Series 5, Episode 3: Arji Manuelpillai

Breaks & Joins Podcast

Arji Manuelpillai is a poet, performer and creative facilitator based in London. He was the Jerwood/Arvon Mentee mentored by Hannah Lowe. Arji’s debut pamphlet ‘Mutton Rolls' was published with Out-Spoken Press in 2020 and his newest book ‘Improvised Explosive Device’ was released in the Autumn of 2022 with Penned in the Margins. This highly acclaimed book was noted in The Telegraph’s Top 20 poetry books of the year, as well as in The Guardian’s best recent poetry section. It was also the Winter PBS selection and Shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize. Arji has been facilitating for over 20 years both nationally and internationally. Arji is writing a suite of poems for the new Breaks & Joins film, Can everything be mended? (released May 2024). He hosts the podcast Arji's Poetry Pickle jar

http://www.arji.org

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