Engagement

Laurie Lee Prize for Writing 2025
From left to right, judges: Jane Bailey, Jamila Gavin, Belinda Rimmer – winner of the 21+ category, and Ronnie McGrath. Photograph courtesy of Tammy Lynn.

Laurie Lee Prize for Writing 2025
From left to right, judges: Adam Horowitz, Jane Bailey, Jamila Gavin, Ronnie McGrath, and winner of the 16-20 category, Jasper Sones. Photograph courtesy of Tammy Lynn.

The Big Picture: Ronnie McGrath, (aka ronsurreal) neo-surrealist poet and artist. (Stroud Times, November 2024)

02.03.2024 Photograph courtesy of Simon Pizzey. A night of Neo Surrealism from the one and only:- Blue Lantern Homelessness Project benefit gig at The Prince Albert.

From left to right: Invited panellists, Patrick Vernon OBE, Kadija George MBE, and founder of IBSWF, Dr Toyin Agbetu, Steven and Gerald Vreden, Yvonne Apiyo Brandle-Amolo, Ronnie McGrath.

From left to right: Glimpse contributors, the writers Aisha Phoenix, Ioney Smallhorne, and Ronnie McGrath.

International Black Speculative Writing Festival 2024

A glimpse of my exhibition Coming Forth by Day 2023. For this Black History Month special, I draw on the aesthetic of Black Atlantic Culture to foreground my Diasfrican heritage. 

Early days: The London Afro Blok.
Early days: The London Afro Blok.
The London Afro Blok, and New Orleans, Rebirth Brass Band.
The London Afro Blok, and New Orleans, Rebirth Brass Band.
Ronnie McGrath backstage with the late Hugh Masekela, after a show with The London Afro Blok.
Backstage with the late Hugh Masekela, after a show with The London Afro Blok.
Ronnie McGrath with poets, the late Amiri Baraka, and one of New Orleans' finest, Chuck Perkins.
From my left to right: with poets, the late Amiri Baraka, and one of New Orleans’ finest, Chuck Perkins. The late Jazzman John, can be seen in the background.
With the late Beat poet, Michael Horovitz.
With the late Beat poet, Michael Horovitz.
Ronnie McGrath With the great dub poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson, at the Royal Festival Hall.
With the great dub poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson, at the Royal Festival Hall.
Ronnie McGrath with a member of the formidable Tjapukai Dance Theatre, after a show in Canada.
With a member of the formidable Tjapukai Dance Theatre, after a show in Canada.
The late Clifford Jarvis, one of Sun Ra’s finest Jazz drummers, and former member of the London Afro Blok.
The late Clifford Jarvis, one of Sun Ra’s finest Jazz drummers, and former member of the London Afro Blok.
Leeds Lit Fest. With Dr Kadija Sesay, and the inimitable writer Peter Kalu 2023.
Performing at Taking the Mic, Black British Spoken Word Poetry Since 1965. Image courtesy of Cam Harle Photography 2023.
A Radical Improvisation Reaching Light Years into the Poetry and Prose of Things. Taking the Mic, image courtesy of Cam Harle Photography 2023.

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