# Malika Booker
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malika booker (born 1970) is a British writer, poet and multi-disciplinary artist, who is considered "a pioneer of the present spoken word movement" in the UK. Her writing spans different genres of storytelling, including poetry, theatre, monologue, installation and education, and her work has appeared widely in journals and anthologies. Organizations for which she has worked include Arts Council England, the BBC, British Council, Wellcome Trust, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Arvon, and Hampton Court Palace.
== Biography ==
malika booker was born in London, UK, to Guyanese and Grenadian parents.
S3 EP 01| Malika Booker - Live and Direct from The Roundhouse
For our first episode of this brand new season, Yomi talks live with Malika Booker as part of our 40th Birthday Celebrations at Roundhouse.
Yomi and Malika talk about poetry, lessons and the rituals that have formed a big part of their lives and writing journey.
Malika shares her poem ‘Jesus in …
91. The Domestic Science of Sunday Dinner by Lorna Goodison - A Friend to Malika Booker
In this episode of The Poetry Exchange, we talk with one of poetry's greatest leading lights, Malika Booker, about the poem that has been a friend to her: ‘The Domestic Science of Sunday Dinner’ by Lorna Goodison.
Malika Booker, currently based in Leeds, is a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan Uni…
Reading the Bible
The American author Marilynne Robinson is celebrated as a writer of fiction and non-fiction that raises philosophical questions about how to live an ethical life. In her latest book, Reading Genesis, she explores the stories in the Bible and God’s promise of enduring covenant with humanity.
The wri…
30/06/2024
The appeal of 'the road less travelled by', Emily Brontë as self-help guru, a new way to look at Little Red Riding Hood and the 'little miracles' we might notice when we care for the elderly; Ian McMillan celebrates poems that explore all of these ideas with his guests, the poets Len Pennie, Mali…
Episode 1: Exploring poetic voice, the power of sonnets, and more with Malika Booker
On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way Gregory chats to Malika Booker about sonnets, Afrostyle school and how you develop a sense of voice in poetry.
Malika Booker is a poet based in Leeds whose collection Pepper Seeds, published by Peepal Tree Press was shortlisted for the Seamus He…
Paul Farley, Malika Booker, Rob Drummond, Kate Fox
This week on The Verb Ian McMillan is joined by Paul Farley, author of the bird-centred 2019 poetry collection 'The Mizzy'. Especially for The Verb he's written us a brand new poem that considers birds on our workplace, inspired by new 'Nature Postive' building regulations.
Malika Booker is tackli…
August 2025: Envy
We read ‘Television’ by Lynn Gee and ‘Sue Speaks To Me In The Swan Room’ by Malika Booker.
Photo by Negar Nikkhah on Unsplash. This podcast was supported by Creative Scotland.
Advice to my younger self
Malika Booker gives her younger self advice and solace about her lifelong vocation as a poet. In search of lasting change is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk
The Creative Resistance x Wee Sparrow Poetry Podcast: A Conversation with Malika Booker
...the poem is an empathy machine. And I think that is what the poetry can do, that rhetoric can't do.
Malika Booker
In this collaborative episode, Scott Cassidy (The Creative Resistance Podcast) joins forces with pal Claire Thom (The Wee Sparrow Poetry Podcast) to welcome the mighty poet, educato…
HOW TO BUILD COMMUNITY WITH POETRY
Nols Nathankski talks community with Dean Atta on the podcast!
Dean Atta is a BAFTA-winning British poet, author and filmmaker, current chair of the Society of Authors Poetry and Spoken Word Group. Of Greek Cypriot and Jamaican heritage, Dean was named one of the 100 most influential LGBTQ+ people …
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