Dr Nick Makoha FRSL
@nickmakoha.bsky.social
Author of The New Carthaginians | shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize | Book available on Penguin Press in 2025 |@PenguinUKBooks Agent | Aparna |
Huge News! The New Carthaginians has been selected as one of the Best Poetry Books of 2025 and I’m incredibly honoured that it has also been shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025.
I’m grateful for two wonderful reviews of the book by John Field and Shannon Clinton-Copeland.
I’m grateful for two wonderful reviews of the book by John Field and Shannon Clinton-Copeland.
December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Huge News! The New Carthaginians has been selected as one of the Best Poetry Books of 2025 and I’m incredibly honoured that it has also been shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025.
I’m grateful for two wonderful reviews of the book by John Field and Shannon Clinton-Copeland.
I’m grateful for two wonderful reviews of the book by John Field and Shannon Clinton-Copeland.
Truly honoured to be shortlisted for the 2025 T. S. Eliot Prize.
Thank you to the judges, the Foundation, my agent Aparna, and Penguin for their support.
Readings: Sun 18 Jan 2026 at the Royal Festival Hall — tickets via Southbank Centre.
Remembering Chris Holifield with deep gratitude.
Thank you to the judges, the Foundation, my agent Aparna, and Penguin for their support.
Readings: Sun 18 Jan 2026 at the Royal Festival Hall — tickets via Southbank Centre.
Remembering Chris Holifield with deep gratitude.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Truly honoured to be shortlisted for the 2025 T. S. Eliot Prize.
Thank you to the judges, the Foundation, my agent Aparna, and Penguin for their support.
Readings: Sun 18 Jan 2026 at the Royal Festival Hall — tickets via Southbank Centre.
Remembering Chris Holifield with deep gratitude.
Thank you to the judges, the Foundation, my agent Aparna, and Penguin for their support.
Readings: Sun 18 Jan 2026 at the Royal Festival Hall — tickets via Southbank Centre.
Remembering Chris Holifield with deep gratitude.
I’ll be at The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, for two sessions of poetry and myth-making:
Sat 22 Nov: Beyond the Page an ekphrastic workshop sparked by Basquiat’s visual fire.
Sun 23 Nov: Re-imagining the Hero’s Journey with @lukekennard readings and conversation on myth, identity, and reinvention.
Sat 22 Nov: Beyond the Page an ekphrastic workshop sparked by Basquiat’s visual fire.
Sun 23 Nov: Re-imagining the Hero’s Journey with @lukekennard readings and conversation on myth, identity, and reinvention.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’ll be at The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, for two sessions of poetry and myth-making:
Sat 22 Nov: Beyond the Page an ekphrastic workshop sparked by Basquiat’s visual fire.
Sun 23 Nov: Re-imagining the Hero’s Journey with @lukekennard readings and conversation on myth, identity, and reinvention.
Sat 22 Nov: Beyond the Page an ekphrastic workshop sparked by Basquiat’s visual fire.
Sun 23 Nov: Re-imagining the Hero’s Journey with @lukekennard readings and conversation on myth, identity, and reinvention.
