saboteur awards voting, saboteur shortlists, saboteur voting, Spoken Word

It’s been a week of counting up the shortlists! Once again, it’s an absolute delight to see the excitement and

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Saboteur Awards Festival 2021: The line-up!

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Heddwen Festival, Live Literature, panel discussion, panel event, performance poetry, poetry, sabotage reviews, Saboteur Awards, saboteur awards festival, saboteur events, workshops

We wanted to hear from poets, performers, and publishers who had big plans paused in the last twelve months – and what a response there’s been! After many emails, video calls and excited messages, we’re delighted to announce the live events happening as part the Saboteur Awards Festival this year.

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Spoken Word Playlist #4: ‘Mountain’ by Jet Sweeney

August 28, 2020August 31, 2020 Heddwen performance art, Performance Poet, performance poetry, poetry, Spoken Word

– Written by Hannah Ledlie – I suspect Jet Sweeney’s ‘Mountain’ might be a marmite poem. To test this theory

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Spoken Word Playlist #3: How are poets adapting to social distancing?

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Heddwen lockdown poetry, Performance, performance poetry, poetry, poetry events, Spoken Word

Anyone seeking to facilitate poetry in the digital world of lockdown must start from a place of comparison and introspection. What are the essential elements of a ‘normal’ poetry event?

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Spoken Word Playlist #2: ‘On Listening to Bill Withers’ Lovely Day’ by Shadè Joseph

June 3, 2020June 24, 2020 Heddwen Apples and Snakes, live poetry, performance poetry, poetry, Spoken Word

When I was asked to start this series, I could think of some great performances off the top of my head, but I wanted to cast the widest net possible and allow myself to be surprised.

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Spoken Word Playlist #1: ‘Love Poem’ by Beth Calverley

May 20, 2020June 24, 2020 Heddwen Performance, Performance Poet, performance poetry, poetry, Spoken Word, uk poetry

If you have an interest in poetry and have spent much time online lately, you’ve probably noticed the emergence of a new ‘genre’ referred to by some as ‘quarantine poetry’.

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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

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