Emilie Lauren Jones has performed across the UK and internationally. In 2021, the year Coventry became UK City of Culture, she became the city's first Poet Laureate. Her debut children's poetry book, An A to Z of Awesome Animals (Caboodle Press Ltd) was released in October 2023. 

 

Emilie's poetry has been featured on local and national radio, including BBC Radio 3, 4, 5Live and 6 Music. Her poetry has also featured on national television including Sky Arts (as part of the Unlocked series of short films, which was shortlisted for a 2023 Digital Broadcast Award) and BBC4 (as part of Ghosts in the Ruins, which was shortlisted for a 2022 Royal Television Society Midlands Award). She has performed alongside poets such as Simon Armitage, Roy McFarlane and Hollie McNish. 

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Her poems have appeared in magazines including 'Under the Radar' and ‘HCE Magazine’, and anthologies including 'The View From Olympia' (Half Moon Books), and 'Places of Poetry‘ (One World Publications). Plus award winning anthology 'Bloody Amazing' (Beautiful Dragons Collaborations’), and Saboteur award nominated anthology 'Elements' (Fawn Press). 

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She enjoys writing bespoke personalised poems to help people celebrate special occasions or to celebrate someone's life through poetry. Her words have helped mark people's birthdays, anniversaries and been included in many funeral services and weddings.

 

As well as writing poetry for individuals, she continues to be commissioned by some really interesting places and organisations including universities, historical buildings, and even a Victorian graveyard! She has also worked as a 'Poet in Residence' at several conferences both online and in person to create bespoke poems based on conversations throughout the event culminatong in an inspiring performance for attendees. 

 

She facilitates writing workshops for adults and young people, and also enjoys visiting schools, care homes, community groups (and anywhere else!) to share her love of words. She has delivered sessions in person and online internationally for a variety of organisations including NAWG, Arvon, Writing West Midlands, Positive Images Festival, Wilderness Festival, BBC, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Apples and Snakes, and more! 

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Emilie offers poetry critiques via Christopher Fielden - Click Here for more details

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One of the commissioned poets for UK City of Culture 2021, she took parts in events across the city including the Show Windows Project, Community Connectors and the BBC's Contains Strong Language Festival. She has also been part of projects with organisations including The Commonwealth Games, Unboxed: Creativity in the UK, Verve Poetry Festival, and Intercultural Roots. 

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She has been a speaker and/or performer at a variety of conferences including for The National Writers Conference, The Poetry Toolkit, NAWG, NAWE, and The Embracing Co-Creation Conference. On several occasions she has been the 'conference poet' for a variety of  events, including some that had nothing to do with the arts but used poetry as a means of reflection and evaluation. 

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Emilie works with international concert pianist Mikael Petersson as part of 'Musical Metaphors', a collaborative classical music and poetry show, which is now available for venues to book. She also previously worked alongside Ivor Novello winning composer, Nitin Sawhney, on his creation Ghosts in the Ruins, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Coventry Cathedral.

 

She has represented her city in the Coventry-Cork Poetry Exchange and the Coventry - Dresden Writers Exchange. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Birmingham, was part of the 2020/21 Nine Arches Press 'Dynamo' scheme and is part of  the Room 204 programme with Writing West Midlands. She has worked as an Artist in Resident for several venues including a year long stint at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry.

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A strong believer that art and creativity are for everyone, she is passionate about making poetry accessible to a wide audience, this is reflected in the projects and commissions she takes part in. As someone who is neurodiverse herself, she believes that seeing the world in a slightly different way is something to be celebrated! She loves meeting different people and is a regular guest speaker for various community groups. She is also experienced in working with people with a variety of access needs. 

 

Emilie is available for and experienced in: performances, compering/hosting, commissions, community projects, residencies, guest speaking, school visits, workshops (adults and children), poetry critiques and mentoring. 

For all enquiries regarding school visits or festival bookings please email Yvonne Lang: yvonne@caboodlebooks.co.uk

For critiques/editing please contact: Christopher Fielden: chris@christopherfielden.com

For everything else please contact Emilie directly: emilielaurenwriter@gmail.com

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