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Live Podcast with Rose Condo & Nick Barley

Join us for a live podcast recording with award-winning poet Rose Condo and Director of the National Poetry Centre Nick Barley. 

 

Have a Kind Word With Yourself is a podcast that explores how we can keep kind, creative and connected. Now in Season 2, in this podcast series host Rose Condo speaks with fellow creatives about their work and some of the things that help to keep them well along the way. In every episode she uses the letters in the word KIND to frame her conversations.  

 

For this live recording, Rose will speak with Nick Barley, Director of the National Poetry Centre. The event will include a Q&A with the audience. 

 

Rose Condo is an award-winning Canadian performance poet. Based in Manchester, she has performed throughout the UK and internationally. She runs workshops for people of all ages, exploring wellbeing through creative writing. Her poetry and her solo shows have been published by Flapjack Press. 

www.rosecondo.net @rose_condo_poet 

 

Nick Barley is the founding Director of the National Poetry Centre in Leeds – a new organisation to support and champion poetry across the UK. He is also a Professor in Practice at Durham University, working on Readerbank – a multidisciplinary research project into reading and the imagination. He was Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival from 2009-2023 and a trustee of the Booker Prize Foundation from 2018-2024. He was a judge of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and was the chair of the judges for the 2017 International Booker Prize.  

 

Saturday 16 May 

4pm-5pm 

Amped, 29 Zetland Street, HD1 2RA 

£4, free for University of Huddersfield staff and students and for essential carers accompanying a ticket holder 

Age Guidance: 16+ 

Access Guide: https://www.accessable.co.uk/huddersfield-literature-festival/access-guides/amped 

Book tickets

Access: if you have specific access needs or seating preferences, please contact our Admin team at [email protected] with your request.

Concession & Carers: For further information on concession and essential carer tickets, please visit our FAQ’s page. 

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Poetry Slam 2026

Prepare to be entertained by 10 fabulous poets as they compete to become our 2026 Slam Champ. 

 

The evening will be hosted by the award-winning poet and multiple slam champion, Rose Condo, with a guest spot from our 2025 Slam winner Loll the Poet.  

 

First Prize: £50, and a guest spot at our 2027 Poetry Slam.  

 

To apply: 

Send a video (max length 3 minutes, phone videos accepted) of you performing your work to [email protected] by Monday 13 April. 

Terms and Conditions 

  1. To apply please Send a video (max length three minutes) of you performing your work to [email protected] (it’s fine to use a phone to record your video).  See above for deadline. 
  2. We will only view one application per person. Further applications will be ignored. 
  3. We regret that we cannot view any applications received after the deadline. 
  4. Successful artists should hear back from us by five working days after the deadline.
  5. Due to application numbers we are unable to get back to all applicants that have been unsuccessful.

SLAM RULES 

  1. Poetry must be your own original work 
  2. No singing or props. 
  3. There will be two rounds. The poets will draw numbers from a hat and perform in that order. In the second round the order will be reversed.
  4. Poets have 3 minutes to perform their poetry. The clock starts from the very first thing you say – including hello. 

Points will be deducted for over-running as follows:  

1-9 seconds minus 1 point
10-19 seconds minus 2 points
20-29 seconds minus 3 points
30 seconds minus 4 points, host will stop you, you’ll be judged on your incomplete poem

  1. The poets will be scored out of 10 in two categories. Written content and quality of performance. The highest total score over both rounds wins £50. In the event of a tie there will be a final sudden death round
  2. Judges’ decisions are final. Please remember the slam motto: “The points are not the point, the poetry is the point.” 

 

Saturday 16 May 

7.30pm-10pm  

Amped, 29 Queensgate, HD1 2RD 

£12 (£9 conc), free for essential carers accompanying a ticket holder.

Age guidance: 16+ 

Access Guide: https://www.accessable.co.uk/huddersfield-literature-festival/access-guides/amped 

Book tickets

NOTE: the 10 poets performing will have free entry but their supporters will need to buy a ticket.

Access: if you have specific access needs or seating preferences, please contact our Admin team at [email protected] with your request.

Concession & Carers: For further information on concession and essential carer tickets, please visit our FAQ’s page. 

Eventbrite note: When purchasing tickets please download the Eventbrite ‘app’ or ‘create an Eventbrite account’. This will facilitate quicker access to your tickets.