Work In Progress Podcast with Abdullah Adekola

WIP Pod  Work In progress is a show where I talk to people about something they are working on personally or creatively. Hi, I’m Abdullah Adekola (he/him)  a Black-British working-class writer and performer. My breakthrough collection of poetry 'Nigrescence' is out now on adekola.bigcartel.com You can follow Adekola on instagram  Work In progress pod #Adekolapoetry #Workinprogresspod #Blac...

Kamil Mahmood is a Poet, Spoken word, and Visual Artist born and raised in Birmingham. His work explores identity, community, Islam, the British Pakistani diaspora, masculinity, and power dynamics. His debut collection, Mute Men, was published by Verve Poetry Press in 2019. He is co-founder of Gully Collective; a space connecting and supporting south Asian creatives. He was shortlisted for the Oxf...

“Nour K. (they/them) is a 22-year-old Sudanese journalist, poet, and writer currently living in the Netherlands. They identify with the third culture experience of being brought up in countries that are not their own & yet making homes out of shared experiences. Their poetry collection ’emerge(ncy)’ explores the non-linearity of growing up and themes of connection, displacement & spiritual...

Ana Silvério is from Brazil, where she began her studies of Ballet, Folk Dances, Jazz, and Drama. She received a first-class honours degree in “Choreography, Methodology, and Pedagogy of Dance” from the St. Petersburg University of Human Sciences, Russia Ana performed with the White Nights Ballet Theatre, Folk dance group Banzé, Performing Arts Company Lorenzo Fernandez, among others. She was awar...

From Abigail - I am a 2nd-year psychology student at the University of Leeds. Not really seeing many people like me I got involved with the black feminist society that made me come to terms with my passions. Such as journaling having been featured on Gurls Talk. Writing, being a member of Word by Word (WBW) and curating, having put on events such as decolonising psychology mental health workshop,...

Suzanne Pearson is a creative freelancer, currently across television, poetry, and spoken word. She’s Manchester-based but is originally from Rotherham. Her poems stem from her own experiences which usually center around grief, joy, feminism, and anything else that may pop into her head at any given moment. I talk to Suzanne about, our New Creative North Audio Projects (poems /music). Challenges o...

I read my poem 'Right Now' I talk about finishing the good immigrant book and celebrating a birthday in quarantine

Books and Banter with Adekola.

I read a poem (Double Edge) talk about my year in review, depression, and wish you happy New Year

I read epic fail (poem) and talk about not giving up

I read Protect ya neck (poem) I talk about the mood personally and nationally

Love Yourself (poem) general catch up and i talk talk first dates (show)

I read can do attitude (poem) and catch up with you

I talk about Real (movie) romance film I saw at Leeds film Festival

I talk about This is going to hurt (book) and top boy (show)

Checking in on you, talking poetry, books, art, culture, race, class, faith, beauty, meaning, self healing and self love, from a silly black British kid