Gboyega Odubanjo
@OdubanjoGboyega
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while i yet live @badbettypress / aunty uncle poems @poetrybusiness / editor @bathmagg / gboyega.a.o @gmail .com
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Get one for your aunty. Get one for your uncle.
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Love and decency 👍🏾👍🏾
Congratulations to Gboyega Odubanjo, winner of the 2021 Michael Marks Poetry Award! “We were excited by the… originality, the linguistic playfulness, the exploration of identity that’s expressed in a fluidity of voice”
@odubanjogboyega
@poetrybusiness
#MichaelMarksAwards
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Lovely jubbly
✨ Onto the Eric Gregory Awards for the encouragement of young poets – 7 poets each receiving £4,050. Congratulations to the winners:
@PhoebeLPWalker
Michael Askew
@OdubanjoGboyega
@kandacesiobhan
@cynthiawmiller
@milenaevening
Dominic Hand
#SoAwards
#SoAwards21
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You can now pre-order Aunty Uncle Poems
@poetrybusiness
which is very brill.
Here's the cover and a picture of my dad (in the middle) with his mum and siblings.
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“Against Resting in Peace”, a brilliantly vivid new poem by
@OdubanjoGboyega
, in this week’s New Statesman
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Huge congratulations to Gboyega Odubanjo, Lauren Hollingsworth-Smith, Lucy Holt and Georgie Woodhead who have been chosen by Luke Kennard as winners of our 2020 New Poets Prize. We cannot wait to publish your pamphlets! Check out the judge's comments here:
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We're delighted to announce that
@OdubanjoGboyega
will be joining the editorial team! Gboyega is a British-Nigerian poet born and raised in East London. His pamphlet, While I Yet Live, was published by
@badbettypress
in 2019. He is a
@RoundhouseLDN
Resident Artist. 🦆🛁⭐️
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Hello bonjour. Having the launch of my
@poetrybusiness
pamphlet, Aunty Uncle Poems,
@RoundhouseLDN
on 24 July. Featuring
@CalebFemi_
and
@theresa_lola
and some tunes and vibes. It will be decent so you should come.
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I’m the Apprentice Editor-in-Residence
@poetrybusiness
which is brill. Will be editing two books that’ll be published in Jan 2022. Call-out for submissions and more info on the ‘Apart Together’ project below.
We are excited to announce our brand new 2021 project - 'Apart Together', which includes digital writing workshops, digital residencies in collaboration with
@thewritingsquad
, a new Apprentice Editor-in-Residence and digital poetry readings.
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I'm doing a reading next week (5 May, 7-8pm) as I finish a residency at a Barking & Dagenham library. Join me feat. fellow Dagenham fella
@KayoChingonyi
, a short film by John Smith & music by John Akinde.
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way back whenever i sat down and had a lovely zoom with
@rrobinson72
. i met his son and we had a decent natter.
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little betty gang
💫 Overjoyed to introduce LITTLE BETTY, our new pamphlet imprint edited by
@citytwarbler
&
@OdubanjoGboyega
.
Follow
@littlebettybbp
for details of their first submissions call, this June!
Grateful for the support of
@ace_national
&
@MarksAwards
💫
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2020 has revealed both how much we all need nature, and how many people have limited access to it. We're working with
@PeoplNeedNature
&
@OdubanjoGboyega
to ask young poets to write nature poems that engage with the human, that sing of trees and factories:
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Drake
@francescawade
@ZeljkaMarosevic
@victoriaadukwei
3) Thirdly, we have a poem from Gboyega Odubanjo, 'Drake Equation', whose debut pamphlet WHILE I YET LIVE was published with
@badbettypress
in 2019. (Two other poems appear in print):
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Two weeks left to submit!
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Send poems and that
Today is the day new call for submissions opens
@magmapoetry
- excited about the co-editorship of 3 fantastic poets spanning the somewhat arbitrary categories (pigeonholes) of young, middle and old.
@OdubanjoGboyega
, Selina Rodrigues & Christine Webb. mtf
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we back in the bath 🛀🏾🛀🏾🛀🏾
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This is next week. It will be decent.
Hello bonjour. Having the launch of my
@poetrybusiness
pamphlet, Aunty Uncle Poems,
@RoundhouseLDN
on 24 July. Featuring
@CalebFemi_
and
@theresa_lola
and some tunes and vibes. It will be decent so you should come.
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Here’s some lovely folks talking about their aunties and uncles.
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I’m guest editing
@TentacularMag
Issue 6. The call-out is a bunch of pictures I like. The deadline is 30th April.
Sainted imaginings ....
@OdubanjoGboyega
is guest-editing Tentacular Issue 6 - and he's calling for your submissions by 30th April. Find out here what he's looking for
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Banging poems here, was a real pleasure 👍🏾👍🏾
Tentacular Issue 6 goes live! Ed by
@OdubanjoGboyega
and featuring work by Belinda Zhawi, Fathima Zahra
@Zeeforzahra
@DraperCai
@JessMurrain
@colinjherd
@mark59russell
Mark Goodwin
@kramawoodgin
@lucyhamilton69
@IsabelleBaafi
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Friday 8 Apr.
Magma 82, Obsidian launch
@RichMixLondon
. 8pm.
Words from
@cloudscholar
,
@asmaa_floats
,
@NadeemDinGabisi
,
@ParkinsBrown
,
@SafiyaKamaria
,
@YomiSode
. Tunes from
@mamoyobornfree
.
Food from
@BigmikesCk
.
