It’s been a busy time & the business is set to continue…
Easy peeps,
I’m not quite ‘on-point’ with the monthly update (I’m precisely 11 days overdue), but here it is for April! So, the new Kez single ‘Puppeteer’ dropped on March 17th and seems to be being received nicely! Thanks to all of you who’ve listened in so far, and if you haven’t then be sure to check it out! (It’s available on the usual pence-paying suspects! So give it a listen. Our next single has just been mixed so keep an eye out for that in May…
My latest collection FERAL has also been going down a treat with folks, so thanks for all of you that have purchased it so far! It’s definitely my most succinct and favourite collection so far and I’m enjoying the experience of airing the poems live. Head over to the live section to see when I’m bringing the tour to a place near you! Do keep checking back as I’ll put dates up there as they’re confirmed!
So it’s been nearly 4 years since I updated the site…I’ve no excuses other than life getting in the way of almost everything…but here we are and hopefully I can get a bit better at it all in 2025!
I’m still always available for educational workshops and I’m currently offering an interesting variety of offers, so hit me up on info@thras.co.uk for more info!
Apologies that it’s been so long since I wrote a blog post- but yer know- man’s been busy winning awards, releasing books, gigging and educating the fine folks on the art of poetry etc. So where do I start? That’s the question I’m asking myself! It’s been an absolutely crazy year. I’ve tried to update everything I’ve been unto in the media and press/published sections (but I’ll have undoubtedly have missed something out so please forgive me if I have).
So last year, last year, last year: I was proud to score a hat-trick at the Saboteur awards where I picked up the title of ‘Best Spoken Word Performer in the UK’ along with ‘best regular spoken word night’ for my baby that is Word Wise, we also scooped ‘best collaborative works’ for the Man-Up project which I was lead writer on with the wonderful folks at Restoke. Last year also saw me perform live on the pitch for my beloved DCFC three times and I was lucky enough to do it once again just last week against Manchester United in the F.A. Cup. My ‘We Are Derby’ poem also made it onto the big screen at Wembley stadium for the EFL playoff final. I was also lucky enough to be commissioned by the BBC and National Poetry Day and my poem ‘Nowt But Pride’ was the main poem on the BBC website, I also got interviewed for the Contains Strong Language Festival by the legend (and fellow football poet) Ian McMillan. I also appeared on BBC Radio 4 on a programme called Powerlines which was all about us working-class scruff that operate in the poetry world! (I’m gonna try and get a load of the radio stuff I’ve done clipped off and onto Soundcloud in the near future). I also released my second collection ‘Our Man’ through Burning Eye Books, which can be bought here: https://jamiethrasivoulou.bigcartel.com/product/our-man I also toured the collection as a one-man-show at the Edinburgh, Greater Manchester, and Buxton Fringes and did my first Scottish tour with the lovely folks at Sonnet Youth back in December. I also ran loads of education projects, fulfilled tonnes of commissions and loads more, thanks for everyone who supported anything I did.
So what for this year? I’ve started a podcast called ‘Word Wise Podcast’ which you can access via Spotify and the usual outlets (There’s a link to it and the Youtube version after these brackets): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_giYD2Sqoo
I’m also running plenty of educational projects in schools, prisons, colleges etc. I’m also still doing a bit of lecturing at the University of Derby. I’m also working on some interesting commissions and collaborations so keep popping back and I’ll do try and do better to keep this blog updated. (But please remember that the sign of a busy writer is one that doesn’t have time to update their website!) 😉
