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Alex Vellis (they/them) is a Greek-British artist specialising in poetry and installation. They hold an MA in Creative Writing and are Open School East alum. Vellis’ work questions liminality, ergodic literature, the benthic, identity, place, and presentation. Their practice focuses on … Continue reading →

Josh Cake is a poet from Melbourne, Australia who now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with publications including Breakwater Review, Teesta Review, Paris Lit Up, The Anti-Misogyny Club, and Cordite. Josh has won the Peseroff Poetry Prize from the University of Massachusetts, was named the Most Impactful … Continue reading →

Helen Cusack O’Keeffe is a writer and social worker based primarily in Paris since 2009. Publications can be found in the Bastille, Tightrope Press (Canada), Stoneskin Press (London), and Le Farming Times. Plays include Holey Tuscany, an absurdist maritime tragedy,  Napoleon, Femme, Rhinocéros, a bilingual Surrealist … Continue reading →

Alex Dimitrov is the author of four books of poetry including, Ecstasy (forthcoming in April from Knopf), Love and Other Poems, Together and by Ourselves, Begging for It, and the chapbook American Boys. His poems have been published in The … Continue reading →

Monalisa Maione is a Pushcart-nominated California poet who reflects on the ways human existence is fraught with contradictions and subterranean agendas.She writes dark, sometimes humorous poems that generally explore themes of power and control between individuals, institutions and the natural … Continue reading →

Edward Bell, writer, organiser and teacher, has written a spoken word Paris poem specifically for this feature at Spoken Word Paris: Paris is Parasite. Based in the City of Light for more than 12 years now, he has actively contributed … Continue reading →

Jason Fisher is an American poet based in Cork. He’s been a featured performer at poetry events throughout Ireland – Winter Warmer Poetry Festival, Fingal Poetry Festival, and DeBarra’s Spoken Word. He also curates and co-hosts a long running poetry / … Continue reading →

Sadly AJ Dolman was sick and had to cancel at the last moment, but SpokenWord went ahead anyway with the theme of CONNECTION. AJ Dolman’s (they/she) debut poetry collection is Crazy / Mad (Gordon Hill Press, 2024). They previously authored … Continue reading →

photo credit: Jason McGlade Johny Brown lives in Hackney, London. He has been the vocalist and writer in the Band Of Holy Joy for the past 40 years. It is an ongoing passionate romantic brutalist commitment. He hosts a radio show … Continue reading →

Catherine Ronan is an Irish, award-winning poet. She is published nationally and internationally. She performed at events including Electric Picnic, Cultivating Voices, Poetry Ireland and Soul Bone. Her chapbooks, Alchemy and Synchrodestiny were both highly commended in the International Fool … Continue reading →