EP 1 | Publishing Part 1: 'I'm just tryna be like you bro!'

Update: 2021-08-01

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In this episode our host Yomi Sode talks to Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Caleb Femi about Publishing when it comes to Black British Poets.

Nii is celebrating 20 years since he founded Flipped Eye Publishing and Caleb has just been shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize.

They talk about the difficulties that Black people face when it comes to navigating publishing and the things that have been done to start the process of change.

Caleb shares his Poem 'Honeytrap & Likkle Bwoi' from his collection Poor.

Apples and Snakes:The Podcast is hosted by Yomi Sode with Sound production by Drew at Lab Studios.

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EP 0 | Welcome to Apples and Snakes: The Podcast

2021-05-0730:21

EP 1 | Publishing Part 1: 'I'm just tryna be like you bro!'

2021-08-0136:34

EP 2 | Publishing Part 2: 'We do it so our community lives forever'

2021-08-0839:30

EP 3 | Music Part 1: 'Sometimes our stories need music'

2021-08-1640:25

EP 4 | Music Part 2: 'When poets write we conjure worlds and cast spells"

2021-08-2342:29

Ep 5 | National Voices Part 1: 'But I'm a poet as well"

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Ep 6 | National Voices part 2: Creating space for development and growth

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Ep 7 | Poetry In Education part 1: Man‘s a poet now.

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Ep 8 | Poetry in Education Part 2: It comes down to understanding the words and the lines

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Ep 9 | The importance of owning and telling our own stories Part 1: The great unlearning

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Ep 10 | The importance of owning and telling our own stories Part 2: This space is therapy.

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S2 Ep 1 | Hey, How you doing?

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EP 1 | Publishing Part 1: 'I'm just tryna be like you bro!'