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StAnza 26: Bards & Blether: Anthony Joseph & Nick Makoha Byre Theatre
StAnza 26: Bards & Blether: Anthony Joseph & Nick Makoha Byre Theatre
14:30 – 15:30 | Byre: Auditorium | £20/£15/£10/£5 Hear two award-winning poets in relaxed conversation. Anthony Joseph and Nick Makoha share readings from recent work alongside reflections on craft, influence, and their multifaceted artistic lives. Joseph, winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize, reads from Haunting the Black Air, a dextrous new collection that moves between unabashed
StAnza 26: You Are Not Alone: Opening Night: Byre Theatre
StAnza 26: You Are Not Alone: Opening Night: Byre Theatre
19:00 – 21:00 | Byre: Auditorium | £20/£15/£10/£5 We open the festival with our Colour Cabaret, featuring a brilliant cavalcade of poets including Andrés N. Ordorica, Isabelle Baafi, Jim Carruth, Kate Ireland, Marjorie Lotfi, Nick Makoha, Rachel McCrum and more. Lighting up the stage with a rainbow of poetry, this kinetic format offers
New Generation African Poets reading Tsitsi Jaji, Nick Mahoka, Ladan Osman, & Len Verwey (Zoom) | HVWC
New Generation African Poets reading Tsitsi Jaji, Nick Mahoka, Ladan Osman, & Len Verwey (Zoom) | HVWC
Kick off February with a reading from 4 acclaimed poets: Tsitsi Jaji, Nick Mahoka, Ladan Osman, & Len Verwey. Join us on Zoom for this SHP/HVWC New Generation African Poets reading. Please register online.
100 Most Influential Africans 2025
100 Most Influential Africans 2025
Start the Week - Poetry - reading, writing, editing and translating - BBC Sounds
Start the Week - Poetry - reading, writing, editing and translating - BBC Sounds
Nick Makoha, Miles Leeson and Karen Leeder.
Time Tracel - On Hold - Apple Podcasts
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Time Tracel - On Hold - Apple Podcasts
Documentary Podcast · What does it mean to wait? To desire? To feel stuck? In this series Katy Davis explores unique personal stories of waiting, anticipation and delayed gratification. From a couple trying to maintain a …
Nick Makoha reads his poem ‘The New Carthaginian’
Nick Makoha reads his poem ‘The New Carthaginian’
Nick Makoha reads his poem ‘The New Carthaginian’ from his shortlisted collection ‘The New Carthaginians’, published by Penguin Poetry. For more about the T....
Nick Makoha reads his poem ‘Flight | flʌɪt’
Nick Makoha reads his poem ‘Flight | flʌɪt’
Nick Makoha reads his poem ‘Flight | flʌɪt’ from his shortlisted collection ‘The New Carthaginians’, published by Penguin Poetry. For more about the T. S. El...
Nick Makoha reads his poem ‘Equals pi’
Nick Makoha reads his poem ‘Equals pi’
Nick Makoha reads his poem ‘Equals pi’ from his shortlisted collection ‘The New Carthaginians’, published by Penguin Poetry. For more about the T. S. Eliot P...
Nick Makoha talks about his work
Nick Makoha talks about his work
Nick Makoha talks about his work and his shortlisted collection ‘The New Carthaginians’, published by Penguin Poetry. For more about the T. S. Eliot Prize, v...
Shannon Clinton-Copeland reviews ‘The New Carthaginians’ by Nick Makoha
Shannon Clinton-Copeland reviews ‘The New Carthaginians’ by Nick Makoha
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Nick Makoha - 'Flight' (Apples and Snakes: Blackbox)
Nick Makoha - 'Flight' (Apples and Snakes: Blackbox)
Nick Makoha - 'Flight' (Apples and Snakes: Blackbox)Blackbox is created in collaboration with the students and staff at Elstree Screen Arts - follow their wo...
Nick Makoha - 'Prologue' (Apples and Snakes: Blackbox)
Nick Makoha - 'Prologue' (Apples and Snakes: Blackbox)
Nick Makoha - 'Prologue' (Apples and Snakes: Blackbox)Blackbox is created in collaboration with the students and staff at Elstree Screen Arts - follow their ...
