Poetry and Live Performance

Poetry and Live performance

Kimwei McCarthy Grand Bard of Exeter
Ceri Baker Bard of Exeter 2023-2024
Edward Tripp Bard of Exeter 2022-2023

Spork Slam 2021 Exeter photo by @jorbein

WOMAD festival Slam winner 2022

Recent Spoken word poetry Wins and highlights

2023-2024 Current Bard of Exeter
2023 UK Slam Championships finalist.
2023 Locally Sourced Comedy and Spork 'Worst Poet Wins' Anti-Slam Winner
2022 Spork Dead Poets Slam Winner
2022 Spork Up! Arts Council of England Spork Supported Artist
2022 WOMAD festival Slam Winner

Founder and MC/host of Spokenword Poetry night called 'Speakease at Rafikis', Ashburton, Devon. Insta @speakease.spokenwordpoetry.

Live Poetry Performance History (Selected)

2023 July WOMAD Festival
2023 June Menopause cabaret
2023 May Supported Raina Greifer on UK tour
2023 May EOS Festival
2023 May BBC ‘Dear Teenagers’ Upload featured poet May 2023
2023 April UK Slam championships
2023 Feb Worst poet wins - Anti Slam Exeter Phoenix
2022 Nov Spork Up! Supported Artist showcase Phoenix Exeter
2022 Oct Spork Dead Poets Slam
2022 July WOMAD festival performance and Slam winner

I am a regular attender and supporter of the poetry / Spoken-word scene:

2022 June Sproutspoken Newquay
2022 May Deadbeats Plymouth
2022 March IWD- Grit Girl events Ashburton Arts
2021 Dec Spork Slam Finalist- Barrell House Totnes
2021 Dec Open Collab Live Bristol
2021 Dec OOO Beehive Slam Finalist
2021 Nov Poetic Licence Sandford
2021 Oct Cosmic Rhymes Plymouth
2021 Sept Rainbow fish- Liv Torc
2021 July Wonder Zoo- Plymouth
2021 July Raise The Bar- Bristol
2021 July Spork Slam - Exeter
2021 June OOO Beehive Slam Finalist
2021 Feb 2021 BBC Upload- Bristol
2021 Hammer and Tongue -Hackney
2020 – current Taking the Mic - Exeter

Writing Workshops/Courses/Mentoring.

Investment in my creativity and the development of my craft:

2023 April Lumb Bank Arvon, week long course 'Writing with communities. With Francesca Beard and Sara Clifford.
2023 Jan Charles Causley Trust winter writing retreat with Katrina Naomi and Fiona Benson
2022 March/ April Hot Poets Participation project with Liv Torc and Chris Redmond
2022 Sept- current How to Write the Sh*t Away- Kat Francois. Weekly workshops
2022 Feb - current Mentoring with Rebecca Tantony

Summer 2020 Outspoken Press- Anthony Anaxagoro workshop series. Writing Poetic Narrative. Prompt, Write, Share. Getting your Poetry Published. Disruption, Syntax, Line breaks

Wonderzoo, Plymouth- photo by Calvin Bedford

Over the last few years I've mainly been concentrating on developing my skills as a performer and haven't pushed for publication so much, although I have recently completed my first collection, editorial support by Rebecca Tantony published by 'Speakease Press' 2024.

Published Poetry.

2024 Devon Wildlife Trust, Film and release.(Forthcoming)
2024 Spring 'Fuck It... Pass The Salt, Please' By Ceri Baker Published by Speakease Press. (Forthcoming)
2023 March Hot Poets Sparks Anthology - collated by Liv Torc and Chris Redmond
2023 May Whoop Whoop Magazine May
2021 The British Library - Covid Collection Online
2021 Nov 365 days of Covid Anthology- Sundays by the River
2021 Oct Despite Knowing -Addiction Anthology
2021 Oct Haiflu - Liv Torc
2021 Jan Nymphs and Thugs- Insta
2020 Aug Healing Issue Irisi Magazine
2020 May Out of Nothing -Bath UK