Something Borrowed Featuring Maria Ferguson, ARK Cliftonville Cultural Space

World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker brings his beloved podcast to life at ARK, Cliftonville's Cultural Space

7pm - 9.30pm

Since last season Harry has had a baby and is techinically on paternity leave but the one exception is his other baby which is this baby of a night at new home ARK Cliftonville with Special Guest Maria Ferguson.

Each week a different guest joins World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker to share something old, something new, Something Borrowed, and something blue. Sometimes poems, sometimes music, always a good time.

Alongside some chat and performance from Harry and special guest Maria Ferguson, there will be an open mic where all are welcome to perform a poem or song (either original or Something Borrowed (!)

Harry Baker’s TED Talks have been watched by millions of people and translated into over 20 different languages. He has two books published with Burning Eye and his newest collection, Wonderful, is out now, accompanied by a tour around the UK and Ireland.

Maria Ferguson is a writer and performer. Her poetry has been widely anthologised and published in Magma, The Rialto, The North and The Poetry Review. She has been a finalist of the Montreal International Poetry Prize and her debut collection, Alright, Girl? (Burning Eye, 2020), was Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes. On the stage, her one-woman show Fat Girls Don’t Dance (Oberon, 2017) won the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show; Essex Girl (Oberon, 2019) was shortlisted for the Tony Craze Award and won Show of the Week at VAULT Festival. She has been commissioned by the Royal Academy of Arts, Stylist magazine, The Bronte Parsonage and BBC Radio. She is the Associate Producer of LIVEwire Poetry and teaches creative writing in a variety of settings. Her second poetry collection, Swell, will be published by Penguin in 2025 (and available at the gig!)

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