Read the new Carthaginians review
Read the new Carthaginians review
Download Nick Makoha's readers notes 2025
Download Nick Makoha's readers notes 2025
The best poetry books of 2025 | Poetry | The Guardian
The best poetry books of 2025 | Poetry | The Guardian
From Seamus Heaney’s collected poems and Simon Armitage’s animal spirits, to prizewinners Karen Solie and Vidyan Ravinthiran
Nick Makoha on Rewriting the M…–GOOD People with Kojo Boateng – Apple Podcasts
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Nick Makoha on Rewriting the M…–GOOD People with Kojo Boateng – Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · GOOD People with Kojo Boateng · 25/11/2025 · 51m
Episode 33: Nick Makoha - "Mas he Poems We Made Along The Way – Apple Podcasts
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Episode 33: Nick Makoha - "Mas he Poems We Made Along The Way – Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · The Poems We Made Along The Way · 10/11/2025 · 1h 25m
Friday Lates poetry: Obsidian x The National Gallery
Friday Lates poetry: Obsidian x The National Gallery
Re-imagining the Hero’s Journey: Luke Kennard and Nick Makoha - 2025 Push The Boat Out Festival
Re-imagining the Hero’s Journey: Luke Kennard and Nick Makoha - 2025 Push The Boat Out Festival
Beyond the Page: Ekphrastic Poetry with Nick Makoha - 2025 Push The Boat Out Festival
Beyond the Page: Ekphrastic Poetry with Nick Makoha - 2025 Push The Boat Out Festival
The Forward Book of Poetry 2026 | Faber Poetry
The Forward Book of Poetry 2026 | Faber Poetry
An evening of poetry with Nick Makoha
An evening of poetry with Nick Makoha
Poetry London: Autumn Readings | Southbank Centre
Poetry London: Autumn Readings | Southbank Centre
Cabaret For Freedom | Manchester Literature Festival
Cabaret For Freedom | Manchester Literature Festival
Reframing The Gaze The Black Ekphrastic Mode Workshop | Manchester Lit Fest
Reframing The Gaze The Black Ekphrastic Mode Workshop | Manchester Lit Fest
YCA Presents: The Artist Blueprint - Nick Makoha & Avery R. Young
YCA Presents: The Artist Blueprint - Nick Makoha & Avery R. Young
TALK The New Carthaginians - Festival of Encounters
TALK The New Carthaginians - Festival of Encounters
Omnium Gatherum Quarterly – Double Ekphrasis, the Black Gaze, and Riding with
Omnium Gatherum Quarterly – Double Ekphrasis, the Black Gaze, and Riding with
Residential Writing Course: Starting to Write | Arvon
Residential Writing Course: Starting to Write | Arvon
BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, with Nick Makoha
BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, with Nick Makoha
Forward Prizes for Poetry - 2025 Shortlist
Forward Prizes for Poetry - 2025 Shortlist
Callaloo | Volume: Volume 43 (2025) Hopkins Press
Callaloo | Volume: Volume 43 (2025) Hopkins Press
In Conversation with Nick Makoha - Forward Arts Foundation
In Conversation with Nick Makoha - Forward Arts Foundation
Stars on Moon Lane - Vol. 6 | Moon Lane Ink
Stars on Moon Lane - Vol. 6 | Moon Lane Ink
The Disaster School August 4th-8th (Online)
The Disaster School August 4th-8th (Online)
Front Row @codex poem interview with - BBC Sounds
Front Row @codex poem interview with - BBC Sounds
Edingbrugh Lit Fest 2025 - Making Myth a Reality
Edingbrugh Lit Fest 2025 - Making Myth a Reality
FT Best summer books of 2025
FT Best summer books of 2025
The New Carthaginians | WritersMosaic Magazine
The New Carthaginians | WritersMosaic Magazine
An Artist In The Black Archive - Curio Books Oxford
An Artist In The Black Archive - Curio Books Oxford
NCACE Collection Spring Showcase recording
NCACE Collection Spring Showcase recording
5x15 talk on The New Carthaginians 18 mins
5x15 talk on The New Carthaginians 18 mins
Ledbury Poetry › Seun Olayiwola & Nick Makoha
Ledbury Poetry › Seun Olayiwola & Nick Makoha
The New Black Ekphrastic Mode
The New Black Ekphrastic Mode
The Black Ekphrastic Mode – Masterclass Series
The Black Ekphrastic Mode – Masterclass Series
Jawdance - Rich Mix
Jawdance - Rich Mix
Out-Spoken: April | Southbank Centre
Out-Spoken: April | Southbank Centre
Nick Makoha talks to Roger Robinson - Hay Festival
Nick Makoha talks to Roger Robinson - Hay Festival
Friday Lates: TNC Nick Makoha in conversation | National Gallery
Friday Lates: TNC Nick Makoha in conversation | National Gallery
5x15: Live @ Tabernacle, Mar 25
5x15: Live @ Tabernacle, Mar 25
The ekphrastic mode
The ekphrastic mode
'Versus Medici', - Literature Wales
'Versus Medici', - Literature Wales
Hay Festival Book Club – Between the World and Me
Hay Festival Book Club – Between the World and Me
Goldsmiths Writers' Centre presents Nick Makoha
Goldsmiths Writers' Centre presents Nick Makoha
The New Carthaginians Book Launch Birmingham Hippodrome
The New Carthaginians Book Launch Birmingham Hippodrome
The New Carthaginians Book Launch The Coronet Theatre
The New Carthaginians Book Launch The Coronet Theatre
Buy - The New Carthaginians
Buy - The New Carthaginians
Eroica 1 - Poetry
Eroica 1 - Poetry
