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the SLAMbassadors are re-writing the whole world…
It has been one joyful shriek of a journey for SLAMbassadors over the last fortnight.…
The Final Countdown
It’s now only 6 days to go until SLAMbassadors UK 2013 winners hit the stage…
Judging day
Judging Day to select the new SLAMbassadors UK solo slam team is tomorrow! I will…
Reel Rebels Radio
I am very proud and delighted to announce that the SLAMbassadors Sessions now have our…
The SLAMbassador Sessions: LIVE
We came. We saw. We conquered. Cheesy, I know – but that is what it…
SLAMbassadors LIVE!
This Saturday 17th August sees the BIGGEST live performance anthology of SLAMbassadors at Rich Mix,…
BOOMFEST
The SLAMbassadors are on tour once more, and will be visiting BOOMFEST in Weston Super…
Tower SLAM-lets
The whole SLAMbassador team of poets and rappers have been hitting the roads around the…
SLAMbassadors on Stubnitz
The SLAMbassadors will be supporting Joelle Taylor, John Hegley and The Beat at a major…
The SLAMbassador Sessions # 3
Once a month I organise and host the SLAMbassador Sessions for the Poetry Society, in a…
Human Writes – spaces available!!
English PEN in collaboration with Kings College London invite all you young SLAMbassadors with words…
SLAMbassadors included in The Complete Works
SLAMbassador poets Jay Bernard and Kayo Chingonyi – both of whom began their careers as…
The SLAMbassadors Sessions
To further celebrate a decade of the youth slam championships, the Poetry Cafe in Covent…
Notes from the Tour Bus
Day One and Two The SLAMbassador tour bus screeched into Aylesbury this week to work…
BuckinGANGNAMshire Style…
Oh. Yes. SLAMbassadors UK has cleared its throat and is now ready to hit the…
DECADE Anni-VERSE-ary!!!
…and so it begins It is 2002. We are in a dusty half lit hall…
We did da Vinci
Just a short note to celebrate a fantastic writing workshop on Saturday. Generously hosted by…
Poetry workshop at Buckingham Palace now FULLY BOOKED
You responded in your masses to our offer of a free poetry writing workshop with…
Free Leonardo da Vinci poetry workshop with Joelle Taylor at Buckingham Palace
This is an incredible opportunity for young poets aged 15 – 19. Join none other…
Summertime slamming
Schools across two London boroughs have been humming with the sounds of well ordered words this…
News, news and more news
We may have seemed quiet but don’t worry- we hadn’t forgotten about you! Far from…
Happy birthday Shakespeare
‘… a British Jay-Z for the 16th century…’ One of our 2011 competition winners, the…
Welcome to the SLAMily
Here at the Poetry Society we’re still coming down from the buzz of the 1st…
The reviews are in
Rhiannon Shaw won our competition to come down to London and review the SLAMbassador UK…
I SLAM therefore I am
How to write a scream. How to write the raising of hairs. The feeling that…
2011 winner’s showcase- what a night…
Just a quick one from us here to celebrate the fact we enjoyed a truly…
A few tickets remaining…
Your chance to see the barnstorming performances of our 8 2011 competition winners approaches- this…
SLAMbassadors UK People’s Choice Award
The SLAMbassadors UK People’s Choice Award vote is now open! This is your chance to…
Winners Announced
After a furious year of talent scouting across the UK, the judges finally met on…
CHRIS PREDDIE RECEIVES OBE!!!
SLAMbassador Poet Mentor and ex London SLAM Champion Chris Preddie has received his OBE from…
Closed for judging!!
SLAMbassadors UK is now officially closed for judging! In spite of a turbulent year at…
Final days – Get your films ready to roll!
Thanks to an overwhelming response this year to SLAMbassadors UK, we have extended the deadline…
National Poetry Day Live – October 6th 2011, Royal Festival Hall
It’s that time of year again! October 6th is National Poetry Day for the whole…
SLAM Residential 2011 August 15 – 19th and BOOMFEST
It’s that time of year again! The SLAMbassadors are once more packing up their microphones,…
SLAMbassadors FESTIVAL tour 2011
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL We have finally mananged to scrape the mud out from beneath our tongues after…
I am what I SLAM
A brave new word – SLAMbassadorsUK goes LIVE across the nation today! Brrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaapppp!! Some poets write…
We Are SLAM-ily
The 9 national winners of SLAMbassadors UK, the country’s only talent scouting championship for spoken…
SLAMbassadors UK Final Showcase – Linton Kwesi Johnson!
We have now confirmed both a funky venue and incredible headline Icon of Poetry act to…
History of Slam – Joelle Taylor
Take a look at the “History of Slam” in the Music & Audio section of…
SLAMbassadors 2010 Winners Announced!
The Poetry Society has had a very difficult job choosing from 400+ entries to this…
SLAMbassadors UK 2010 – Last Chance to Enter!
The 2010 SLAMbassadors UK Championship closes for entries on Friday 10th December at 5pm so…
Bucks Beats Raise the Roof!
Last night, young performance poets from Buckinghamshire raised the roof of the Wycombe Swan with…
Beatboxing in Bucks!
A one-night-only showcase event featuring young people from Buckinghamshire performing their own exciting poetry takes…
Calling all Liverpool poets!
For the third year running, the Poetry Society has joined forces with Writing on the…
SLAMbassadors UK – Deadline Extended!
Due to popular demand and more schools and young people than ever before entering SLAMbassadors…
Tower Hamlets Rocks the Arts Theatre
We had an amazing Tower Hamlets Showcase event with performers from Morpeth, Langdon Park and…
Slam by the Sea!
We’ve just come back from an amazing weekend in Weston-super-Mare where schools have been taking…
SLAMbassadors judge announced and videos online!
The Poetry Society is proud to announce that Adisa the Verbalizer will be judging this…
Wash Away Your Past
Previous Slam winner Chris Preddie, aka Cashman performs live at the Word Cup. Cashman is…