A Lovely Word is back online!
Featuring headliner poet Dean Atta alongside open mic performers.
Poetry has never had a more important role to play in our community and we are more excited than ever to be bringing our monthly spoken word night back online.
A chance to speak, be heard and listen that wouldn’t be possible without the fantastic selection of poets from near and far that make up our night. More than that, it’s a chance to come together, connect with other people and take up our shared virtual space. We hope to see you there.
8pm - Zoom meeting begins, headliner performance with Dean Atta (20 mins)
8.25pm – a poetry exchange hosted on Zoom with 20 open mic poets, and an online audience.
The whole night will be streamed on Facebook live and Youtube (here), as well as being available on ZOOM.
Sign ups for open mic performers will open at 12noon on 21 September and close at 12noon on 25 September. Performers are allowed a maximum of 4 minutes, no hateful language is tolerated.
Tune in on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88052835082
More on this month’s headliner Dean Atta...
Poet Dean Atta was named as one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK by the Independent on Sunday. His debut poetry collection, I Am Nobody’s Nigger, was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize. His debut novel, The Black Flamingo, was awarded the 2020 Stonewall Book Award, and shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, YA Book Prize and Jhalak Prize.
His writing dealing with themes of race, gender and sexuality has appeared on the BBC and Channel 4, and in his regular column for Attitude magazine.
"Dean Atta's poetry is as honest as truth itself" - Benjamin Zephaniah
"One of the UK's finest poets" - Time Out London
"One of the leading lights in London's poetry scene" - Huffington Post
See Dean’s poem ‘The Black Flamingo’ here; https://youtu.be/0UdejBoQ1v8