Locked in the Pen screening and spoken word night
Screening of three films and live spoken word from a creative writing and film-making programme developed with probation service users in Lambeth.
Hear her: women’s voices through poetry
Last month National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance chair, Alison Frater, attended the launch of a new London centre for women who have been through the criminal justice system or experienced violence. Here, she shares some of the poems and stories she heard from the women using it. The event Hear Her: Women’s Voices Through Poetry […]
Unchained Nights #3
Poet Lady Unchained hosts another edition of Unchained Nights – an artistic platform for artists with lived experience of the criminal justice system – at Artsadmin’s Toynbee Studios.
The Night Alphabet
The Poetry Society host screenings of three short poetry-prose films, a live gig, and reading from Joelle Taylor’s new collection of short stories, The Night Alphabet.
Voices from the row exhibition
During July 2018, Voices from the Row, an exhibition of poetry and artwork by prisoners incarcerated on death row San Quentin, was held at the Poetry Café in London. It was well visited - and went some way to prove that art and poetry can transcend prison walls. The art, poetry and recordings that were on show are [...]
Voices from the Row
Voices from the Row, curated by Nicola White, presents a collection of poetry written and read by prisoners incarcerated on death row at San Quentin state prison in the USA.