Eriksson Tudie Project

Bridget Minamore is a British-Ghanaian writer from South-East London. She is a poet, critic, essayist, and journalist for The Guardian, often writing about pop culture, theatre, race and class. She has been chosen as one of Speaking Volumes’ 40 Stars of Black British Literature, has read her work internationally, and is the lead tutor for…

Cecilia Knapp is a writer, performer, theatre maker and poet.  She has headlined at some of the UK’s top poetry nights and performed on stages at festivals including Bestival, Secret Garden Party and Wilderness. She’s taken work to the Edinburgh Fringe as well as internationally and shared work at the Cheltenham Literature Festival where she…

An internationally-acclaimed spoken word artist, Bella Cox has worked for over 5 years both in the UK and in South Africa as a poet, workshop facilitator, MC and event producer. She is a two-time Barbican Young Poet Alumni and was a member of The Writing Room, London Queer Writers collective, and the Roundhouse Poetry Collective.…

Bringing together the vibrant forces that are Mamoyo, Nadeem Din-Gabisi and And.Is.Phi, members of the Steam Down family, this is a show of poetic rhymes, universal vibes, and uncompromising truths. The poets will be accompanied by Rebekah Reid and Clara Sinephro on violin and modular synths. Belinda Zhawi is a 24 year old writer and…

Brainchild is welcoming Rachel Nwokoro as a festival resident poet this year! Rachel is a queer black woman of Nigerian heritage, and she loves telling stories. Rachel has won a number of competitions, most notably 2016 UK Slam Poetry Champion. A passionate, disabled artist, she is unapologetic in communication and dedicated to speaking openly about…