BBC Upload x We, The Poets | Featuring Mark Grist, Henry Normal and much more!

In collaboration with We, The Poets, BBC Upload and Dean Jackson, join us for an afternoon of panel chats, podcasting, performance and jolly good fun. 

BBC Upload is the BBC’s talent discovery platform for emerging creatives, offering poets and spoken word artists a route to share their work with a wider audience. By submitting recordings directly to their local BBC radio station, artists have the chance to be broadcast, featured, and supported by producers, helping amplify new voices and connect grassroots poetry scenes to national platforms. Come and meet the team and find out how to get your poetry broadcast on national radio!

Led by multi award-winning poet, children’s author and former rap battler Mark Grist, alongside Jay Sandhu, Leanne Moden, Charley Genever and Keely Mills, We, The Poets is a podcast and live series exploring the real, human side of writing. For Nottingham Poetry Festival, Mark, Jay and Leanne each host a guest in a series of fast-paced 20-minute interviews, uncovering the surprising things poets learn along the way.

This event will feature a live podcast recording with Henry Normal and a panel chat that explores paving a career as a poet and making a lasting impact. Guests include Dean Jackson from BBC Upload, Mark Grist, Hannah Trevarthen (Notts City Of Lit) and Amy Acre (Bad Betty).

There will also be live performances from Mark Grist, poetry workshops, an open mic, and more!