Hi, Welcome to my webpage and thanks for dropping by.It’s July and the heat is on.

I’m in beautiful South Africa for the first  ten days,  at The Grahamstown Festival and then  Market Theatre in Johannesburg.  

On returning  catch me  at The London Literature Festival and the Manchester International Festival. You can see a full listing of event details by clicking  on the readings page on the right.

The events at The London literature festival are part of my new programming strand Access All Areas.

This month sees the launch of Global Poetry System.  GPS  is a means of putting poetry on the map.

I’ll be live on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live at 9am on 18th July and shall wrap the month up on 24th at The Queen Elizabeth Hall reading “Music is My Mistress” by Duke Ellington for the talented young composer arranger and player Peter Edwards.

The entry deadline for The Foyles young poetry prize comes to an end by 31st so get your work sent in to The Poetry Society

Keep a watch on my   BLOG for offline news online or facebook  My book Listener is in the picture on the left. Click and it shall take you to Amazon where you can read a few of the poems.  The picture is by Dominique Brester.

Bizarre fact:  My birth name is  an original. If you google “Lemn Sissay” the only responses will be about myself  

Lemn is available for booking throughout the UK and worldwide. For further information contact Mike McCarthy at Lakin McCarthy Entertainment  + 44 ( 0)114 2680243 mike@varietylives.com   For projects email Gill Lloyd at Artsadmin. Click here.  .