A special episode of the poetry podcast featuring contributors from the new Broken Spine Arts anthology, The Whiskey Tree and co-founder Alan Parry reads from his new poetry collection 27 and takes part in the Behind the Storms chat. Hosted and produced by Damien D. Donnelly

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Leanne Moden is a poet and educator from Nottingham. Leanne was a semi-finalist at the BBC Edinburgh Fringe Slam 2018, and performed her first solo show in 2019. In 2020 published her second poetry pamphlet, Get Over Yourself, with burning Eye Books.

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This February four* intrepid poets set off on adventure into poetry territory. Twenty-eight* days, twenty-eight* sonnets. Let's go! (*sometimes more)

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John Humphreys has been with DIY Poets since 2006, performing with them at the Edinburgh, Buxton and Ludlow Fringes. He has also performed in a library with Henry Normal, run a workshop on a canal boat with Clare Stewart and supported The Specials as part of Nottingham's Splendour Festival at Wollaston Park.

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Many mythological creatures and traditions we know, love, and more importantly fear, owe their origins to Celtic folklore. Borrowed to create epic franchises such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, the countless adaptations of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Walt Disney’s Peter Pan, this programme casts new light on the subject.

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Hot Poets is an ambitious, award-winning, internationally focused project turned CIC, working to powerfully communicate climate change science and action through spoken word poetry. The real stories of ecological innovation and hope we don’t often hear.

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Podcast available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, OverCast, Player FM, Radio Public, PocketCast, CastBox, iTunes, Podbean, Podcast Addicts and many more platforms. The poetry podcast is produced and hosted by Damien B. Donnelly.

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Poet Daljit Nagra chooses Tongue and Talk - The Dialect Poets: East Midlands with poems from Nottinghamshire.

Writer James Walker unearths the dialect poetry of the Nottinghamshire miners who penned their verse underground in the county where he was born and bred.

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Welcome to Fictive Dream, the online magazine dedicated to the short story. We chose our name with more than just a backward glance to American writer and teacher John Gardner whose concept of the fictive dream remains a cornerstone of good writing. Powerful writing ensures that readers never slip out of the fictional world that a writer creates. This is the sort of writing we’re looking to promote here at Fictive Dream.

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Since its rise to international acclaim, the multi-award-winning "Have You Heard George’s Podcast?" has remained famously undefinable. In its explosive new season, however, this finally changes, as George the Poet pieces together fragments of the African and Caribbean independence struggles.

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The fascinating quest of the poet Mark Gwynne Jones. An array of audio odysseys… and some marvellous Derbyshire reflections… The Times

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It was amazing to be asked by the newly appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire to perform at her recent Reception.

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In this episode of Write Club Open Mic we're sharing new work from writers around the world about the joys (& frustrations!) of getting older. We loved listening to these submissions & hope you will too.

Just to warn there may be one or two moments of spicy language (the word 'sh*t' thanks to our theme suggestion). Otherwise you're all good.

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Laura Grevel is an immigrant, a performance poet, a fiction writer, and a blogger. She has performed her poetry in Texas and Europe and is a proud member of DIY Poets and Poets Against Racism in Nottingham, United Kingdom. She also participated in Poets Against Racism: In This Together 2021 and 2022. Laura’s poetry is eclectic and includes works tackling the immigrant experience, narratives, and character sketches. Her written work has been published in podcasts, online zines, and anthologies.

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38:45 Sir Ben Okri reflects on 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush.

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Litro Lab is our regular podcast, covering author interviews, documentaries, short story readings and real-world reportage. We welcome submissions of standalone short story readings and ideas for factual episodes.

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Podcast available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, OverCast, Player FM, Radio Public, PocketCast, CastBox, iTunes, Podbean, Podcast Addicts and many more platforms.

This final episode of Season 7 aired first on Saturday 27th May 2023, produced and hosted by Damien B. Donnelly. Below are details and links to the guest stars…

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“We’ve come this far, survived this much. What would happen if we decided to survive more? To love harder?”

We know that the atoms composing our bodies and our brains can be traced back to particular stars that died long ago in some faraway corner of the cosmos. We know what will happen to our own atoms when we ourselves die.

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In this episode of Write Club Open Mic, hosted by Mark Grist with sound production by Chris Barn, we're here to help you set ambitious yet achievable targets as a writer.

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Laura Grevel is a performance poet, fiction writer and blogger. Originally from Texas, she has lived in European for 22 years. Her written work is eclectic, tackling the immigrant experience, storytelling, nature, politics, and even grackle squawks.

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Hey there, fellow writers! Are you ready to join a community of creative writers from all over the world? Then look no further than Write Club Open Mic, the podcast series that’s all about showcasing new writing and helping each other to grow.

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The bull, the bull is the biggest of all.
He is the boss, he is, because he’s big and we are small.
But the bigger the bull, bigger the bull, bigger the balls
The bigger the bull, the bigger and quicker and thicker the bullshite falls.

