The Bookie Slam with Connor Sansby
One of the cornerstones of the Margate Bookie litfest, The Bookie Slam always manages to bring dynamism, extraordinary performances and the top names in spoken word poetry. We check in with emcee and Slam host Connor Sansby to tell us what to expect. What’s the Margate Bookie […]
A timeline of the Margate Bookie Slam and the Kent Poetry Championship
The Margate Bookie Poetry Slam has been a popular headliner of our litfest since the very beginning, combining poetry with the drama of a live contest. 10 poets battle it out in a heated contest, all in a bid to face off against the Kent Poetry Champion. Hosted by Bookie’s in-house poet and festival […]
Five Black poets to check out
The UK Spoken Word scene is full of incredible talent and, over the years, the Kent spoken word community has been fortunate to welcome some incredible performers of colour. Bookie Slam host, Connor Sansby, keeps his eye out for truly fantastic performers and has put together a list of some of his favourite young poets […]
A chat with winner of the Bookie Slam 2020
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A chat with Jocelyn Mosman, winner of the Bookie Slam 2020 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Long term lovers of the Margate Bookie know that the Bookie Slam is one of our annual highlights. In fact, more than annual, we have toured it around other Kent festivals, and it has always gone down a treat. This year poetry […]
5 things I learnt at my first poetry slam
‘The Bookie Slam’ – my first poetry slam – Faversham Literary Festival, 21 February 2020 First published by Liv at Liv Between The Lines. Confession time: I’m a 25-year-old bookworm and poetry reader… and until a couple weeks ago, I had never been to a poetry slam. I’ve been to bookshop readings with well-known poets. […]
Connor Sansby on poetry
When we asked followers of our Facebook page to tell us, using a gif, what they thought of the poetry lessons they had at school, a handful of smiling cats and excitable cartoon characters quickly got lost amongst the ‘meh!’ memes, shrugging shoulders and facepalm gifs. How much of an impact does what we learn […]