I’m an artist, musician, and writer: a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, and collaborator. I illustrated GOBS Full Moon Zine, perform across Nottingham and organise gigs - I ran JamCafe's open mic for four years. I’m developing a project reclaiming lost sound, supporting music production with hearing impairment and dyslexia, for myself and others.

Ali's Instagram

Hello, I am Demi. I live in Nottingham and attended NTU where I earned a Masters degree in creative writing. I love cats. I love poetry and performing my own, which includes themes of mental health, romance, existential dread, surrealism and the joy we find in small details.

Demi's Instagram

I'm Beth. I live in Nottingham with my dog, Drake. While Drake and I are out in the fresh air, that's when I get my best ideas. I'm a life writer. I write mostly about depression, menopause and substance use. Sometimes, all three.

Beth's Substack

I’m a slow writer and workshop facilitator. I write and review texts exploring the body, disability, horror, art, and literature. I am writing my first poetry pamphlet, Occult Pain, and I was shortlisted for the Disabled Poets Prize's Best Single Poem 2023. I was Birmingham's Young Poet Laureate from 2006-2007.

Jen's website

Hi, I’m Annie, a.k.a. Northern Annie, a Surrey‑born, Nottingham‑based poet and founding member of GOBS Collective. Nominated as a 'poet to watch' by Nottingham Poetry Festival in 2022, I write and perform deeply personal, thought-provoking poetry that stirs the emotions and asks question of the reader.

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I’m Jay Sandhu, and one day I will be the poetry Hokkage! Or at least I’ll still be a creative nonsense maker when I’m completely grey. I can’t help mixing forms and styles, fusing musical influences of grime and bhangra with spoken-word, inspired by Kano and Riz Ahmed.

Jay's website

I am a passionate performer who likes to convey a lot of different emotions and spoken word qualities in my poems. I am always willing to try new things along with performing at open mics regularly and would like to support and encourage fellow performers as well.

Sailor Spartan's Instagram

Having taken a forty-year break since writing and performing poetry in my teens, I'm back enjoying poems and spoken word. I enjoy performing work themed around nature, love, technology, cycling and society at events, slams and open mics.

Johnny's Instagram

I am a singer-songwriter and spoken-word artist based in Nottingham. I started writing in 2022, exploring self-love and self-worth and my experiences as a black woman. My aim is to pick you up when you are feeling low and remind you to ‘Fix your Crown’.

Davina's Instagram

I’m the Co-founder and previous Lead Writer of GOBS Collective. As a dedicated Spoken Word Educator, I support people to harness the power of poetry to realise their own greatness, working in schools and community groups across the East Midlands. I earned an MA in Creative Writing and Education at Goldsmiths University 2019. As a filmmaker, I enjoy translating my poems to the screen. As a performer, I blend the political with the personal.

Ioney's website

I'm a poet, optimist, teacher, jam-maker and cat-lover, and I love to play with words and form. In 2025, I was honoured to represent Nottingham City of Literature in UNESCO's global Slamovision contest in Dublin. I'm currently compiling my first pamphlet: What's Stopping You?

Marjie's Instagram

An exile from my native Scotland, I write poems about all the people I’ve loved and lost there. My poetry deals with the many past lives I’ve lived in and lived for, examining the brittleness of love, grief and hopefulness.

Armor Craw's Instagram

I'm an award-winning, Bridport Prize short-listed poet. My work focuses on the written word, creative writing practices, workshops, art residencies, and performance. I facilitate creative writing at Maggies Centre and my local community. My current work features grief, strengths, resilience, climate crisis, and human connections to the natural world.

Gail's website

Ayup, I’m Rachelle. I’m a published poet with a decade of experience performing spoken word both nationally and internationally. Currently, I’m based in Nottingham as a writer and educator. My vibe is vulnerable and lyrical with central themes of mental health, mortality, lost love, and addiction.

Rachelle's website

I’m a writer and poet living in Nottingham. I’ve been in GOBS since 2023 and performed in the Earth Showcase at Nottingham Playhouse. I wrote my debut poetry pamphlet co∙lapse in 2025. My poetry pokes around ideas of love, memory, and our uncomfortable place as humans in the natural world.

Ruth's Instagram

I want to protagonize a very dorky personhood. Above and in front of all things, I'm a nerd trying to fake it till I make it. I want to write things that are easy to laugh at, easy to cry with. In all experiences, sometimes gross and shameful, sometimes glorious and wonderful, there will be something beautiful to articulate. I want to try and find it.

Robbert's website

I have been a lover of words for my entire life and now in my third decade of existence I have decided to seize every chance to improve my craft. I live in Nottingham and have a masters in Creative Writing from University of Lincoln.

Tori’s website