Taz Rahman Writer

I am honoured that editors Mona Arshi and Karen McCarthy Woolf selected my poem 'Anda' for the 2025 Faber and Faber published anthology ' Nature Matters ' alongside the biggest names in 21st century poetry. The full glittering list of poets: Victoria Adukwei Bulley, John Agard, Jason Allen-Paisant, Moniza Alvi, Anthony Anaxagorou, Raymond Antrobus, Mona Arshi, Andre Bagoo, Khairani Barokka, Dzifa Benson, Jay Bernard, Sujata Bhatt, Malika Booker, Kamau Brathwaite, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Mary Jean Chan, Kayo Chingonyi, David Dabydeen, Fred D’Aguiar, Kwame Dawes, Imtiaz Dharker, Tishani Doshi, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Inua Ellams, Richard Georges, Lorna Goodison, Mina Gorji, Will Harris, Ranjit Hoskote, Sarah Howe, Ian Humphreys, Sharan Hunjan, Ishion Hutchinson, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Anthony Joseph, Bhanu Kapil, Jackie Kay, Mimi Khalvati, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, Zaffar Kunial, Hannah Lowe, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Roy McFarlane, Nick Makoha, E...

I am deligted to see my poem '2012' published about the river Elwy in north Wales in the Arachne Press rivers anthology Afonydd. Copies of Afonydd can be ordered directly from Arachne Press A wonderful review of the Afonydd has now appeared in The Guardian newspaper. A report on Afonydd is now on BBC Wales .  

I am delighted to be reading with Maggie Harris, the 2020 Poetry Wales Prize winner on the 22nd May in Cardiff at the launch of her latest poetry collection 'I Sing to the Greenhearts' by Seren Books. Tickets available from Book Space Cardiff's website https://www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/i-sing-to-the-greenhearts-tickets The event would be introduced by Seren poetry editor Rhian Edwards and other readers are Mark Blyney and Taylor Edmonds.