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Super stoked to be back on Comedian and Podcaster Michael Dryburgh: Mix Tapes With Mike! This time talking the top ten greatest hiphop lyricists, trust me it wasn't an easy list to put together!!! 

So if you fancy listening to two blokes talking about hiphop, good tunes, me using the word 'like' way too much, and Mike's amazing production values, this is the episode for you!!!  

Listen here https://link.chtbl.com/VoJA8oUQ

Stoked to have a piece in @saraprinslooart amazing ‘Its Okay Zine’ that’s raising money for suicide prevention charity Papyrus UK , the first print sold out in 48 hours but don’t worry you can pre order the next print HERE!!!  

"PAPYRUS recognises that children and young people are among the higher risk groups in England when it comes to suicide. As many of our members have been touched personally by a young suicide, we do all we can to raise awareness and mitigate risk of suicide among the under 35s.

Super proud to have a piece in ‘The Pioneer Club Creatives 2020’ zine which is both showcasing amazing talent and raising money for Britain’s oldest indoor skate park -  The Pioneer Club!!! 

Visit their website and get yourself a copy £6 all in>>>>click here!!! Big shout out to Kelli Watson of 'We Can Fly' fame for putting it all together and love to EVERYONE involved!!

In these strange times we can all feel a bit isolated and in need of a smile or two! My old partner in crime Matt Frodsham and I have been working on a little project that will be released this Thursday which will hopefully make you smile and hopefully make you laugh too.

Why Thursday the 14th? This marks one year since skateboarder Ben Raemers tragically took his own life. His family and the good people at The Ben Raemers Foundation want this day to be full of positivity and have launched #SMileForRaemers Hopefully we can all do our bit to spread some positivity and keep smiling!

I'll be the featured artist tonight on the very awesome Trouble Tongues hosted by Sonny Green from 7pm!  You can watch live via their instagram @TroubleTongues

’regnosis’

In this online-exhibition selected artists were invited from all over the world to envision the post-corona era, taking into consideration the socio-political and individual rearrangement and redeployment which will take place in a pandemic-free world. What is the new knowledge (gnosis - γνῶσις, gnōsis, f. in the Greek language) gained after a possible introspection during this isolation? Reflecting how the new world will be operating and the adaptation that it might entail, regnōsis* should be understood as a process of re-establishing and regaining knowledge in a scenario of a new order.

The exhibition will launch on April, 25th 2020.

Participating Artists:
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Andrea Sonnenberg (US) @teenwitchsf
Androula Kafa (CY) @androula__
Baptiste Burlot (FR) @baptiste_burlot
Fumiaki Asai (JP) @23aki
Geralnd Zahn (AT) @geraldzahn
Johanna Walderdorff (DE) @atelier_walderdorff
Lefki Savvidou (CY) @leboob17
Łukasz Wierzbowski (PL) @lukasz_wierzbowski
Mat Lloyd (GB) @matlloydpoet
Moritz Berg (DE) @bergggggggggggggg
Nick Bueltge (DE) @replikant76
Nika Kupyrova (UA/AT) @nikakupyrova
Sergio Pradana (ES) @sergio_pradana

This exhibition is an initiative by Eleni Angastiniotou @angasel and Lefki Savvidou @leboob17 in order to enforce cultural activity during the period of isolation, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. *The title regnōsis was inspired by an article written by German future researcher and visionary Matthias Horx, “Die Welt nach Corona”/ “The Post Corona World”. #onlineexhibition #covid_19 #coronaera #internationalart #internationalartists #postcoronaera

In these uncertain times I want to spread a little love and positivity.

I sent this hand typed and signed piece to my friend Scott Partington earlier this week and if you’d like your own one of a kind piece (for free!) simply find a lil poem I’ve posted on my Instagram @matlloydpoet either by trawling my feed, by searching the hashtag #notadaywithoutaline, or by sending me the name of the poem from one of my books via instagram DM and I will send it out over the coming weeks for as long as I have stamps and of course the posties are still working.

All I ask is that you do something similar to keep people smiling in these crazy times!  I've seen so much positivity online I really think this may be a real sea change for not only the UK but the whole world.

Afraid it's UK only at the moment due to postage costs.

Absolutely stoked to be performing at Stretched Lips Fourrrrr in Margate this Sunday!

"Margates most exciting poetry night! The UK's and Thanet's best known and most fantastic poets! All phenomenal talents! At the most rock and roll venue in all of Kent! Punk attitude - Free and easy - always very very well attended!!!! All this and FREE ENTRY!

Mc'd by Dean Stalham and Neanderthal Bard with all the usual trimmings!"

The night is hosted at The Albion Rooms owned by Pete Doherty and the Libertines. Check out the Facebook Page for more info!

Dropping this Friday the 3rd of May - ‘Short Poems Mixtape’ really stoked how it’s turned out and looking forward to sharing it! More info to follow!

Original 📸 by James North

Couldn't be more honoured to headline one of my favourite poetry nights in London -  'Trouble Tongues' on Thursday the 2nd of May!

I honestly owe a lot of my recent output and the release of my latest collection 'Short Poems' to the energy and vibes I've experienced at Trouble Tongues that really have stoked my creative fire (as cheesy as that might sound).

Come down and check out an awesome lineup including my old homie Black Score!

Sign up on the night from 7pm, entrance is FREE!!

I was recently asked to review Jonah Hills directorial debut feature 'Mid-90S' for the very awesome 'Cold Lips', you can read it here.

https://coldlips.co.uk/2019/04/06/mid-90s/

Some students represented the sentencing of idiot and used handcuffs to do this as well as prison bars and chains. A lot discussed the subject of consequences and the repercussions of your actions as well as the characters situation. The current issues of UK knife crime, gangs and youth violence came up when analysing the poem as a class. Described by them as a dark and deeply emotional as well as a poem which could be used to inspire others and conveys a very important message. A lot of our students thought that alcohol was most probably to blame for Idiots actions, as well as bad impulses and peer pressure from friends. A lot of the work made had links with the miss use of alcohol and the sadness and brutality of death. I think a lot of our students related to the poem and we thank you for writing such a raw and realistic piece of work. I hope it inspired my classes and makes them question the decisions they make in life." Sara Prinsloo

Available for the first time on Amazon is my second collection of poetry 'The Cracks and Curbs EP'. Originally published in late 2015 and reissued every year since, it’s previously only been available from this website and from my own hands after gigs. Last year when I sold the final copies of the latest reprint I decided it was time to let someone else handle the distribution of future copies so I can focus on new work.  I am truly humbled by everyone whose purchased a copy of 'The Cracks and Curbs EP', but if you missed out now's your chance to get a copy:

Get on Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1796638587
Get on Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/dp/1796638587
Get on Amazon France https://www.amazon.fr/dp/1796638587
Get on Amazon Germany https://www.amazon.de/dp/1796638587

Why Amazon now?

Amazon has changed the level of support it givers authors through it's publishing platform. 'Demo Tape' my first collection netted me £0.23p per sale, and the only way this could be improved was if I hiked the price of the book up. With Amazons new setup I can keep the price at £5.99 and still get a respectable amount per copy purchased. It also means everyone who missed out on 'The Cracks and Curbs EP' or just wants to check it out can now get a copy across the world and Amazon handles the publishing, printing and delivery!

What's next?