Dr Nick Makoha FRSL

April Newsletter — From Nick Makoha - mailchi.mp/8d83bffc020b/n…

This month @PoetrySociety hosts a showcase reading with us, introducing 10 exciting up-and-coming Black poets from our Dec 2025 retreat, reading alongside our founder @NickMakoha. . Reserve your free spot: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/obsidian… . Readers to be announced soon!

@NickMakoha congratulations!! 🎉

We are excited to announce the ten poets selected to read at our online poetry showcase, presented in partnership with @PoetrySociety. They will read alongside our founder @NickMakoha . . Reserve your free spot: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/obsidian…

Thrilled to be heading to StAnza 26 ✨ On Sat 14 March 2026, I’ll be in relaxed conversation with the brilliant Anthony Joseph for Bards & Blether — readings, craft, influence, music, myth, and the messy work of making poems. Sat 14 March 14:30–15:30
Byre Auditorium, St Andrews

Kick off February with poetry ✨ I’m delighted to be reading alongside Tsitsi Jaji, Ladan Osman & Len Verwey for the SHP / Hudson Valley Writers Center New Generation African Poets reading — live on Zoom. 🗓 Sun 1 Feb 2026
⏰ 2:00–3:30 PM (ET)
🎟 Free / Pay what you can

A huge night Sun 18 Jan 
the T. S. Eliot Prize Readings 2025, hosted by Ian McMillan, at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm. Featuring Gillian Allnut, Isabelle Baafi, Catherine-Esther Cowie, Paul Farley, Vona Groarke, Sarah Howe, Tom Paulin, Natalie Shapero & Karen Solie.

Thrilled to share that The New Carthaginians has been named one of the Best Poetry Books of 2025 and shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025. Grateful for brilliant reviews by John Field and Shannon Clinton-Copeland — links in my bio Sharing a poem from the book too

December Newsletter — From Nick Makoha - mailchi.mp/6fa5ae4a0d58/n…

I'm performing @ForwardPrizes Ceremony 2025 on 26 Oct, 7PM @SouthbankCentre! Join me and 19 other poets as we perform and the winners across four major prizes are announced. BSL interpreted. Info & book → southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/forwa… #ForwardPrizes #Poetry #LondonLiteratureFestival

Thrilled to be reading at the Poetry London Autumn 2025 Launch, part of this year’s London Literature Festival! Sun 2 Nov, 7.30 pm @southbankcentre With @marjorielotfi, Michael Symmons Roberts & more. From £14 — link in @poetry_london bio. #PoetryLondon #LivePoetry

Honoured to be shortlisted for the 2025 T. S. Eliot Prize. Huge thanks to judges, my agent Aparna at DGA, and Penguin for their faith. Join us for the Shortlist Readings, 18 Jan 2026, Royal Festival Hall. Deepest condolences to Chris Holifield’s family. #TSEliotPrize2025

TWO EVENTS. ONE WEEKEND. ONE STAGE. Join me @ThePleasance, Edinburgh Sat 22 Nov – Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop Sun 23 Nov – Hero’s Journey w/ @lukekennard Poetry, myth, art & reinvention. Come through. #NickMakoha #PoetryEvent

Nick Makoha’s A Panel of Experts is today’s @PoetryFound Poem of the Day, from his new collection The New Carthaginians. Catch him live at Chicago TransatlanticSept 25 6PM Poetry Foundation Free. #NickMakoha #PoetryOfTheDay #PoetryChicago #BlackBritishPoetry #TheNewCarthaginians

Nick Makoha’s A Panel of Experts is today’s @PoetryFound Poem of the Day, from his new collection The New Carthaginians. Catch him live at Chicago TransatlanticSept 25 6PM Poetry Foundation
Free. #NickMakoha #PoetryOfTheDay #PoetryChicago #BlackBritishPoetry #TheNewCarthaginians

Excited to join @YoungChiAuthors @ The Artist Blueprint — a free masterclass + convo on building visionary, sustainable creative lives. Sept 28 |3–5PM @LoganUChicago Free w/ RSVP link in bio With: @beblk Eila Kittikamron Mora @NickMakoha | @obsidianfound #ArtistBlueprint #YCA

📚 #TheSealeyChallenge 2025 📚 I spent August reading 31 poetry books in 31 days — a joyful, intense, deeply moving experience. Huge thanks to @Nicole_Sealey for founding this brilliant challenge and giving us a reason to live inside poems each summer. 🖤

Thanks @OGQuarterly & Andrew Tonkovich for publishing my poem & essay, Double Ekphrasis, the Black Gaze, and Riding with Death, in Issue 19. responding to Basquiat’s Riding with Death, which in turn echoes da Vinci’s Virtue & Envy to reclaim the Black gaze, memory, and agency.”

We’re over the moon that @NickMakoha poem Codex@ from The New Carthaginians @PenguinUKBooks is shortlisted for the 2025 @ForwardPrizes in Best Single Poem – Written Shortlist 2025! Full shortlist 👉forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-prizes… #ForwardPrizes #UKPoetry

thrilled to announce that I’ll be presenting Making Myth a Reality at the @edbookfest I’ll be reading some of my favourite poems from The New Carthaginians, paired with behind‑the‑scenes stories of the writing process. Link here shorturl.at/o6uCl