Margate-based poets Raymond Antrobus and Victoria Adukwei Bulley talk through their careers in conversation with author Jacqueline Crooks, and share excerpts of their work.  

Raymond Antrobus is an award-winning poet and author whose work explores sound, identity, and belonging. His work has won the Ted Hughes Award, the Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. 

Victoria Adukwei Bulley is a poet and writer whose has appeared widely in publications including the London Review of Books, LitHub, and The Atlantic. Her debut poetry book, QUIET, won the Folio Prize for Poetry and the John Pollard Poetry Prize. 

Jacqueline Crooks is a Jamaican-born British writer whose work explores migration, subcultures, and the rhythms of resistance. Her award-winning debut novel, Fire Rush - a story of dub reggae, love, freedom, and Black womanhood - was published in 2023. 

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