Somali-British poet Momtaza Mehri named young people's laureate for London

The 24-year-old Somali-British poet Momtaza Mehri, who has been chosen as the new young people’s laureate for London, is hoping to spend her year in the role convincing young people “to see poetry as part of their every day, rather than in some dusty tome, or academic niche interest.”

So delighted that she is one of the judges of our Two Chairs Writing Competition. Watch this space for furtehr detials of the prize giving and readings in Oxford at the Hollywell Music room on 9th May