Kent Poetry CIC is a collaborative organisation dedicated to promoting poetry in Kent and further afield. Our goal is to connect poets, publishers, poetry producers, and audiences. We believe the more voices we can add to poetry, the richer our community is.
We’re passionate about creating opportunities for artists to get paid, further their careers and build audiences. We want your art to happen, and for audiences to experience it.
Connor Sansby – Director
Connor began his professional career in music management at the age of 16 and has gone on to run his own advertising firm, being longlisted for Kent Young Business Person of the Year 2009 before starting Whisky & Beards Publishing in 2014. Whisky & Beard has gone on to be one of the most recognisable names in contemporary UK poetry, being nominated for three Saboteur Awards for Most Innovative Publisher and Best Regular Spoken Word Night. He has been a producer for Margate Bookie since 2015, a literary festival which now attracts over 3000 people, and regularly hosts performances for Faversham Literary Festival. He is a founder of Kent Poetry Collective, a former editor for ThanetWriters.com, and Open School East alumni, and the recipient of a Developing Your Creative Practice award from Arts Council England.
Nina Telegina – Director
Nina graduated from University of Massachusetts Boston with a BA in Performing arts, before attending NTI (National Theater Institute), and the Stanislavsky Summer School and Winter School run by the Moscow Art Theatre. In 2010, Nina moved to Kyiv, Ukraine to study folk storytelling, while working in the film industry in pre-production for major studios such as MGM and Lionsgate. Her practice has seen her work as a freelance screenwriter, in casting, and as a theatre-maker featuring in several festivals such as Whitstable Biennale, IntraFest, Mudfog, and Margate Bookie. She has featured in projects commissioned by the Marlowe Theatre and the Philharmonia Orchestra, and is currently touring her second solo show nationally. For the last four years, Nina has coached creative artists in the area of wellbeing, public speaking and fundraising.
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