Vanessa Kisuule – 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

Live Literature Saboteur Awards Spoken Word

Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Spoken Word Show Shortlist

April 28, 2018 Editor Jackie Hagan, Jemima Foxtrot, Leyla Josephine, Live Literature, Martin Figura, spoken word show, Vanessa Kisuule

Voting on this year’s shortlist continues apace, smashing last year’s records to bits! If you haven’t voted yet, take a

Live Literature Poetry Slider Spoken Word

UniSlam18 (Curve Theatre, Leicester, 28 January 2018)

January 31, 2018February 6, 2018 Sally Jack Bath Spa University, Birmingham University, Bridget Minamore, Curve, Erin Bolens, Kat Francois, Kayo Chingonyi, Kent University, Leicester, Manchester University, Poetry Society, Rob Auton, Sally Jack, Toby Campion, UniSlam18, Vanessa Kisuule

reviewed by Sally Jack In a wash of blue light, Curve’s Studio stage is simply dressed: four mics are lined

Festival Spoken Word

Verve Poetry Festival, 16-19th February 2017

March 25, 2017 Editor Amerah Saleh, Anna Freeman, Anthony Anaxagorou, Bernhard Christianssen, Bethany Slinn, Bohdan Piasecki, Charley Genever, Clive Birnie, Cynthia Miller, Daljit Nagra, Dean Atta, Deanna Rodger, Emma Wright, Fran Lock, Hannah Silva, Helen Mort, Hibaq Osman, Isobel Dixon, Jane Commane, Jess Green, Jonathan Davidson, Kareem Parkins-Brown, Katrina Naomi, Kim Moore, Luke Kennard, Mona Arshi, Nina Lewis, Raymond Antrobus, Richard O'Brien, Roz Goddard, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sarah Howe, Skye Hawkins, Spoken Word, Stuart Bartholomew, Susannah Dickie, Toby Campion, Vanessa Kisuule, Verve Poetry Festival, Waterstones

-Reviewed by Nina Lewis– I love poetry festivals, this new one promised a marked difference. One of the leading principles of

Seasonal/End of year

Sabotage Reviews’ End of Year Critic’s Choice 2016

December 3, 2016August 25, 2017 Editor A.K Blakemore, Abi Palmer, Andrew Walton, Bang Said the Gun!, Being Dad: Short Stories About Fatherhood, Ben Norris, Beyonce, Burning Eye Books, Caleb Femi, Cath Barton, Charley Barnes, Chloe Stopa-Hunt, Claire Trévien, Clinic, Dan Holloway, David Attwooll, Denise Riley, Edwina Attlee, Emily Dickinson, Fay Roberts, Galley Beggar Press, Genna Gardini, Geraldine Clarkson, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hammer and Tongue, Hel Gurney, Helen ivory, Hollie McNish, James Clammer, Jemima Foxtrot, John McCullough, Jules Laforgue, Katie Griffiths, Leah Umansky, Lucy Ingrams, Lydia Towsey, Maria Ferguson, Maureen Cullen, Mina Loy, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Poetry London, Rialto, Richard Scott, Richard T. Watson, Saboteur Awards, Sally Jack, Sarah Howe, Soloman O.B., Stéphane Mallarmé, Stevie Smith, T. S. Eliot, Tania Hershman, The Mechanisms, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Unthology, Unthology 8, Vahni Capildeo, Vanessa Kisuule, Warsan Shire

It’s that time of year again when reviewers and editors look back on this year’s publications and performances and share

The Poetry Archivist – 26/01/16

February 3, 2016February 2, 2016 websterpoet Ben Norris, Daniel Bull, James Bunting, Kit Finny, Lettie McKie, Math Jones, Monty Tom, Poetry Archivist, Rick Dove, Sally Jenkinson, The Proud Archivist, Vanessa Kisuule

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – at The Proud Archivist, Haggerston. Brand Spanking Newbie In my last review for Sabotage I

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

Review: Hammer & Tongue Oxford 13/11/12

February 2, 2013 Editor Anna Domoney, Bill Frizzell, Bohdan Piasecki, Davey Mac, Enrico Petrusso, Gulliver, Hammer & Tongue, James Webster, Lucy Ayrton, Nick Short, performance poetry, slam, Spoken Word, Tina Sederholm, Vanessa Kisuule

– reviewed by James Webster – Hammer & Tongue’s new season continues … Have I mentioned that I really like