Katie Ailes

Video

“Outwith.” Filmed by Perry Jonsson at the Scottish Poetry Library in 2017.
“Lemons.” Filmed by Perry Jonsson; musical accompaniment composed and performed by Sam Thorne and Jack Hinks. Shot at the Gosforth Civic Theatre on tour with Loud Poets in spring 2018.
“Peace (for Gaza).” Performed live at Loud Poets, February 2024.
“For My Daughter.” Commissioned by the YWCA Scotland for their Envision 2035 campaign in autumn 2015. Filmed and edited by Perry Jonsson.

You can view a playlist of videos of Katie’s poetry here.

Selected Press & Interviews

Interview with Sam Gonçalves for his Everything Mixtape interview series, Oct 2024. Read here.

Interview with Tyrone Lewis for the Process Productions podcast, July 2024. Listen here.

Interview with the Glasgow Review of Books about serving as the 2023 Glastonbury Festival Poet in Residence, the Scottish spoken word scene, and more. Read here.

Interview with the Repeat Beat Poet for the Lunar Poetry Podcast, 2021, discussing how to build a better critical framework for evaluating spoken word poetry and Katie performs a few poems. Listen here.

Feature on BBC Radio Scotland – The Afternoon Show at Edinburgh Festivals, 2019, with Kevin Mclean. Listen here.



Blog

From 2014-2023 Katie wrote a regular blog on her experiences as a spoken word poet and reflections on the theory, craft, and practice of performance poetry. You can read this blog here.