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Hey, welcome to my page! After much deliberation, I've decided to join you all, out here in MySpace Land!
I'm a London based writer, poet, actress, dancer and educationalist of Jamaican parentage and have been indulging in the gorgeous world of performance for roughly five-and-a-half years or so. Appearances include:
Bowery Poetry Club, New York;
The Green Mill, Chicago;
Palabras @ Paradiso, Amsterdam;
The Lezersfest International Slam, Rotterdam;
Wise Words Summit, Cochrane Theatre;
The House Of Commons, London;
Jazz Cafe, London and
Volapük Festival, Oslo.
For biog, click here .
As well as writing poetry & short stories, performing (across London, Europe and parts of the US), dancing and teaching, I am part of The Art Of Words Poets collective. We were founded by legendary UK producer Ray ' Opaz ' Hayden who promptly made me the A&R of the project (crazy or wot?). Our founder members include Zena Edwards , Janett Plummer, Sifundo and Aisha Omar . Together, we co-hostThe Art Of Words Poets Radio Show on
SolarRadio.Com ,
which goes out every Monday morning, 2-4am GMT (or every Sunday night, 9pm if you live in NYC). Guests on our show so far have included:
Don-e ;
Michelle Escoffery ;
Martine Girault ;
Malika Booker, Peter Kahn and Ugochi from Malika's Kitchen;
Ebele ;
Deoye;
ShortMAN
and Nubrownsoul
(click here for press release).
We have also recorded a live album of poetry with acoustic jazz (trust me, it's as cool as it sounds). This will be available soon. I also make an appointment from time to time to sleep!
For further information, email:
[email protected]
Oh yeah... I am a member of the acclaimed writers' collective and community Malika's Kitchen , facilitated by established writers Malika Booker, Roger Robinson and Jacob Sam-La Rose. We are now international, with branches in Chicago, New York and New Delhi. After five years, we are still going strong, blazing a trail across London and The UK. With the collective, I have also had the opportunity to tour some amazing poetry venues and Universities in Chicago. Check out our debut offering from the 'Kitchen', a chapbook entitled 'Handmade Fire'. It's now available on Amazon . This winter, we released our latest anthology of poetry 'A Storm Between Fingers' in Chicago. UK release is due for spring 2007.
I'll also be representing Malika's Kitchen at two festivals in January:
Double Talk, part of the WeerWoord festival at the world famous Paradiso in Amsterdam (visit this link for further details)
and De Nachten festival, Antwerp (click here for more details). Watch this space!
For further details about Malika's Kitchen email:
[email protected]
For enquiries, or bookings for poetry readings/performances, email me at:
[email protected]
Dance Performances
