The Bookie Slam with Connor Sansby

The Bookie Slam poster

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 […]

Renegades

Nina Telegina's new stage show, Renegades, telling of the stories of famous and great women lost to history.

The pages of history are always full of gaps and errors – and often it’s women who are omitted from the world’s memory. Some of history’s most powerful, exciting and fascinating female figures were once decorated and celebrated people in their time, but their adventures seem to have been either hidden or lost. Look through […]

Flight from futility

Alex Vellis' book front cover. I saw a bird once published by Whisky and Beards.

I saw a bird once spreads its wings There are times when we all think of the futility in the everyday, asking ourselves what the point of everything is. We usually answer ourselves with the same old bland answers and move on with our lives, looking for new ways to go forward. I saw a […]

Using social media for creativity

Connor Sansby, Whisky and Beards Editor-In-Chief and Bookie poet aficionado, had a chat with us about social media’s place in the creative process. Here are his top tips.