Poetry in protest

Join award-winning poets Professor Jackie M. Kay Hon FBA, Professor Jason Allen-Paisant and Monika Radojevic as they delve into the more political side of poetry. They will be sharing their own words and the words of those who have inspired them; exploring poetry’s role in challenging norms, fostering resilience and bringing about change.
 
Speakers:
 
Professor Jackie M. Kay Hon FBA
 
Jackie Kay Hon FBA is a poet, novelist and writer of short stories. She has enjoyed great acclaim for her work for both adults and children. Her novel, Trumpet (1998), won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She has published three collections of stories with Picador, Why Don’t You Stop Talking (2011), Wish I Was Here (2006), and Reality, Reality (2011); three poetry collections, Fiere, Bantam and May Day; and her memoir, Red Dust Road (2011). From 2016-2021 she was the third modern Makar, National Poet for Scotland. She lives in Manchester, is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Salford and is an Honorary Fellow of the Academy.
 
Professor Jason Allen-Paisant
 
Jason Allen-Paisant is a scholar, award-winning poet, and writer. He explores the ways in which Afro-diasporic artists and communities shape their futures through embodied, living philosophies. His work overlaps between poetry and philosophy.
 
His first book of poems, Thinking with Trees, won the poetry category of the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and his second, Self-Portrait as Othello, is a Poetry Book Society Choice and the winner of the 2023 Forward Prize for Best Collection as well as the 2023 T. S. Eliot Prize.
He is currently Professor of Critical Theory and Creative Writing in the Department of English, American Studies, and Creative Writing at the University of Manchester and a British Academy-funded researcher.
 
Chair:
 
Monika Radojevic
 
Monika Radojevic is an award-winning poet and writer and the founder of Feminist Invoicing. She is currently writing a short story collection and her debut novel under Penguin Random House.
 
Free, booking required