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	Apple & Snakes www.applesandsnakes.org Welcome to Apples & Snakes, England's leading organisers of performance poetry. Apples & Snakes was established in 1982 as a platform for poetry which would be popular, relevant, cross-cultural and accessible to the widest possible range of people.

	Afo Pick Productions www.afropick.co.uk The aims and objectives of Afro-pick, in a nutshell, are to be a conduit for black creativity, expression, heritage, innovation and enterprise. Our focus is build up from the grass roots with no limitations.

	Adisa www.netcomuk.co.uk/~verbaliz/Adisa/test.html Adisa, which means - "One who makes meanings clear", is an inspired inspirer. He is inspired by the unseen forces of nature and to date has inspired every audience he has performed to. The art form he uses is performance poetry and although he is a young man his poetry shares knowledge and wisdom that uplifts people of all ages and backgrounds.

	Nii's World of Words www.niiparkes.com Nii Ayikwei Parkes is an unusual breed of poet. Respected internationally both as a performer and a published poet, he has performed and run workshops in Africa, The Americas and Europe. His work is described as “passionate and painful”, “by turns sharp, reflective, evocative, and transfixing.” Nii writes in English, French and his native Ga, and has performed his poetry to audiences in Paris, London, Accra, Manchester, Bristol, Chicago, Connecticut, North and South California and New York. He is widely published in magazines and literary journals and has appeared on radio and television in Ghana, Washington DC, Connecticut and London.

	Phenzology www.phenzology.com Phenzwaan, the Cosmic Wordsmith a.k.a Prince-James Harrison is an award winning performance poet & internationally recognised spoken word recording artist who has toured nation-wide. He has appeared on countless radio shows including BBC Radio and in various periodicals world-wide, and has worked with a number of musicians including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

	Renaissance One www.renaissanceone.com Renaissance one is an artist management and production agency that works in literature and spoken word. We recognise the power of words as a starting point to artistic innovation and the ways in which they provoke, stimulate and entertain. Through organising tours and events and managing a roster of artists, we engage with culturally and artistically diverse poets, prose writers, musicians and DJs. Our focus is to showcase established and emerging artists on the British scene.

	Scribes UK www.scribesuk.net Poetry and Arts Information Portal including egroups connecting poets, vocalists and related performing artists, providing creative services to schools, businesses and the wider community.

	SunRASun www.sunrason.com SunRASon Production Company provides top notch services for both new and established artists. We offer a wide range of promotional tools as well as publishing and distribution for your product. Services also include booking, artist management, event planning, web design, and so much more!

	Taalam Acey www.taalamacey.com Spoken word recording artist Taalam Acey is an internationally known performance poet. Acey was one of four poets from around the US selected by Essence Magazine to feature at the 2001 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. Previous to that he was chosen to open up for activist Dick Gregory for a live PBS broadcast from the University of Texas at Austin. His first video "When the Smoke Clearz" was shown in film festivals in Los Angeles, New York, Amsterdam and Rotterdam and was one of only 22 films nominated for a 2002 Sundance Film Festival On-line Award.

	TUGGSTAR www.tuggstar.com Tuggs is one of my favourite writers and performers by far. He fills the page with passion that explodes out of him every time he steps on stage. This is definitely one artist to expect big things from. Dwayne Morgan, Artist/Event Producer

	Up From The Roots www.upfromtheroots.ca Up From The Roots is Toronto's premiere entertainment company that seeks opportunities to uplift through entertainment. By providing opportunities to participate in the community, and expressing oneself using their skills and abilities in all artistic genres, we aim to better our society through entertainment.