Spoken Word Workshop with Princess Arinola Adegbite

Dates:
11am-1pm, Saturday 31 August 2024

Address:
State Library New South Wales, 1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney, NSW, 2000

Cost: $50

Event type(s):
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

  • British Council

  • ABC

  • State Library of NSW