Nymphs & Thugs is a spoken word record label, established in Spring 2015. We’re delighted to launch a brand new quarterly spoken word zine as part of the Leeds BigBookend Festival, supported by three of the North’s most vital voices: Clare Sita Fisher, Rowan McCabe and Vicky Foster.

The event is Pay What You Feel and includes open mic. Reserve free tickets and PWYF on the night. Doors will open at 1900, with the event starting at 1930.

CLARE SITA FISHER | https://claresitafisher.com/

Clare Sita Fisher was born in Tooting, south London in 1987. Her first novel will be published by Viking, Penguin in 2017, followed shortly by her first collection of short fiction, How the Light Gets In, with Influx Press.

She has an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths College, University of London and a BA in History from the University of Oxford. She now lives, writers, works, runs and drinks a lot of strong coffee in Leeds.

ROWAN McCABE | https://rowanthepoet.com/

Aware that poetry isn’t a proper job, Rowan McCabe has recently created his own job and is now a door-to-door poet. He spends his days in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, bothering people in the comfort of their homes (or, as he insists is the case, “finding out what is important to them”).

Rowan also performs on stages as well as doorsteps and has appeared around the country at places such as Edinburgh Fringe and The Royal Albert Hall. He was the winner of the 2015 Great Northern Slam and was also picked two years in a row by BBC Newcastle to be part of Jesting About, a celebration of the region’s best comedy talent.

VICKY FOSTER | https://twitter.com/VickyFosterPoet

Vicky Foster is an emerging new voice in the Yorkshire spoken word scene. She is a member of A Car Load Of Poets in Hull and performs regularly with them as well as running the monthly spoken word and music event ‘Women of Words’.
Her first book will be published by Kings England Press in October this year as part of the Humber Mouth collection.

ZINE LAUNCH

Nymphs & Thugs are excited to be launching a quarterly spoken word zine, which will include poems, features and interviews based on one of the fastest growing scenes in the UK right now.

OPEN MIC

6 slots are available, all of which are limited to 3 minutes. Reserve yours by writing on the event wall, or by inboxing Nymphs & Thugs.

PAY WHAT YOU FEEL

Please note that the suggested donation is £5. The money goes towards artists’ expenses, and is greatly appreciated all round. There’ll be a bucket for cash donations on the night.