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In Search of Spring: Can Poetry Change the World? by Vanessa Kisuule

Kirsten Luckins 1st December 2022 Library, Sustain

I’m often asked about the Purpose of Poetry. Usually, I’m armed with a scattering of stock answers, duty bound to …

Beyond Submissions by Naush Sabah

Kirsten Luckins 1st December 2022 Graft, Sustain, The Knowledge

I found myself in conversation with another editor recently and realised that despite being a published poet herself, she didn’t …

On entering poetry competitions: Tips from a sifter reader by Julia Webb

Kirsten Luckins 29th July 2022 Library, The Knowledge

As a freelancer and believer in the power of the written word I have many hats – some I wear …

Women Poets’ Prize 2022 launches with a new festival in partnership with the National Centre for Writing

Kirsten Luckins 10th July 2022 News

Writers and artists including Helen Mort, Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Sophie Herxheimer lead programme of workshops and performances, with the …

A dream cut out of the air by Joelle Taylor

Kirsten Luckins 1st July 2022 Library, Sustain, The Knowledge

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There is no way to succeed in poetry. There is no way to fail. There is only poetry. Everything else …

Be where the people are by Jemilea Wisdom-Baako

Kirsten Luckins 1st July 2022 Graft, Library

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I step into boardrooms unsure of myself, the lanyard around my neck has a cute photo I took at the …

On reading writers I don’t know and whose names I can’t pronounce by Shazea Quraishi

Kirsten Luckins 1st July 2022 Craft, Library

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As I write this, my view is of our tiny back garden where through the open window I can hear …

Academia / Odyssey / Lyric Essay by Jane Burn

Kirsten Luckins 19th April 2022 Library, The Knowledge

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Courage is multiplex. Part of courage is admitting what you do / do not know; courage is vulnerability before that …

Page and Stage and the Spaces Between by Harry Josephine Giles

Kirsten Luckins 19th April 2022 Craft, Library

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A poem doesn’t exist, for me, until I’ve felt it in my mouth. They often begin with a catch of …

How to find your community when you don’t know anyone by Christy Ku

Kirsten Luckins 19th April 2022 Graft, Library, Sustain

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“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Yet another guest speaker at our school gives this ‘advice’ to …

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