Spoken Word – Sabotage

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New Feature! Regular Night Spotlight: Stirchley Speaks

October 8, 2019October 9, 2019 Charley 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

Collaboration Festival Interactive Literature Live Literature Poetry Spoken Word

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

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Charley 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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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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Virtual launch of “Verbs That Move Mountains”: Essays and Interviews on Spoken Word Cultures Around the World

February 20, 2018February 21, 2018 Editor Alice S. Yousef, anthology, Catherine Wilson, Leicester, Martín Rangel, New Zealand, Palestine, Rachel McCrum, Scherezade Siobhan, Sharon Moreham, Singapore, Sophia Walker, Spoken Word, verbs that move mountains, virtual book launch

We are proud to announce that Sabotage Reviews’ first publication will be launched virtually tomorrow. You can watch the roundtable

Seasonal/End of year

….and this year’s most read reviews are….

December 17, 2017December 22, 2017 Editor David Colmer, Diane Lockward, Fay Roberts, Jo Mazelis, John Cooper Clarke, Lydia Towsey, Mark Pajak, New Orleans Poetry Festival, Nina Bhakoo, Peter Verhelst, Sophie McKeand, Spoken Word, Tania Hershman

-Collated by Claire Trévien– It’s that time of year again, where end of year lists sprout across the internet, tilting

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“We want spoken word theatre to go global, so we have to be the force making that happen”: in Conversation with Sophia Walker

December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 Editor Dike Chukwumerije, Jeanann Verlee, Katie Bonna, Koleka Putuma, Melizarani Selva, Sam Sax, Sophia Walker, South Africa, Spoken Word, spoken word theatre, the spoken word theatre foundation

-Interviewed by Claire Trévien– BBC Slam Champion Sophia Walker is an internationally renowned poet and teaching artist. Her spoken word

The Challenges of Reviewing Spoken Word

November 22, 2017November 29, 2017 Editor Benjamin Solah, Corey Frost, Katie Ailes, Mak Manaka, Mark Fisher, Melbourne, performance poetry, Sally Jack, Spoken Word, spoken word critic, spoken word reviewing.

-by Claire Trévien– Since launching Sabotage Reviews nearly 8 years ago, reviewing spoken word has been at the core of

An Epic Episode of Word N Sound

July 19, 2017July 18, 2017 Editor Abospitter, Johannesburg, Lati Matjeni, Lebo Mashile, Lebogang Manoko, Myesha Jenkins, Quaz Roodt, Rabbie Wrote, Scotty Lloyd, Siyabonga, South Africa, Spoken Word, Thobani Mntambo, Twitter, Word N Sound

-Reviewed by Rabbie Wrote– There is a point where tempered logic and emotion meet…Word N Sound (WNS) brings such a

Announcement Spoken Word

Introducing our new Spoken Word Editor for South Africa: Maakomele R. Manaka

June 27, 2017 Editor Aerodrome, Botsotso, Kotaz, Maakomele R. Manaka, Mak Manaka, Nelson Mandela, New Coin, Poetry potion, South Africa, Spoken Word, spoken word editor, Thabo Mbeki, The Chronic

We are pleased to announce that Maakomele R. Manaka has joined the Sabotage Reviews team as the Spoken Word Editor

Collaboration Essay

THE BOOK OF HOURS. Creating a collaboration poetry film project

May 8, 2017August 25, 2017 Editor Collaborations, Dave Bonta, Eduardo Yagüe, film poems, Helen Dewberry, Kate Pullinger, Liberated Words, Loki English, Lucy English, Marc Amerika, Marc Neys, Matt Mullins, MiX Digital Conference, moving poems, Philip Gross, poetry films, Sarah Tremlett, Silencio Festival, Spoken Word, The Book of Hours, Tim Clare, Wyn Mason

-By Lucy English– When I tell people I am working on a poetry film project they make the assumption that