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Joseph Coelho

Joseph Coelho OBE, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Children’s Laureate for 2022-2024, is a performance poet, children’s author and playwright. Joe has written plays for the Polka Theatre, Soho Theatre and the Unicorn Theatre and creates dynamic poetry theatre pieces for young people that he tours nationally. He also performs around the country with the UK’s top performance poetry organisation, Apples and Snakes. Joseph has also been a guest poet on Cbeebies’ Rhyme Rocket.