Shake! Stars Poetry

Happy National Poetry Day (for yesterday…!)Yes we just missed posting about this by a few hours but we do have a good excuse as we’re busy busy in the exciting recruiting process for our new Shake! coordinator.A revamp of this blogsite is also needed we...

The winners are… Yorkshire!

Members of Ralph Thoresby team at the regional heatsAt yesterday afternoon’s National Poetry Slam finals, the team from Ralph Thoresby High School in Leeds were hailed as the overall winners. This group works with Sai Murray, our very own poet-facilitator here...

More on Britain on Trial

See an interesting review by a participant in Britain on Trial – Gloria Dawson – on the Platform blog.And here is some feedback from Shake! young poets Rotimi Skyers & Selina Nwulu:What did you get out of the whole thing? What was the most...

Zodwa Nyoni – A Letter for Mama Oluwale

One of the most successful aspects of Britain On Trial was the coming together and sharing of experiences between active, articulate, dedicated young people from two different parts of the UK and from two different artistic organisations – Leeds Young Authors...
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