About me

Bradley Taylor is an award-winning performance poet born and based in Birmingham. In 2024 he won the Roundhouse Poetry Slam, the night of which was the biggest poetry slam in history, and in 2025 he released his debut collection ‘You Missed The Best Part’ with Verve Poetry Press before embarking on a nationwide tour.

Bradley is also the co-host of The Big Gay Poetry Night alongside M. L. Walsh, which has featured poets such as Joelle Taylor, Kandace Siobhan Walker & Sanah Ahsan. 
 

Bradley has appeared at the Hay Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival, The Inspirational Youth Awards, at the V&A Museum and on BBC News and on BBC Radio 6 Music as part of Craig Charle’s 'Class of 2024', in which Craig Charles described him as ‘A brand new voice and a fresh perspective on the art of poetry and performance’.
 

Bradley’s work has appeared in Gutter Magazine, Shooter, Strix and across Birmingham train stations as part of Birmingham Hippodrome’s collaboration with photographer Paul Stringer’s project The City That Spoke To Me.

Bradley is inspired by the likes of Benjamin Zephaniah, Kae Tempest, Gil Scott-Heron, John Cooper Clarke, Liz Berry, Caroline Bird, Joelle Taylor, Vanessa Kissule, Cecilia Knapp, John Agard, Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Jim Harrison and Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze. 

He is currently in the process of writing a one person spoken word show that will debut next year entitled 'KID'.

He writes for, and about, people.