Concerts
Mike Garry
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 attended his Library Homework Centre. They loved what they heard and encouraged him to perform them at live poetry events and Slams, which he did, instantly winning fans and prizes throughout the UK.
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Dr. John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original ‘people’s poet’.
Since then his career has spanned cultures, audiences,...
Henry Normal
Henry is a writer, poet, TV & Film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co-founder of the...
Terry Christian
The Word is Terry Christian: First airing in August 1990, Channel 4’s The Word both revolutionised youth-oriented...
Toria Garbutt
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...
Clare Ferguson-Walker
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...
Gretchen Peters
For two decades, Gretchen Peters has been one of Nashville's most beloved and respected artists. "If Peters never...
Freya Beer
Hailed as “a raw and thrilling new talent”, Freya Beer is a singer-songwriter from West London. Inspired by art and...
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter was part of a small movement of folk-influenced country singer/songwriters of the late '80s. Although many of these...