All decent. Free tickets here:
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@NickMakoha
& I are editing the 82nd issue of
@magmapoetry
in partnership with
@ObsidianFdn
. Submissions open to Black poets 👇🏾👇🏾
Submissions are now open for Magma 82: Obsidian! Edited by
@NickMakoha
&
@OdubanjoGboyega
. This issue is in partnership with
@ObsidianFdn
and will focus on Black poets. Submissions open 1 July - 31 July.
More details and full call out:
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yes
We're so excited to be hosting
@OdubanjoGboyega
in September.
His pamphlet from
@badbettypress
is ridiculously good.
Come along, see him read, buy his book. It'll be great.
15 Sept | Doors 7pm | Pay What You Can
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A little behind the scenes moment! Here’s the photo shoot process for Gboyega Odubanjo’s Aunty Uncle Poems, and the end result! Isn’t the fabric beautiful?
The New Poets Prize winning pamphlet will be available from the 1st of June 2021 ✨
@OdubanjoGboyega
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Hello bonjour. This is tonight - do come along!
I'm doing a reading next week (5 May, 7-8pm) as I finish a residency at a Barking & Dagenham library. Join me feat. fellow Dagenham fella
@KayoChingonyi
, a short film by John Smith & music by John Akinde.
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We're delighted to announce that
@kandacesiobhan
will be joining the editorial team! Kandace is a writer and filmmaker from Wales. Her work has appeared in
@thegoodjournal
,
@guardian
and
@thewhitereview
. Her pamphlet KALEIDO is forthcoming from
@badbettypress
. Vibes! 🦆
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❤️❤️
Such a joy to have
@OdubanjoGboyega
as a special guest for
@STWevents
#writetogether
workshop this eve!
Writing the poems we ‘shouldn’t’ write followed by a reading & convo on I/We/Us👌🏾🚨🕺🏾
You can book for 3rd Dec workshop here:
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'Two Mates On A Bus Playing Each Other Tunes'
@OdubanjoGboyega
& I jumped on a bus. Tunes, chat, poems. Skepta singing in Turkish. Gboyega discussing "Barcelona on Thames" (Barking ofc)
Poster by Gboyega
Sound bits produced by me
On the
@barbicancentre
@BYPoets
site & Mixcloud
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Big thanks to
@IsabelleBaafi
@JakeWildHall
@mamoyobornfree
@kalmtree
@soshunetwork
@ticecin
@victoriaadukwei
and
@SugarJPoet
(who didn’t make the cut cos he was outshining ppl) and
@YomiSode
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Our submissions are open for the whole of February! 🦆
Retweets appreciated
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Magma 82: Obsidian, in partnership with
@ObsidianFdn
, is live now!
Featuring some real legends, including
@YomiSode
@Malikabooker
Fred Moten, Lorna Goodison
@DanteMicheaux
@victoriaadukwei
@LexAmor_
@ParkinsBrown
& many more
Available to buy here:
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Big up
@OdubanjoGboyega
for the interview about the new book in
@BathMagg
— There’s also great work included in this issue by
@jennivora
@SandeepKParmar
@HelenMort
& many more. Big up editors
@MWhelanWriter
&
@JoeCarrickVarty
for all they do for poetry.
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Kareem Parkins-Brown is for the children.
you lot, I’m flabbergasted. I’m so overjoyed. Feeling very loved and very shy rn ngl. I love love love my community and would be nothing without them. Will respond individually when I know I won’t chat excited rubbish ❤️
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Last chance to register for our launch for Issue 8! 7pm UK time! Come listen to some fab poems 🦆
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💫 Presenting THE BARMAN by
@helen_bowell
💫 PRE-ORDERS OPEN:
This debut is an introduction to a unique poetic voice; a sharp, witty exploration of the nuances of a sometimes reluctant codependency.
Edited by
@OdubanjoGboyega
. Out 28th Jan.
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Happy publication day to Keeping the House.
🥬
Words on hiding in plain sight, set around and away from the north London heroin trade. Supermarket academics. The way cPTSD can spin time from us. Cabbages.
Grateful. With
@andothertweets
and shot by Richard Dixon, lostintottenham.
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Big vibes
Everyone,
Turn on the volume. Watch till the end. Let's have a conversation. Trust me.
Share, Watch, Show Love, Comment & Subscribe. 👇🏾🙏🏾
Filmed by
@routethirtysix
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⭐️ Issue 8 ⭐️ launching December 18 will feature the likes of
@seanehewitt
,
@SashaDugdale
,
@freddaguiar
, Jos Charles,
@ticecin
,
@alice_hiller
and many more! Roll on launch date! 🦆🚀
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@oliisaac_
@maxinethepoet
Here’s me thinking that we’re all in this together / and we know / that we are / we’re all stars 😩😩
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Our submissions are open for the whole of February!
Retweets appreciated 🦆
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@NickMakoha
and I are editing the 82nd issue of Magma in partnership with
@ObsidianFdn
. Submissions open to Black poets 👇🏾👇🏾
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@ParkinsBrown
I think any phone/accessory/unblocking/printing/place where you buy stolen laptops/cafe spot
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Join us for an online showcase of Magma 82, in partnership with
@ObsidianFdn
, at
@StAnzaPoetry
on 13 March. Poetry from
@SonOfOlokun
,
@courtneyconrad_
, S. Erin Batiste, and
@keithjlondon
.
More details and £3 tickets here:
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M82 launch
@RichMixLondon
. Free tickets available 👇🏾👇🏾
Join us for the in person launch of Magma 82,
@ObsidianFdn
on 8 April
@RichMixLondon
Readings from
@YomiSode
@asmaa_floats
@ParkinsBrown
@NadeemDinGabisi
@SafiyaKamaria
@CloudtheScholar
Music from
@mamoyobornfree
Free tickets available here:
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4 days left to submit!!
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