Ben Mellor is an award-winning slam poet (BBC Radio 4 Slam Champion 2009, Diké Omeje Slam Poetry Award 2008), writer and actor. He has featured on BBC Radio 4, the World Service and numerous poetry podcasts. Ben is a founder member of spoken word/hip hop theatre collective Pen-ultimate, whose debut show ‘A Night on the Tiles’ recently toured the UK and Europe, and also performs spoken word and beatboxes in the band Geddes Loom with singer-songwriter and cellist Léonie Higgins and guitarist and sound designer Dan Steele. His collections 'Anthropoetry' and 'Light Made Solid' are both published by Flapjack Press.

Website : www.benmellor.net

Titles by Ben Mellor

Light Made Solid

Poet and performer, theatre-maker and activist, Ben Mellor was the BBC Radio4 Poetry Slam champion 2009. Bristling with the wit and wisdom and the energy he brings to the stage, Light Made Solid is his debut collection for the page and features many of the award-winning poems which have propelled him to prominence.

A pure undiluted talent. Concentrated. - Lemn Sissay MBE

Ben has presence and poise combined with linguistic and intellectual agility. - Patrick Neate, Whitbread Prize-winning author 

Price £7.50

Details

• ISBN 9780955509285
• Publisher Flapjack Press
• Genre Poetry
• Extent 96pp

Light Made Solid CD

Poet and performer, theatre-maker and activist, Ben Mellor was the BBC Radio4 Poetry Slam champion 2009. Bristling with the wit and wisdom and the energy he brings to the stage, Light Made Solid is his exciting CD and, like his debut print collection of the same name, features many of the award-winning poems which have propelled him to prominence.

Available direct from www.flapjackpress.co.uk. CD £5, CD+Book deal £10, Book on its own £7.50.

CD [cat no. FPCD002]: tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9 produced & mixed by Adam Menczykowski; tracks 7, 8 & 10 produced & mixed by Dan Steele. Mastered by Adam Menczykowski at Unit Studios, www.unitstudios.co.uk. All tracks written, performed & co-produced by Ben Mellor. Reproduction by Disc Wizards www.discwizards.com.

"A pure undiluted talent. Concentrated" - Lemn Sissay MBE, poet
"Ben has presence and poise combined with linguistic and intellectual agility" - Patrick Neate, Whitbread Prize-winning novelist
"Poetry with soul. Ben Mellor knows What's Goin' On" - Tony Walsh, poet

Originally hailing from Hitchin in Hertfordshire, Ben Mellor has since migrated north to Manchester, from where he performs and teaches at theatres and festivals, schools, colleges and universities, throughout the UK and internationally.
In 2008 Ben performed his first solo spoken word/theatre piece - an ecologically-themed, bicycle-powered show called Voices of Dissent, produced under the banner of his company Moksha.
In the same year he won the Manchester Literature Festival slam and the Diké Omeje Slam Poetry Award, the prize for which was a year-long residency at Commonword. He went on to become the BBC Radio 4 Poetry Slam champion in 2009.
Ben is a founder member of the spoken word hip hop theatre collective Pen-ultimate, whose acclaimed debut show A Night on the Tiles (a play written entirely in verse and exploring the seedy underworld of high-stakes gangster Scrabble) premiered in 2010 at Contact Theatre before embarking on a national tour.
Ben also works with musicians and producers to create backing tracks and soundscapes for his work. He has performed spoken word with jazz fusion band, Current Affairs, legendary drummer Myke Wilson's jazz/hip hop outfit Speech Pherapy, and beat-boxer and percussionist, Jason Singh. Ben also beat-boxes with (and without) a loop station to create beats and soundscapes for his own work and for the songs of singer-songwriter Léonie Higgins.

Price £5.00

Details

• ISBN 643157415053x
• Publisher Flapjack Press
• Genre Poetry

Anthropoetry

Anthropoetry [an”thro-po’ĕ-tre] n. A poetic, occasionally humorous journey around the human anatomy, attempting to get the measure of modern life.

Adapted from the hit show written and performed by Ben Mellor with sound design by Dan Steele. ‘Anthropoetry’ premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 and received 4-star reviews and a selection on Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe.

Ben Mellor is an award-winning slam poet (BBC Radio 4 Slam Champion 2009, Diké Omeje Slam Poetry Award 2008), writer and actor. He has featured on BBC Radio 4, the World Service and numerous poetry podcasts. Ben is a founder member of spoken word/hip hop theatre collective Pen-ultimate, whose debut show ‘A Night on the Tiles’ recently toured the UK and Europe, and also performs spoken word and beatboxes in the band Geddes Loom with singer-songwriter and cellist Léonie Higgins and guitarist and sound designer Dan Steele.

“Elegantly crafted rhymes... always engaging” - The Scotsman
“A fine body of verse” - Broadway Baby
“Slick poetry... and a particularly impressive political and lyrical bent” - Sabotage Reviews
“A talent and attitude that makes him one of the most intriguing spoken word artists out there” - The Flaneur

Price £5.99

Details

• ISBN 9780957014183
• Publisher Flapjack Press
• Genre Poetry
• Extent 46pp