2024 National Poetry Month - Princess Arinola Adegbite Spoken Word workshop

Join Young Identity’s (UK) Princess Arinola Adegbite in this special workshop for emerging artists as part of Contains Strong Language, as she shares experiences, poems and writing exercises from the heart of the UK’s spoken word poetry scene: Manchester, UK.

Princess Arinola Adegbite, professionally known as P.A.BITEZ is a multi-award-winning British Jamaican-born Nigerian surrealist poet, musician and filmmaker who combines social activism with Afrofuturistic sensibilities. She is one of the Inaugural Poets of Colour Incubator poets (2023-2024), a member of Young Identity and The Writing Squad. Some of her awards include Manchester Young Creative of the Year 2021 (Culture Awards) and a Society of Authors Eric Gregory Award 2023.

Her poetry has been commissioned by BBC, Selfridges, Chanel and the University of Cambridge. Publications include Modron Magazine, The Poetry Society, Wasafiri, New Writing North and Ripples of Hope Festival’s Poets Declaration.

Presented by Red Room Poetry in partnership with British Council for the Arts and the State Library of NSW

Red Room Poetry is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and by the NSW Government in association with Create NSW. This event is supported by the Australian Government through the International Cultural Diplomacy Arts Fund, the British Council, the City of Sydney, the Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund and Mr Bret Walker AO SC.