A Panel of Experts - Poetry
A Panel of Experts - Poetry
CODEX© - Poetry
CODEX© - Poetry
Icarus: A Self Portrait—1984 - Poetry
Icarus: A Self Portrait—1984 - Poetry
Julius Caesar - Poetry Foundation
Julius Caesar - Poetry Foundation
Nick Makoha's Laboratory
The Codex of Basquiat Equals Pi
The Codex of Basquiat Equals Pi
Mapping the Future: Celebrating The Complete Works Poets - Royal Society of Literature
Mapping the Future: Celebrating The Complete Works Poets - Royal Society of Literature
Poetry Review Summer 2024 Online Launch – The Poetry Society
Poetry Review Summer 2024 Online Launch – The Poetry Society
Meet the 2024 Fellows & Faculty Fund Project Grantees
Meet the 2024 Fellows & Faculty Fund Project Grantees
Poetry Masterclass at National Gallery 3
Poetry Masterclass at National Gallery 3
Penguin Press signs Nick Makoha's ‘exhilarating’ second collection
Penguin Press signs Nick Makoha's ‘exhilarating’ second collection
LISP Poetry Festival Poetry Masterclass
LISP Poetry Festival Poetry Masterclass
Nick Makoha and The New Carthaginians
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Nick Makoha and The New Carthaginians
The Black Poets Masterclass Showcase
The Black Poets Masterclass Showcase
Prose Poetry - Lolwe Academy
Prose Poetry - Lolwe Academy
Arvon Residential Week: Starting to Write
Arvon Residential Week: Starting to Write
Poetry Masterclass at National Gallery 2
Poetry Masterclass at National Gallery 2
Afternoon Tea with Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Afternoon Tea with Nii Ayikwei Parkes
The Black Metic Experience: A Master Class with Nick Makoha (via Zoom) | Hudson Valley Writers Center
The Black Metic Experience: A Master Class with Nick Makoha (via Zoom) | Hudson Valley Writers Center
Kwame Dawes - THE POETRY MANUSCRIPT AS MIX-TAPE
Kwame Dawes - THE POETRY MANUSCRIPT AS MIX-TAPE
Bad Diaspora Poems: Momtaza Mehri in Conversation with Nick Makoha
Bad Diaspora Poems: Momtaza Mehri in Conversation with Nick Makoha
Poetry Masterclass at National Gallery 1
Poetry Masterclass at National Gallery 1
Friday Lates: Obsidian x The National Gallery
Friday Lates: Obsidian x The National Gallery
Arvon x Obsidian Black Poets Masterclass Series
Arvon x Obsidian Black Poets Masterclass Series
Obsidian Foundation Showcase 2023 @ Poetry Society
Obsidian Foundation Showcase 2023 @ Poetry Society
The R.A.P. Party @ The London Library: More Fiya
The R.A.P. Party @ The London Library: More Fiya
Black Metic Masterclass - Hudson Writers Center
Black Metic Masterclass - Hudson Writers Center
Online Out-Spoken -The Prose Poetry Lab
Online Out-Spoken -The Prose Poetry Lab
The ICA Basquiat Mixtape Full
The ICA Basquiat Mixtape Full
Lolwe Prose Poety virtual Masterclasses
Lolwe Prose Poety virtual Masterclasses
Being Busy, or Making Progress? Professional Support with Nick Makoha
Being Busy, or Making Progress? Professional Support with Nick Makoha
#TheSealeyChallenge
#TheSealeyChallenge
In the Black Fantastic R.A.P Party - Southbank
In the Black Fantastic R.A.P Party - Southbank
Poetry + Film / Hack: Supa Modo - Southbank
Poetry + Film / Hack: Supa Modo - Southbank
Simmer Down Fridays - Bernie Grant Arts Centre - May 27th
Simmer Down Fridays - Bernie Grant Arts Centre - May 27th
“Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood”
“Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood”
More Fiya at Hit the Ode Birmingham 6th May 22
More Fiya at Hit the Ode Birmingham 6th May 22
Poetry London Autumn 2021: Issue 100
Poetry London Autumn 2021: Issue 100
Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure ©
Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure ©
Brant Foundation 2019 Basquiat Exhibition
Brant Foundation 2019 Basquiat Exhibition
Poetry Wales 57.3 Spring 2022
Poetry Wales 57.3 Spring 2022
Poetry Surgery with Nick Makoha
Poetry Surgery with Nick Makoha
Live launch of the Obsidian Collection for The Poetry Archive
Live launch of the Obsidian Collection for The Poetry Archive
Terrance Hayes Poetry Society Annual Lecture
Terrance Hayes Poetry Society Annual Lecture
The Amplify Project podcast
The Amplify Project podcast
Granta In Conversation Terrance Hayes & Nick Makoha
Granta In Conversation Terrance Hayes & Nick Makoha
The Dark - International Play Reading Festival
The Dark - International Play Reading Festival
Common Language #2: Borders (ft Maya & Nick)
Common Language #2: Borders (ft Maya & Nick)
Nick Makoha on the Turner Prize
Nick Makoha on the Turner Prize
Obsidian Foundation Writers Retreat
Obsidian Foundation Writers Retreat
Buy - The Dark
Buy - The Dark
Buy - Kingdom of Gravity
Buy - Kingdom of Gravity
The Metic Manifesto
The Metic Manifesto
Nick Digital
Nick Digital
The Interviews
The Interviews
Nick's Website
Nick's Website
The New Carthaginians - Ebook
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The New Carthaginians - Unabridged Audiobook
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The New Carthaginians - Book
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