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Podcast Episode 3

Our third podcast episode is finally out! In this one, senior researcher Helen Thomas explores the role of MCs (masters of ceremonies) at a selection…

Podcast Episode 2

In the second episode, PhD researcher Claire Palzer explores poetry performances at contemporary festivals, focusing on Lingo, Ireland’s spoken word festival (2014-2016). Claire talks about…

Podcast Episode 1

In the first PoP podcast episode, PhD researcher Shefali Banerji explores the various artforms that poets incorporate in their long form spoken word shows. Shefali…

Call for Contributions

Following the two-day academic conference, ‘All Borders Blur: Mapping Intersections and Genre-Crossings in UK Spoken-Word Poetries since 1965’ at Queen Mary University of London in…

Call for Contributions

Great news! Our Poetry Off the Page Blog, which focuses on theory and methodology, has just gone live with a post written by Claire Palzer…