Keith Jarrett Author

Keith Jarrett writes poetry and short fiction. In 2010, he simultaneously held the title of London and UK Poetry Slam Champion. He has since run workshops and co-ordinated poetry festivals in the UK and beyond. In 2013, his five-star reviewed poetry show Identity Mix-Up debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. In 2014, he completed the pioneering Spoken Word Educators programme, teaching in a secondary school while studying for an MA at Goldsmiths University; he also won the Rio International Poetry Slam championship at the FLUPP favela literary festival. Keith was a Fiction Fellow at Lambda Writers' Retreat in Los Angeles, 2015. His debut poetry pamphlet, I Speak Home (Eyewear) was also released that year. Since being awarded a PhD studentship at Birkbeck University of London, he is now researching the social impact of Pentecostalism in London and completing his first novel.