Arji Manuelpillai Author

Arji Manuelpillai is a poet, performer and creative facilitator based in London. For over 15 years Arji has worked with community arts projects nationally and internationally. Recently, he was the Jerwood Arvon Mentee mentored by Hannah Lowe. His poetry has been published in magazines including Poetry Wales, The Rialto, Bath Magg and many more. He has also been shortlisted for many prizes including The Oxford Prize 2019, The Live Canon Prize 2020, The National Poetry Prize 2021 and Winchester Prize 2021. He has also come runner-up in the Robert Graves Prize 2020. Arji was provided a Develop Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England in January and has been using the time to interview and discuss extremism in its many forms in the UK. Arji is a member of Malika's Poetry Kitchen and London Stanza. Arji's debut pamphlet Mutton Rolls was published with Out-Spoken Press.