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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Joelle taylor - What They Never Told You

Mother of murdered boy, 15, says her pleas for help were ignored before London machete attack

Daejaun Campbell and his 14-year-old friend Kelyan Bokassa were ambushed in gang-related killings four months apart

Evening Standard

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Namanlagh by Tom Paulin; Foretokens by Sarah Howe; Maryville by Joelle Taylor; Hekate by Nikita Gill; Goatsong by Phoebe Giannisi

The Guardian - UK

Joelle Taylor: ‘I picked up The Weirdstone of Brisingamen in a swoon of nine-year-old despair’

The poet and playwright on queer classics, cinematic TS Eliot and the comforts of a ghost story

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Government accused of ‘silence’ and ‘inaction’ as teenager’s killers locked up

Imri Doue, 18, has been locked up for life with a minimum term of 21 years for the murder of Daejaun Campbell in south-east London.

Evening Standard

‘Cowardly killers’ jailed for killing boy aged 15 amid epidemic of knife crime

Daejaun Campbell was ambushed in Woolwich, south-east London.

Evening Standard

Study Reveals Non-Expert Readers Find AI-Generated Poems More Relatable Than Those By Humans

A new study has revealed that non-expert readers are more likely to appreciate AI-generated poetry than human-written poems. The research, conducted by the University of Pittsburgh, shows that these readers find AI's straightforward style more accessible, despite traditional views that human-created poetry is superior in emotional depth and complexity.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on spoken word poets: powerful voices that are needed today

Editorial: Traditionally looked down on by the poetry establishment, those specialising in performance deserve their new chance to shine

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Forward prizes for poetry add new award for performed poems

The addition marks the first time spoken-word artists have been recognised by the literary prize, a move described as ‘much-needed’ and ‘momentous’

The Guardian - UK

The Guide #92: From Lana Del Rey to Nova Twins, Glastonbury insiders on their must-see sets

In this week’s newsletter: We asked Guardian writers and those performing to pick the acts they can’t wait to watch this weekend

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The week in theatre: August in England; Blue Now; The Vortex – review

Lenny Henry draws his audience deep into the life – and its shattering – of a Windrush evictee; Derek Jarman’s final film is reverentially revisited; and Lia Williams and son ignite Noël Coward at his darkest

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Anthony Anaxagorou wins Ondaatje prize for collection of postcolonial poetry

The British-Cypriot poet took the £10,000 award with his third book of poems, which judges described as ‘pushing the confines of form and language’

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‘It’s Shakespeare – as important as any modern piece of work’: Derek Jarman’s Blue comes to the stage

Russell Tovey, Simon Fisher Turner, Travis Alabanza and Neil Bartlett are teaming up to reimagine the director’s final film – a narrated meditation over a static blue screen – as a ‘thank you’ to the LGBTQ+ hero

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Liverpool's longest running writing festival returns for 23rd year

Celebrating and exploring people, culture and social issues at this year's festival

Liverpool Echo

Tell me about it, stud: the rapturous return of the butch lesbian scene

With sold-out club nights from Bristol to Birmingham, a long-marginalised subculture is enjoying a brilliant post-pandemic resurgence

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Karim Kamar: the TikTok star who gave it all up for music - ‘I had to decide, do I get the bus home or eat?’

‘I was waking up at five every morning and playing for eight hours a day. Because I had to make it work, didn’t I?’

The Guardian - UK

The best poetry books of 2022

Meditations on modern Britain, 100 queer poems, and evocations of the natural world are among this year’s standout collections

The Guardian - UK

Kim Moore wins Forward poetry prize for ‘phenomenal’ poems about everyday sexism

All the Men I Never Married took the £10,000 award for best collection, while Stephanie Sy-Quia and Nick Laird were also winners in other categories

The Times of India

Polari Prize, UK’s awards for LGBTQ+ literature, winners announced for 2022

Founded in 2011 by Paul Burston, the Polari Prize is an annual award given in the UK for LGBTQ+ literature. The winners of Polari Prize 2022 in three categories-- namely, Polari First Book Prize, Polari's Children’s and YA Prize, and overall Polari Prize- were announced on November 15, 2022, at…

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Joelle Taylor’s C+nto & Othered Poems, about butch lesbian culture, wins Polari prize

In the UK’s only dedicated awards for LGBTQ+ literature, Adam Zmith’s history of poppers and children’s book Nen and the Lonely Fisherman were also honoured

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Adjoa Andoh, Russell T Davies and Michaela Coel elected to Royal Society of Literature

The Bridgerton actor, Doctor Who writer and I May Destroy You creator are among 60 new fellows appointed to the UK’s charity for the advancement of literature

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C+nto & Othered Poems by Joelle Taylor review – punchy tales of lesbian life

The winner of the TS Eliot prize offers a rallying cry for gay unity amid prejudice and death

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‘They are literally murdering us’: poet Joelle Taylor on bringing the LGBTQ+ community together

She’s been marginalised and slapped in the street – but Taylor’s passionate and nostalgic poems about butch lesbian subculture just won the TS Eliot prize. Can they also heal the divisions over gender identity?

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