TOAST makes live poetry events and workshops with the best poets in the UK. Founded in 2016, we find the strongest voices in poetry and support their careers.
Based in Norwich, our goal is to make entertaining, engaging events that bring new audiences and new poets together. Through our events and workshops we find, train and give a platform to poets whilst creating communities between artists and audiences. TOAST is funded by the Arts Council England with support from the Norwich Arts Centre, the National Centre for Writing and the Young Norfolk Arts Trust.
Lewis Buxton Co-Director
Born in 1993, Lewis Buxton is a writer and theatre maker. His work has appeared in The Independent, Poetry Review, The Rialto, Ambit and Magma amongst others.
He has won the Winchester Poetry Prize received the UEA Literary Festival Bursary and is the Co-Director of TOAST.
His first collection Boy in Various Poses was published by Nine Arches Press in 2021. He toured his debut theatre show ‘Workout!’ in 2023 and will be touring ‘FRIEND’ in Autumn 2024.
Daisy Henwood Co-Director
Daisy Henwood is a writer and arts producer based in Norwich. Her work has appeared in Poetry Wales, Ink Sweat and Tears, Poetry Birmingham and Under the Radar. She received her PhD in environmental literature from UEA in 2020. She teaches writing workshops for all ages and has worked with National Centre for Writing, Young Norfolk Arts, New Routes, Norfolk Wildlife Trust and the Norfolk Museums Service. She was writer-in-residence at Norwich Castle and virtual writer-in-residence for the Werribee River Association in Melbourne in 2022.
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