Great Poetry Slam at Pentonville the other day–powerful poetry and song from the heart.
Dorigen Hammond of Writers in Prison had elicited great work. The judges– who performed too– were the brilliant Chris Preddie and Joelle Taylor. The winner the extraordinary Chanel. Coincides with the publication of Inside Poetry: Voices from Prison Volume 5 and as Rachel Billington, the editor, writes “Their voices fly with their message over barbed wire and high walls to freedom.”
Give a Book is pleased to have given dictionaries for prizes and to be there.