Festivals and Event Organisation
Photo by Tony Walsh (2010)
I organise, curate and compere poetry events. This all began in 2000, when I set up and ran Voice Box - an Osaka-based poetry series, featuring open mic. spots and slamming. When I returned to England, I became heavily involved in Bristol's longest running poetry and music open mic. night, Acoustic Night, organising/recording events, working on funding bids and helping to compere the evening. In 2008, I took over from the late Pat V T West as coordinator of the Poetry&Words stage at the world famous Glastonbury Festival. The following year I began running the Lyrical Lostwood poetry line-up at Larmer Tree, which I ran until 2016. In place of Larmer Tree Festival, I took on the spoken word line up at Sussex-based family festival Elderflower Fields from 2016 until 2021. I continue to curate and host poetry at Glastonbury Festival and a range of one-off events. Click on the tab above to find out more about my festival work. If you are interested in booking me to compere, curate or organise a poetry event, please e-mail me at the address at the bottom of this page.