by Stuart Bartholomew | Jun 26, 2019 | News
Do you love Verve Poetry Festival? Do you want to get your hands on festival & workshop tickets before anyone else? Do you want a shiny new pin badge?? If you answered yes to any of the above then it sounds like we should be friends! Get ready for Verve’s...
by Stuart Bartholomew | Feb 13, 2019 | News
UniSlam founder and Verve poet Toby Campion wrote a guest blog about UniSlam, its relationship with Birmingham and what you can look forward to at Verve Poetry Festival. UniSlam is the UK National University Poetry Slam & Summit, bringing together teams of...
by Stuart Bartholomew | Feb 5, 2019 | News
Have you heard the poem about the refugee, the postman, the bookie, the barmaid, brass band, homeless person, war hero grandfather, suffragette grandmother, the footballer, and the capitalist? Well you will if you come along to the Proletarian Poetry showcase; a space...
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...
