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Jay Hulme | |
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| Born | 28 January 1997 Leicester, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Poet, performer, teacher |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | BA(Hons) in English and journalism from the University of the West of England |
| Period | 2014–present |
| Genre | Poetry |
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Jay Anthony Hulme is a transgender performance poet and author from Leicester, in the UK.
In 2015 Hulme won SLAMbassadors UK, the UK's biggest youth poetry slam, run by Joelle Taylor on behalf of the Poetry Society. That year of the slam was judged by Anthony Anaxagorou [1] and held in the Clore Ballroom at The Southbank Centre.
In 2017 he competed in the BBC Edinburgh Fringe Slam and later in the year was featured on the BBC Asian Network's Spoken Word Showcase. [2]
Hulme's poetry features in a number of solo poetry collections, as well as anthologies published by small presses, such as Otter-Barry Books, and larger publishers, such as Bloomsbury and Ladybird Books.
In 2021, Hulme was appointed poet in residence at St Giles in the Fields. [3]
He also serves as the Churchwarden for St Nicholas Church, Leicester, UK.
Born on 28 January 1997 in Leicester, Jay Hulme was educated at Stonehill High School and Longslade Community College in Birstall, Leicestershire. [4]
In 2018 he graduated from the University of the West of England with a BA(Hons) in English and Journalism.
He did not believe in God before having an experience with the divine. He converted to Anglicanism in 2019. [3]
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