We're beyond proud to be part of a community where conversation is art and writing is survival. Working class voices are powerful, radical, and necessary — and so many of the poets and writers we know aren’t just crafting bars on the page, but also holding down community spaces, hosting open mics, running workshops, and keeping culture alive.

Here’s just a few of the amazing working class creatives we’ve got our eyes on:

1. Sky Dair (@tobycarveryprincessxoxo)A multidisciplinary artist and writer from London whose cathartic work spans video, photography, sound and language. Her debut book is dropping April 24th with @w0rms.w0rld. She also self-publishes zines and runs a beautiful substack: I’ll be loving you

2. Tommy Sissons (@tommyfredsissons)Novelist, poet, playwright and educator. Founder of @englishgrass — a working class magazine for literature, photography and art. Issue 5 out now: “Tradition and Revolution”

3. Ellie Hoskins (@elliehosk)Artist and writer from Cumbria, now based in Liverpool. Her work is raw, honest, funny and real. Personal truths with black humour and radical vulnerability — creating space for connection.

4. Abdullah Adekola (@adekolapoetry)Writer and performer spotlighting social justice, decolonisation, and healthy masculinity. His powerful debut Nigrescence is out now via adekola.bigcartel.com.

5. Kofi Gyamfi (@kofitolduso)Writer, storyteller, performer and autism advocate. We met Kofi at our Factory International event in Manchester and he’s been in our minds ever since.

6. Maddi Crease (@maddicreasepoet)Poet and artist from Essex. Host of The Listening Room. Their work explores neurodivergence, gender, mental health and class. “I aim to make the unthinkable heard.”

7. Miles Raphael (@milesdotraphael)Poet, spoken word artist, workshop facilitator and trainee counsellor. Miles brings gentle power and deep introspection to every space he steps into.

8. Emily Pope (@emily_pope90)Artist working across writing, sound and film. Her project The Sitcom Show documents life under austerity with sharp satire. Expect class politics, feminism and experimental brilliance.

9. Sarah Crewe (@sarahcrewe11)Liverpool-based poet. Latest collection a letter to uncle alexei out via Aquifer Books. Working class feminist psychogeography — haunting, intimate and political.

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We’re only scratching the surface of our network — there are so many more writers, makers and dreamers doing vital work. Support them, follow them, buy their books, show up to their events.