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Come and revel in the power of the spoken word at our Poetry & Words Night, headlined by T. S. Eliot Poetry Prize winner 2021 Joelle Taylor.

Before Joelle, we will hear emerging voices from the CSA survivor community, hosted by Viv Gordon.

Age guide: 14+

Part of 'UpFront Survivors Pop-Up Cultural Space', a free Creative Workshop & Events Programme for Adult Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), Friends and Allies, 11th - 16th March in Gloucester, organised by Viv Gordon Company.

About Joelle Taylor

Joelle Taylor is the author of 4 collections of poetry. Her most recent collection, C+NTO & Othered Poems, won the 2021 T.S Eliot Prize and the 2022 Polari Book Prize for LGBT authors. C+NTO is currently being adapted for theatre with a view to touring. She is a co-curator and host of Out-Spoken Live at the Southbank Centre and tours her work nationally and internationally in a diverse range of venues, from Australia to Brazil. She is also a Poetry Fellow of University of East Anglia and the curator of the Koestler Awards 2023. She has judged several poetry and literary prizes, including the Jerwood Fellowship, the Forward Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize. Her novel of interconnecting stories The Night Alphabet was published by Riverrun in Spring of 2024. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the 2022 Saboteur Spoken Word Artist of the Year. Her most recent acting role was in Blue by Derek Jarman, which was directed by Neil Bartlett and featured Russell Tovey, Jay Bernard, and Travis Alabanza. Blue sold out its run across the UK and more dates are expected for the future. (joelletaylor.co.uk)