Routes into performance poetry
Apples and Snakes is a leading organisation for performance poetry. They run events around the country, including schools, where they put a poet in a school every day of the year.
Inside Poetry
Running a creative event
Maya Levy is an actor, singer-songwriter and pianist. She is also artistic director of the Open Arts Café evenings, where artists present original work to a supportive audience.
Advice for aspiring writers
Poet Lemn Sissay and author Tiffany Murray spoke to Creative Choices about being creative, the challenges of financing a creative career and advice for aspiring writers.