Please wear a mask when attending this event.
This event will be BSL interpreted and livestreamed.

"All donations go toward the administration of the Prize and the award itself. Our committee members all volunteer their time and work. We aim to reach our target of £20,000 by the end of 2025."
Donate here: barbellionprize.org/donate/

COVID AWARENESS: Please be aware this is an event featuring clinically vulnerable performers and audience members. Info on SBC event link. Hand sanitiser will also be available & Dyson air handlers provided. NOTE: the SBC can't mandate masking or covid testing (but... let's look out for each other).

VENUE: The venue for our event is now the Level 5 Function Room. There are two lifts available. It is a bright room so for the light sensitive we'll have most of the blinds drawn. Cushions and the like are available for comfort and if anyone needs to lie down. It is a relaxed performance!

That was fab! Lovely to hear snippets from Janet Frame, Aaron Kent, Karl Knights, Rachael Johnson, Masaoka Shiki, and poems by Therese Estacion and Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez, and of course Daniel's poem, the beautiful. Classic!

I've had 50 years worth of it. Great to see these posts and the frequency of them. Thank you for what you do.

Versus Versus is supported by @rsliterature.bsky.social via their Literature Matters Award.

The event features Rachael Boast, Lisa Kelly, Karthika Naïr and Daniel Sluman, along with exclusive video footage from international contributors: Levent Beskardes, Khairani Barokka, Hàn Mặc Tử, Andy Jackson, Lateef McLeod, and Chisom Okafor.

The poems in the anthology bear witness to conflict, disinformation and discrimination, as well as celebrating the importance of creativity, solidarity and empathy at a time when discussions of these topics are more urgent than ever.

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