about the poet

Sara Hirsch is a poet and spoken word educator, a former UK Slam Champion and was third ranked in the World Slam Championships in 2014. Sara has performed at Glastonbury, has featured on the BBC and has toured extensively both in the UK & Internationally. As one half of 'Team Trending', the runners up in the National Anti-Slam Final 2016, Sara is proud to have nearly been officially both the best and worst poet in the UK.

"Real, raw & authentic" TV Bomb

Sara has been working as a poet in residence at a London secondary school for over a year and regularly runs workshops in schools and communities around the world. For more information click here.
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​Sara’s debut poetry collection ‘Still Falling’ was recently published with Burning Eye Books. It has been described as “Annoyingly good” by Harry Baker. Sara is currently completing her Writer/Teacher MA at Goldsmiths University, runs Genesis Slam, London's only regular 3 round slam and is attempting to gradually dismantle the patriarchy, one poem at a time. 


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