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World Book Day 05 Mar 2026

Today is World Book Day, my love of books and reading began when I was a child, I always looked forward to bedtime stories with my parents. Those evenings with my Mother and Father had a lasting impact, they sparked my imagination and curiosity and set me on my path to become a writer and poet.

Since 2023 I have volunteered for Bookmark Reading Charity committing to reading sessions twice a week with a young reader, watching a child's confidence grow as they learn new words and making up their own stories has been incredible.

However through Bookmark Reading charity's new #MindTheGap campaign I was shocked to learn 1 in 8 children in the UK, aged 5-8, don't have a single book of their own at home.*

When children miss out on reading, it impacts their confidence, creativity, and their ability to dream beyond what they know. It isn't just about school performance: it's about opening a world of possibilities for their future. That's why I'm supporting Bookmark Reading charity to help every child access the joy of reading. Find out how you can get involved https://www.bookmarkreading.org/closethegap

*National Literacy Trust, 2024. Book ownership in 2024.

"And we carried on dreaming in God..." 15 Sep 2025

Some photos I took during my trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland for Van Morrisons poetry and music evening.

Backstage before my performance

Paul Muldoon and Van Morrison, backstage before the show.


An evening of words and music for Van Morrison's birthday celebration 14 Sep 2025

It was a true honour to perform for Sir Van Morrison's poetry and music event this past weekend in Belfast. Van is one of my poetic heroes and having grown up listening to Astral Weeks it was a special moment. On Hyndford Streetm The Way Young Lovers Do and my own poem For Jack.

A joy to share a stage with Paul Muldoon, John Cooper Clarke and Dylan Jones, and of course witness Van Morrison take the stage and give a shamanic performance

Photo by Bradley Quinn

Youth poetry workshop 04 Apr 2025

Last month I had the joy of holding a poetry workshop for a group of 11-12 year olds, sharing some of my work, and the work that has inspired me. We then spoke about finding the poetry in the everyday, and I gave the girls a few writing prompts, and time to write their own responses. Afterwards, they shared what they had written with the rest of the class, and I was truly blown away by the very thoughtful and sensitive responses the girls had written about the topics we'd discussed.

So happy to be of service and truly inspired by this talented group.

Scarlett Sabet Curates poetry reading, The Social Club, London 25 Nov 2024

Thank you to everyone that came out for another evening of great poetry. So grateful to share a stage and hear from the brilliant poets that read Toby Campion, Susannah Dickey, Ella Frears, Lisa Kelly, and Bruce Omar Yates. A night of hilarious, magical, moving work.


New Poem and essay on Lord Byron and Lucrezia Borgia published in Literary Hub 14 Jun 2024

Byron and Borgia: A Meditation on an Impossible Encounter Poet-in-Residence for “Byron 200” Scarlett Sabet Considers Two Passionate Souls Separated by Centuries

"I can’t help but wonder what Byron and Lucrezia would’ve made of each other. Two humans who have become mythical, their names adjectives for seduction and sin. Both had a power and a fragility, a fame and a vulnerability. And so, in this poem, standing in 2024 in our precious, fractured world, I look back, imagining the impossible: these two together; a fusion, an exchange of power, in an act of ownership and surrender"

Read my essay and poem in full on Literary Hub here

Keats Shelley Poetry Prize for Schools, Keats Shelley Museum, Rome, Italy 04 Jun 2024

It was an honour to be the guest judge for the 33rd annual Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize for schools.I was truly blown away by the quality of writing for all three categories, Elementary school, Middle School, and High School. Each poem was so imaginative. The prize giving was held at the Keats Shelly Museum in Rome, and we all got to hear the winners read their beautiful poems, it was a delight to meet the winners and their very proud parents. They are the poets of tomorrow. You can read the poems and names of the winners on the news sections of the museums website ksh.roma.it