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Find out moreA prize-winning collection of hip-hop raps for teens - accessible and gritty without being explicit
Winner of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award 2018
The first published collection from Hip Hop poet Karl Nova has a refreshing directness, honesty and authenticity. Many of the poems are drawn from the workshops he does with children and young people as well as from his performances. Notes accompanying the poems give insights into his process and encourage children to believe that they are poets too. The poems capture the rap beat and tone, demonstrating the currency and significance of rap as a form, especially for young people. A book that opens doors.
The first published collection from a Hip Hop poet, demonstrating the currency and significance of rap as a form, especially for young people.
ISBN: | 9780995488540 |
Publication date: | 27th July 2017 |
Author: | Karl Nova |
Illustrator: | Joseph Witchall |
Publisher: | Caboodle Books Limited |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 96 pages |
Year Groups: | Key Stage 3 |
Topics: | Gritty Reads, Poetry , Poetry |
Karl Nova is a Hip Hop artist, author and poet. He is the winner of CLiPPA 2018 for Rhythm and Poetry, his first published collection. Born and raised in London as well as Lagos, Karl is a social commentator, creative writing workshop facilitator, broadcaster and cultural critic who creates platforms for other artists as he seeks to uplift, inform and inspire through this artistic expression. Apart from being a wordsmith and energetic live performer, Karl Nova is an avid beatmaker and he released a compilation of electronic music that he created on his phone called “Made ‘Em On My ...
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