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Anthony Joseph

Contains 5 performances.

Anthony Joseph is a poet, novelist, musician and lecturer described as ‘the leader of the black avant-garde in Britain’. His written work and performance occupies a space between surrealism, Jazz and the rhythms of Caribbean speech and music. He is the author of four poetry collections and a novel The African Origins of UFOs. In 2005 he was selected by the Arts Council of England and Renaissance One as one of 50 Black and Asian writers who have made major contributions to contemporary British literature. He has received an Arts Council of England touring award, and an AHRC postgraduate scholarship to complete his doctoral thesis; a ‘fictional biography’ of the legendary Trinidadian calypsonian Lord Kitchener. In January 2015 he presented Kitch a BBC4 documentary based on his research.  He holds a PhD in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths College and lectures in creative writing at Birkbeck College, University of London.

As a musician he has released four critically acclaimed albums. His debut album Leggo de Lion (2007) featured lyrics taken from his novel The African Origins of UFOs. Bird Head Son followed in 2009, coinciding with the publication of his 3rd poetry collection. Rubber Orchestras was released in 2011, alongside a new collection of poems of the same title. A live album Live in Bremen appeared in 2013, and Time, produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, in 2014. His 6th album, Caribbean Roots, was released in June 2016 on Strut/Heavenly Sweetness.     Taken from http://www.anthonyjoseph.co.uk/bio

  • Stop Press

    Stop Press

    5 December 1997 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
    1997 was Apples & Snakes 15th Anniversary of being the foremost Spoken Word/Poetry Organisation. Bernardine Evaristo has gone on to a successful writing career publishing many novels and is now a University lecturer at Brunel University. This information was accurate as of 2017.
  • Caribbean Connection

    Caribbean Connection

    26 May 1999 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Mojo - The Poetry of Music

    Mojo - The Poetry of Music

    04 February 2000 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Underglobe: The London Writing Showcase

    Underglobe: The London Writing Showcase

    25 September 2000 - 28 September 2000 at 
    Nancy Knowles Theatre (1)
  • Apples & Snakes in Soho

    Apples & Snakes in Soho

    26 May 2010 at 
    Soho Theatre (68)
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