Brum Radio Poets with Rick Sanders February 2026 (22/02/2026)

Emily Holtom 

Birmingham-based poet Emily Holtom is best known for her pop-up poetry, creating bespoke poems live on a vintage typewriter in response to people, places and conversations at festivals and events across the Midlands and beyond. Her work is playful, perceptive and rooted in connection, capturing ideas in the moment.
@emily_onthepage  www.emilyholtom.com/  

Emma Purshouse 
 
Emma Purshouse is an award-winning freelance writer, novelist and performance poet. Emma is also a poetry slam champion and was the first Poet Laureate for the City of Wolverhampton (2020 – 2022). Her most recent collection 'Unsung' was published by Offa's Press in the Autumn of 2025. 
www.emmapurshouse.co.uk  

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