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...
by Stuart Bartholomew | Dec 16, 2018 | News
We’re really excited to announce, after months of deliberation, that the winners of the 2019 Verve Poetry Festival competition, on the theme of ‘community’, are finally decided. The three winning poets will appear at the competition event on the...
by Stuart Bartholomew | Dec 5, 2018 | News
Last May I wandered into a charity shop and walked out with 11 recent back issues of POETRY magazine. Of all the wonderful poems and poets I read in those issues, one in particular grabbed hold of me and wouldn’t let go. It was Sumita Chakraborty’s long poem “Dear,...
by Stuart Bartholomew | Nov 27, 2018 | News
The poets who currently comprise the Second City Poets (along with Mikey Barnes) competed in and won UniSlam 2018, the UK’s international collegiate slam. Following that experience and thinking fondly of how well we worked together, regardless of the outcome of the...
by Stuart Bartholomew | Nov 19, 2018 | News
In February 2019, Verve Poetry Festival is set to return with a new venue, a new line-up and, most importantly, plenty of brand-spanking new ways to enjoy poetry. Now that the long-awaited programme of events has been revealed, I’ve gone through and done the...
