John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original ‘people’s poet’.

Since then his career has spanned cultures, audiences,...

Henry is a writer, poet, TV & Film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co-founder of the...

Luke Wright emerges from his enforced retirement with an
infectious thirst for life. But what kind of life, and...

Mike Garry was a librarian for 15 years before becoming a poet.

He began by reading his own poems to the hundreds of young people who...

Toria Garbutt is a spoken word artist from Knottingley - a former mining town in West Yorkshire. From as young as 9 she kept a diary, and wrote...

One woman's poetic narrative about a lifelong fascination with America, a not so secret dream to hit the big time and what happened when she...

For two decades, Gretchen Peters has been one of Nashville's most beloved and respected artists. "If Peters never...

Hailed as “a raw and thrilling new talent”, Freya Beer is a singer-songwriter from West London. Inspired by art and...