About this Event
Manchester Poetry Library and Words of Colour invite you to participate in a series of interactive Drop-In sessions to help inform the poetic response to global issues being explored by the inaugural Poets of Colour Incubator artists:
Princess Arinola Adegbite
Algorithms of Meaning: Who is the future for? Explore how people arrive at meaning-making in the age of artificial intelligence and technology.
Jeremy Pak Nelson
The Homes We Carry: How do the homelands of our ancestors and our past selves stay with us? Share what makes you think of home, such as objects, foods and rituals.
Ilisha Thiru Purcell
Sleep (e)Quality: A poetic exploration: Can our dreams tell us anything about the world we live in? Investigate how sleep is a growing health inequality and the mechanics of dreams.
How to Book
To attend the event, please book for each individual session you would like to attend - General Admission, plus your choices for Drop-In Session 1 and Drop-In Session 2. In each of the two drop-in sessions, you'll be able to choose one of the Poets of Colour Incubator artists above.
About the Poets of Colour Incubator
The Poets of Colour Incubator is a 12-month mentoring, change agency and creative development programme for three talented and emerging poets to innovate their practice and create a ‘poetic response’ to a global challenge they want to interrogate. The Incubator is a collaboration between Words of Colour and Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Poets’ bios
Jeremy Pak Nelson is part of the inaugural Poets of Colour Incubator. He is a writer and artist from Hong Kong. Based in Manchester, he also writes stories of all genres and forms, and his climate fiction has been selected as a Grist: Imagine 2200 Editor’s Pick. Jeremy’s poetry explores how identity is entangled with the narratives we tell ourselves and the ones we are given. He can be found at jpaknelson.com.
Princess Arinola Adegbite is part of the inaugural Poets of Colour Incubator. Professionally known as P.A.BITEZ, she is a multi-award-winning British Jamaican-born Nigerian surrealist poet, musician and filmmaker with Afrofuturistic sensibilities. BITEZ awards include the Society of Authors Eric Gregory Award 2023. Her poetry explores identity and technology’s influence on reality. You can find Princess on Instagram @pabitez.
Ilisha Thiru Purcell is part of the inaugural Poets of Colour Incubator. A poet, performer, and facilitator from Newcastle upon Tyne, Ilisha won a commission to perform at the 2023 Newcastle Poetry Festival and was shortlisted for Nine Arches’ Primers Volume 7. She is a member of Brown Girls Write who she performs with regularly. You can find Ilisha on Instagram @ilishadoespoetry.
Access
Please get in touch if you require any reasonable adjustments to be able to attend the event.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Contact Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00