Soho Poly Poetry
7.00pm-9.00pm
Soho Poly Poetry is back!
In the first event of the 26/27 series, we’re excited to welcome Anthony Joseph, JLM Morton, Nadine El-Enany and Troy Cabida to the basement stage.
Anthony Joseph, F.R.S.L., is an award-winning Trinidad-born poet, novelist, academic, and musician. His 2022 poetry collection, Sonnets for Albert, won the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2022 and the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry. He is the author of five poetry collections and three novels. His 2018 novel, Kitch: A Fictional Biography of a Calypso Icon, was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award, and the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Fiction. As a musician, he has released nine critically acclaimed albums. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Lecturer in Creative Writing at King’s College London.
JLM Morton’s poetry has featured on BBC6 Music and is published in Poetry Review, Poetry London, Rialto, Magma, Mslexia and The London Magazine. She is the winner of the Geoffrey Dearmer, Laurie Lee and Poetry Archive Worldview Prizes and was highly commended by the Forward Prizes. Her debut poetry collection is Red Handed (Broken Sleep Books, 2024). Her second is Borrowed Ground, a Poetry Book Society Book of the Week (2026).
Nadine El-Enany was joint winner of the James Berry Poetry Prize in 2024, when she also won the Newcastle University Chancellor’s Poetry Prize. Her poetry has appeared in publications including, The Poetry Review, The Rialto, Magma, fourteen poems and Butcher’s Dog. Her first collection of poems, Pelican Daughter, was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2026. She teaches law and is the author of (B)ordering Britain: Law, race and empire (Manchester University Press, 2020), co-author of Empire’s Endgame: Racism and the British State (Pluto Press, 2021), and co-editor of After Grenfell: Violence, Resistance and Response (Pluto Press, 2019). She lives in London.
Troy Cabida is the author of Neon Manila (2025), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. His pamphlets include War Dove (2020) and Symmetric of Bone: poems after Elsa Peretti (2024), a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. An alum of the Barbican Young Poets, Troy is currently co-editor for fourteen poems and library assistant for the National Poetry Library.
Books and pamphlets will be available to purchase on the night.
Drinks and refreshments will also be available.
Please note that free student and lower income tickets are available and we aim to make each night affordable and accessible to all. Please contact Hannah Copley on social media or on h.copley@westminster.ac.uk to join the guestlist.
About the series
Soho Poly Poetry is a monthly event series held in the heart of London. Now in its third year, and drawing on the Soho Poly’s history of radical and disruptive theatre and music, the events bring together poets and performers for collaborative, innovative and genre-bending work, as well as celebrating new and up-and-coming voices alongside more established writers. Curated and hosted by Hannah Copley.
About the Soho Poly
Recently restored after lying vacant for over 30 years, the Soho Poly is an inclusive community hub for creativity, culture and wellbeing. It offers community engagement and diverse programming and provides a contemporary performance and education venue for the London arts community. Creative directors: Matt Morrison and Guy Osborn.
Soho Poly Poetry is supported and made possible by Peter Bonfield, Vice Chancellor of the University of Westminster