Book Jive Live - Joshua Seigal

Live spoken word event with a reading and Q&A with multi-award-winning children?s poet, Joshua Seigal.

Joshua Seigal is an internationally renowned poet, performer and educator. His first book with Bloomsbury, I Don?t Like Poetry, was nominated for the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards in 2017, an award Joshua subsequently won in 2020. Joshua was also the recipient of The People?s Book Prize in 2022, and has performed at schools and festivals around the world, including the Edinburgh Book Festival, the Cheltenham Literature Festival, and the Dubai Literature Festival. He is an Official Ambassador for National Poetry Day, and has been commissioned to write and perform for the BBC. He can normally be found running poetry workshops and performances in schools, either online or in real life.

We also have a fabulous selection of writers who will perform on the open mic, featuring picture books, MG, YA, poetry and more!

All profits from this event go to Book Trust, a charity which works year-round to get children and families reading.