Spoken Word Playlist #1: ‘Love Poem’ by Beth Calverley
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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Poetry as Exploration of the Past – Saboteur Festival Panel 2020
While our commissioned artists are busying themselves to get content ready for the Saboteur Awards Festival 2020 (remember, we’ll be
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LIVEwire at the Verve Poetry Festival (February 22, 2020)
Late last year, UK spoken word record label Nymphs & Thugs announced their first national tour. Their goal was to bring ‘LIVEwire’ to eight different venues across the country.
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Saboteur Awards 2020: Shortlists!
After many votes and much counting, we’re delighted to announce the shortlists for the Saboteur Awards 2020!
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Saboteur Awards Festival 2020 – What’s all the fuss about?
If you follow Sabotage Reviews on any of our many social media channels, you have likely noticed that we had
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New Feature! Regular Night Spotlight: Stirchley Speaks
An introduction from our West Midlands Spoken Word Editor, Hannah Ledlie: “Regular spoken word nights are the lifeblood of the
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The Poetics of Money #2: Fay Roberts
-by Fay Roberts– A young man’s voiceover tells us about individuality and rebellion as conventionally beautiful folk drive and dance
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The Poetics of Money #1: Sophie McKeand
The Nationwide adverts, along with collateral backlash, have been sparking debates among poets on social media for several weeks now.
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List of South African Literary Journals (publishing in English)
This list comes courtesy of Robert Berold, to which I’ve made one subtraction and one addition! Aerodrome (updated online journal
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Launch of Rock Life: 17 Poems from the Welsh Valleys by Gemma June Howell (Nos Da, Cardiff, 20/11/15)
-Reviewed by Renn Hubbuck-Melly– As I stepped down into the basement venue of Nos Da, a broken floorboard bounced
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