Award-winning poet, playwright and performer, Inua Ellams has been announced as an Ambassador for First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people. He joins the celebrated novelists Patrice Lawrence MBE and Tracy Chevalier FRSL, in the role, to help champion First Story’s work with young people and promote the pleasure and power of creative writing.
Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams MBE FRSL FRSA, is an award-winning poet, playwright and curator. Identity, Displacement and Destiny are reocurring themes in his work in which he mixes the old with the new, traditional with the contemporary. His books are published by Flipped Eye, Akashic, Nine Arches, Penned In The Margins, Oberon and Methuen. Alongside his own practice, Ellams, facilitates workshops in creative writing for participants of all ages and backgrounds.