GLOSSOP BOOKFEST 2024
Star Guest
Dominic Berry
Dominic Berry is an award-winning poet.
He was 2017 Glastonbury Festival Poet in Residence, winner of the 2020 and 2017 Saboteur ‘Best Spoken Word Artist’ award, and has toured his verse across USA, Canada, India, New Zealand, Australia, South America and mainland Europe.
His other awards include winning New York’s Nuyorican Poetry Cafe Slam, UK Superheroes of Slam and, as of 2024, ten Arts Council England Grants for the Arts awards.
TELEVISION
Dominic has performed his poetry on BBC2 showcasing the best of 2017 Glastonbury Festival, BBC’s Greg and Celia’s Festivals Highlights (highlights of 2014’s Edinburgh Fringe), Channel 4’s My Daughter The Teenage Nudist and Channel 4 News. In his children’s poet persona, he introduced his pet ‘Dave the Dragon’ on CBeebies Rhyme Rocket.