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2026
An evening of poetry at Riverside Studios
Our Communications & Patrons Officer wrote about Voices from Prison 2026, an event celebrating poetry by people in the criminal justice system.
2026
Why we go inside: outreach and the Koestler Awards
Our Director of Development (maternity cover) Simon Scott, who joined last month, wrote about a recent prison visit he undertook, and the importance of prison visits to our work.
2025
Poetry in Prison
Darren, who recently joined our arts mentoring scheme, shared his thoughts about the importance of poetry in prisons to celebrate our crowdfunder for our upcoming poetry anthology, Koestler Voices: New Poetry from Prisons, Volume 5.
2025
Interview with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Nazanin is a British-Iranian activist who was detained in Iran in April 2016 and was held hostage there for 6 years. She was released and returned back to the UK in March 2022. She now lives in London with her daughter and husband, and is currently writing her book, A Yard of Sky.
2025
A retrospective: Voices from Prison
Dalton, one of the performers at our Voices from Prison event in March, where six people with varied experiences of the criminal justice system performed poetry and music, shared his reflections on the evening.