Apples and Snakes ON:Line
This series is carefully curated to deliver meaningful and accessible tips and guides to empower all performers of poetry at any stage of their career. It is led by some of the most brilliant spoken word voices on the scene, many of whom you will recognise or have seen on stage before.
The Great Big Poetry Party
Kick back in the comfort of your own home to enjoy a huge helping of Poems, Raps and Randomness! Join in with Simon Mole and Gecko’s inspired improvisation and enjoy a performance from guest artist: KARL NOVA showing you there is more than one way to pen a poem!
Twenty-Seven
A monthly poetry meetup, for women aged 27 plus, cultivating community and creative exchange.
When AI Prompts Us: Queering the Predictable
A workshop with Hannah Silva exploring experimental approaches to writing in conversation with Large Language Models.
The Great Big Poetry Party
Join in with Simon Mole and Gecko’s inspired improvisation and enjoy performances from one of the greatest guest poets in the land: Arji Manuelpillai. Arji will show you there is more than one way to pen a poem!
“I am writing myself”: A Women’s Day Poetry Lecture
This intimate lecture and reading will explore the intersections of identity, empowerment, and the role of poetry in shaping a better world.
Twenty-Seven
A monthly poetry meetup, for women aged 27 plus, cultivating community and creative exchange.
Under One
Underone Festival Apples and Snakes are at UnderOne Festival between 24-25 July as a supporting partner to inspire your creativity and enhance your well-being during the event. Our poet-in-residence for the UnderOne festival is Kat François who is scheduled to perform on 24 July and run a Journalling workshop on the 25 July. You can…
WORD’S A STAGE
Word’s A Stage is Apples and Snakes’ poetic performance development programme aimed at poets aged 21-30. We’re thrilled to say that it’s back for 2025.
coma2020 – a film by Michael Rosen
Premiere screening and conversation. Limited in person tickets, online screening tickets available. What is intensive care? What does it mean to put someone into an induced coma? How is it done? How do people get better from such treatment? What effects happen to patients? “In March 2020, I became ill with Covid and after a…
International Women’s Day with Safia Elhillo
Join Safia Elhillo for this online event for International Women’s Day Take time for yourself for a moment of reflection, and join poet and writer Safia Elhillo for this online workshop. Create a poem under the gentle guidance of this powerful and fantastic artist. This event marks the announcement of our upcoming symposium Saluting New Daughters…
Balancing Act
To celebrate International Day of Persons With Disabilities, we’re bringing you Balancing Act. This event will be BSL interpreted. Balancing Act is a performance that celebrates the work of disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent poets. We’re balancing the playing field and spotlighting the work of poets who write about a range of subjects, including but not…
Red Sky Sessions
A warm and springtime welcome back to Red Sky Sessions. Throughout five workshops, participants will explore themes and techniques to improve their writing, develop their craft and hone their skills through a series of workshops and talks from some of the country’s leading poets and facilitators. This free programme is designed to accommodate emerging writers who…
Wordcup2023: The Showcase
WORDCUP2023: The Showcase Catch the freshest new talent from across the country, as young poets aged 11 – 17 share their words in the final showcase of WORDCUP2023. Following a series of workshops back in their home towns, the teams have created team poems each that they will perform as part of this national showcase….
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