FemFest’s annual Poetry Night at the Feminist Bookshop! Featuring established and new poets and hosted by Naomi Wood.
Headline poets to include:
Luci:d-
Luci:d is an award-winning writer and BBC featured poet. She featured at six festivals over the summer including Nozstock, Good Vibrations Society, and Into The Wild. She performs regularly on the poetry circuit and her gigs have included Farrago at The Poetry Society, Word Soul, and Rebel Soapbox. In lockdown, her poem, Clap, featured alongside contributions from celebrities Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Leigh-Anne Pinnock (Little Mix) in the #copingtogether campaign. Her work has appeared in the Brighton Fringe, The Social Distancing Festival, and various podcasts including Spoken Label and Dead Darlings. She's been published by Litro, Extinction Rebellion, and won first prize in the Writers Forum magazine international short story competition.
One Inky Queer / Reanna-
@oneinkyqueer
A trauma poet keeping it light. Reanna has been published in Ergi Press’s Loki anthology, Inksac by Cephalo Press and Muswell Press’s ‘Queer Life Queer Love: The Second Anthology’. In 2022, they were shortlisted for the Zealous Amplify creative prize and had a pamphlet longlisted for the Disabled Poets Prize.
They have performed at Orpington Literary Festival, Shambala Festival slam and Extra Second London. They are Creative Director of two queer poetry nights: @QueerThe Mic in Brighton and @PoetryMeetQT online.
Tatenda Naomi Matsvai (aka 2tender)-
Tatenda is a facilitator and devised performance maker, working with spoken
word poetry in theatrical and non-theatrical performance contexts. Tatenda's work is mainly bio mythical, infusing their lived experience with myth, to challenge colonial cosmologies. Their performances are joyful, participatory, and multidimensional.
They are currently developing their solo show Dark Matter for the Vault Festival on the 21st-25th February 2023
This event will be held at The Feminist Bookshop. We will also be streaming the event on zoom for those who cannot attend in person.