by Stuart Bartholomew | Jan 21, 2019 | News
Verve Poetry Festival is doing something it has never done before: a lecture. More specifically: a performance lecture, produced in association with The Poetry School (where I currently work). So what exactly is the inaugural Verve Performance Lecture, and why is it...
by Stuart Bartholomew | Jan 16, 2019 | News
Whilst we at Verve love putting on some of the finest poets in the world, in one of the greatest cities on the planet, we are also very partial to humouring people. The more studious of you may recall last year’s ‘Verve is Fake’ debacle: where...
by Stuart Bartholomew | Jan 14, 2019 | News
Burning Eye Books is the biggest publisher of UK spoken word and performance poetry. Clive first came up with the crazy notion of putting it on the page back in 2011 at an Ash Dickinson gig. From there, this backroom press has produced 150 poetry collections, sold...
by Stuart Bartholomew | Jan 7, 2019 | News
In late 2016, David Ferris (organ-playing genius) and I (lost poet) concluded it’d be awesome if Birmingham’s equally thriving Poetry and Jazz scenes got together. We messaged peeps, made a sexy banner, and for reasons that are yours to discover, dear blog reader, we...
by Stuart Bartholomew | Dec 21, 2018 | News
Hello! What a pleasure to feature as a guest blogger for Verve! I’m going to take this opportunity to tell you all about Overhear. Overhear is about location and creative content. It uses mobile technology to link the two and generate a micro-economy for poets, here’s...
