SLAM was one of the best poetry collections I’ve read in a long time. With some poems leaving me in tears and others imparting feelings of joy.

- Jaspreet Kaur, award-winning poet and author of <i>Brown Girl Like Me</i>,

A life-affirming and transformative collection, curated by a huge talent

- Aisha Bushby, author of <i>A Pocketful of Stars</i>,

Buy for your teenager, buy for yourself – basically buy a copy for everyone you know and introduce them to the incredible talent of voices that urgently need to be heard.

- Sarah Dawson, The Independent

It's time to reclaim poetry. Collected by international poetry sensation Nikita Gill, SLAM! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This is a joyful celebration of the ground-breaking poets making their voices heard in the spoken word scene.Empowering, inspiring and often hilarious, SLAMs are a platform for well-known and emerging talent from all walks of life where every style of poetry has a home.With poets such as Raymond Antrobus, Sophia Thakur and Dean Atta guest starring alongside up-and-coming poets, this is the perfect introduction to the world of modern poetry. Each poet will introduce their poem, tell you a little bit about themselves and give you a tip for preparing brilliant performance poetry.
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Discover the freshest voices on the UK spoken word scene in Slam! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This, edited by poetry sensation Nikita Gill.
Discover the freshest voices on the UK spoken word scene in Slam! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This edited by poetry sensation Nikita Gill.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781529028300
Publisert
2020-09-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Macmillan Children's Books
Vekt
122 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
Y, 03
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
160

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Biographical note

Nikita Gill is a British-Indian writer and poet living in the south of England. With a huge online following her words have entranced hearts and minds all over the world. She is a passionate advocate for poetry in all forms and her collection of rewritten Fierce Fairytales along with her book of poetry Wild Embers have taken the world by storm.