About
Hasti is a poet and writer living in South East London. A member of the inaugural Southbank New Poets Collective and the Ledbury Poetry Critics, they are the recipient of the 2023 White Review Poet's Prize, the 2022 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Poetry, and have recently published poems in bathmagg, zindabad zine, and The White Review. They have co-written short sci-fi film DIGGING, produced by Film4. Hasti also hosts open mic and poetry night Fresh Lip, and its sister show for Montez Press Radio, Fresh Air.
Projects
Published
Performances
2024
Reading at launch of Horse by Rushika Wick, forthcoming
Reading at launch of Speed Glum Hero by D Mortimer, forthcoming
Reading at Adult Entertainment, forthcoming
Fresh Air with Kandace Siobhan Walker, forthcoming
Real Lovers’ Utopia Mixtape for The Poetry Review
Fresh Air with Eve Esfandiari-Denney, Montez Press Radio
Poetry Workshop with Newham Poetry Festival
Poetry in the Library event with Kandace Siobhan Walker
Pfeil Magazine, Annihilation, forthcoming
The Poetry Review, I am trying to write like the frying pan
Reference Point, Launch of the Interjection Calendar 009 with Montez Press
Edited The Interjection Calendar 009 with Montez Press
The Common Press, Q&A with Sanah Ahsan for ‘I cannot be good until you say it’
Poetry Book Fair, Editors’ Panel
Fresh Air with Olivia Douglass, Montez Press Radio
The Poetry School workshop, ‘A form of organised light’: Poems as Constellations
2023
Portfolio Seven Poems in The White Review
Reading at Newham Poetry Festival
Chaired talk with So Mayer & Hannah Silva at Common Press
Poet in Residence at Casa Julfa with Anamot Press
Chaired talk & reading with poets Jinhao Xie, Dean Atta & andriniki mattis for Anamot Press
Recipient of 2023 White Review Poet's Prize
Online reading for Anamot Press with andriniki mattis, Taylor Johnson & Bhanu Kapil
AI Encounters project & panel talk with Queen Mary University
Subtexts: Transfixions at the Octagon, Queen Mary University
Deptford Lounge for zindabad zine launch party
Matchstick Piehouse for Haft7sins, Queer Norouz Fest
Foyles bookshop for launch of Brother Poem by Will Harris
2022
Recipient of the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Poetry
Co-wrote DIGGING, produced by Film4
Southbank New Poets Collective zine
Interview with Eve Esfandiari-Denney, Polyester
Visual Verse anthology Vol 9 Chapter 12
The Willowherb Review Issue Five: Constellations
bathmagg Issue 10
Ormside Projects, Bermondsey, for Montez Press Radio
Reference Point with ‘From the Lips to the Moon’
Royal Festival Hall as part of ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ held by Vaak Records
Book launch for Leyla Josephine’s ‘In Public/In Private’ at The Slaughtered Lamb
Purcell Room as part of the Southbank Centre New Poets Collective Showcase
Sydenham Hill Estate with Anklebiters
Roundhouse for FEM Zine’s ‘Beyond Between’ spoken word night.
RAP Party, as part of Deptford Lit Fest 2022 at the Albany, Deptford.
Radio show 'Weeds in Your Ear' for Montez Press Radio
2021
Online reading with Poetry at the Beer Cafe, Vol 2
2020
The Poetry Review, Autumn 2020
PERVERSE magazine, Issue 4C
2019
Started Fresh Lip open mic & poetry night
Launch of Away With Words, Vol 3, The George Tavern, Shadwell
Takeaway Press book launch, Centre for Recent Drawing
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@youarehasti
@fresh.lip
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hasticrowther [at] gmail [dot] com