The Leicester Poetry Committee is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Shay as the city’s first Poet Laureate. This newly established role, created by a consortium of Leicester’s leading poetry and spoken word organisations – Literati Arts, Get Mouthy, Queer Coffee Link Ups, Pinggg…k!, Some-antics, and We Are The Headliners – represents a milestone in the city’s ongoing commitment to celebrating and elevating poetry in all its forms. The Poetry Society has been working...