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Reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson reveals the influences and experiences that inspired his own creativity. Born in Jamaica, he moved to south London in 1963 at the age of eleven. He made his name as a performance poet, reciting politically motivated verse to a dub-reggae backbeat, and becoming a powerful voice of resistance and protest in response to racism on the streets of Britain in the 1970s. He became the first black poet to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series, was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize in 2020, and recently published a collection of prose under the title Time Come.

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Podcast available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Breaker, Player FM, Radio Public, OverCast, PocketCast, CastBox, iTunes, Podbean, Podcast Addicts and many more platforms. This final episode of Season 6 aired first on Saturday 11th March 2023, produced and hosted by Damien B. Donnelly. Below are details and links to the guest stars… Jane…

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A Nottingham based poetry collective. Produces DIY Poets magazine and regular poetry events.

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Back in November I got commissioned to write a poem for Nottingham Trent University’s Black Leadership Programme.

It was my absolute pleasure to share poetry with the young, black and gifted students who showed up in force to New Art Exchange

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This is my poem for Gary Lineker and tomorrow’s Demonstration in London. “ March Of The Day “ Refugees Welcome Here.

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Eat the Storms is a Poetry Podcast for all poets, regardless of the stages of their career, to share their voices. This international podcast is hosted and produced by Irish poet Damien B. Donnelly.

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A poem about giving blood, inspired by the poem “When giving is all we have” by Alberto Rios.

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In The Moment is a collection of poems and short stories written by Guy Jones and performed in front of audiences in Nottingham, Leicester and Derby.

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This February four* intrepid poets set off on adventure into poetry territory. In 2023, they're tackling a brand-new form! Twenty-eight* days, twenty-eight* VILLANELLES. Let's go! (*sometimes more)

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Our judge Jane Commane has now selected the winning and shortlisted poems from this year’s Wolves Lit Fest poetry competition, and it’s time for us to share that news with you. Our thanks to everyone who submitted poems to this year’s competition – we received entries from across the West Midlands, all over the UK, and around the world. Wherever you are, we thank you for your support, and wish you all the very best of luck with your submissions and all your future writing.

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Poetry Seen and heard.

Mark Antony Owen

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As well as being a member of DIY Poets Guy is the Writer In Residence for Hothouse Theatre, a community theatre and film project in Nottingham. He has written several fringe style plays and short films for Hothouse.

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I started to piece together a compilation
Filled with aesthetic memories
and highlighted occasions ...
I started reflecting on my productivity
in order to form a resolution,
As if this masterpiece is not worthy
if I am not constantly improving

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Definition: a grackle is a pest bird down in the lands of Texas. This is an original poem by Laura Grevel. Laura Grevel is a member of DIY Poets and has performed her poetry in Texas and throughout Europe.

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The BBC has long been a champion of poetry, and over the last 100 years has had a major influence in both its creative evolution and its national and global promotion. For the BBC’s centenary in 2022, we have created this brand new collection marking key moments in the story of poetry at the BBC.

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Personal poetry
by Manjit Sahota
from Poets Against Racism

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DIY Poets Nottingham poetry collective has been in existence for over ten years. The aim of DIY Poets is to give budding poets the opportunity to perform their work in public and get their work published.

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We currently have ten poems by Lewis Carroll. You can listen to them all one after the other using the playlist below or if you prefer you can click the links further down to read a specific poem whilst listening to it.

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This piece was written in October 2017, from an Allographic workshop about animal poetry with Robin Lamboll. Sea Angels are, essentially, marine snails that ditched their shells a long time ago to glide through the water with their "wings".

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@ Word Wise, Derby

The third of the Bearded Badger Publishing & Books poets Camille Poet performing at Word Wise as part of the Derby Poetry Festival

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@Real Talk Derby

Davanté is a talented, motivated and passionate 23 year old actor and spoken word artist who also has many other talents including dance, music and sports.

Davanté was a student at Aston Performing Arts Academy, Birmingham School of Acting and Young Gifted Brum as well as working with G.A.P. Entertainment where he had both paid and unpaid speaking roles.

Through Performing Arts Davanté has performed at many well-known venues in Birmingham such as The Symphony Hall, The Drum, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham Town Hall and many more.

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@realtalkspokenword Derby

This one is called Depth

Fun Fact: I take my words on stage for comfort👶🏾 because I rarely actually read them😅 ...Funny how the brain works, ayy

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The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here that began just over two years ago. When in-person poetry events were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Open Mic of the Air was created as a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet. Now, over 100 poets have been featured and we look forward to many, many more!

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Lytisha Tunbridge performs her original poem And Yet at the DIY Poets February '22 Showcase. This poem was originally published by #visualverse Thank you to City Arts (Nottingham) for hosting, recording & permission to use this clip.

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