re:verb 2026 - a festival of contemporary poetry & the verbal arts (Director: Christodoulos Makris)
re:verb is a platform showcasing poetry and verbal art that predominantly strays from the mainstream, and aims to expand the potential of live literature.
Jazmine Linklater is a poet and writer based in Manchester where she is a regional editor for the online art writing platform Corridor8. Her new poetry pamphlet is 'Snagged on red thread' with Monitor Books. She is currently undertaking practice-based research in art writing and ekphrastic encounters at Sheffield University.
Joanna Walsh is a multidisciplinary writer for print, digital and performance. Her publishers include Semiotext(e), Bloomsbury and Verso. She is a 2020 Markievicz awardee, a 2017 UK Arts Foundation fellow, an Anthony Burgess Centenary Writer Fellow at the University of Manchester, and a 2024 DAAD Artists in Berlin awardee (refused in solidarity with Palestine).
yesbutisitpoetry.blogspot.com
Friday 5 June 2026
5pm: Kit Fryatt & Máighréad Medbh
7.30pm: Mai Ishikawa & Suzanne Walsh
Saturday 6 June 2026
2.30pm: Jazmine Linklater & Joanna Walsh
5pm: Alice Lyons & Maija Makela
7.30pm: Ellen Dillon & Éireann Lorsung
An event by Kirkos



