From Glastonbury, BBC Radio 1 and the Royal Shakespeare Company, to Exeter Library, Steven Camden (Polarbear) is one of the most respected spoken word artists in the UK and internationally. Steven is the winner of the 2019 CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) for his debut poetry collection Everything All At Once (Macmillan Children’s Books).

Inua Ellams is a Nigeria-born, UK-based poet, playwright and performer who has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC and the National Theatre. His award-winning and varied work includes Barber Shop Chronicles, which had two successful sold-out runs at the National Theatre and a world tour, Three Sisters, a reinterpretation of the Chekhov classic, and The Half God of Rainfall, an epic story of Nigerian demi-Gods told in verse. He also founded the R.A.P Party, an live literature event celebrating the best of Poetry and Hip-Hop.

Kieran Hurley is a writer, performer and theatre maker based in Glasgow. His play BEATS won the 2012 CATS Best New Play Award and has since been adapted for the big screen. Steven Soderbergh served as an Executive Producer to the film's 2019 release. Other award-winning plays from Kieran include Heads Up and Square Go.