Brum Radio Poets with Rick Sanders: June 2021 (27/06/2021)

Joining Rick Sanders this month:

Casey Bailey is a writer, performer and educator, born and raised in Nechells, Birmingham.
Casey is the Birmingham Poet Laureate 2020 - 2022.
Casey released his debut full collection of poetry, ‘Adjusted’ in 2018 with Verve Poetry Press and his second collection Please Do Not Touch was published by Burning Eye in 2021.
Casey’s play ‘GrimeBoy’ will be arriving on the stages of theatres in 2021.


Jamie Thrasivoulou is an award-winning writer, poet, lyricist, and educator from Derby.
He was the vocalist in the band In-Flight Program (2003-2013).
His work has been published in: The Morning Star, Low Light Magazine, The Arsonist, Glove and Here Comes Everyone.
Silhouette Press published his debut collection ‘The Best Of A Bad Situation’ in 2017. His second collection ‘Our Man’ was published through Burning Eye Books in July 2019. ‘Our Man’ was also toured as a one-man-show at the Edinburgh, Greater Manchester, and Buxton Fringe festivals.