Words Markus Bidaux
Poet
Toby Campion is a UK national poetry slam champion and a world poetry slam finalist. He grew up in Leicester, but it was while he was working and studying in America that he discovered slam poetry in 2012. He has performed on stages across the UK, from Glastonbury to London’s Royal Albert Hall, the US, Europe and Asia. He has appeared on The Radio 2 Arts Show and was featured in a banking commercial reciting a poem with one of his best friends. His debut short collection, Through Your Blood, was long-listed for the 2018 Polari First Book Prize