Jay Hulme

Jay Hulme is a transgender performance poet from Leicester, in the UK.[1]

Jay Anthony Hulme
Born (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997
Leicester, United Kingdom
OccupationPoet, performer, teacher
NationalityBritish
EducationBA(Hons) in English and journalism from the University of the West of England
Period2014–present
GenrePoetry
Website
jayhulme.com

In 2015 he won SLAMbassadors UK, the UK's biggest youth poetry slam, run by Joelle Taylor on behalf of The Poetry Society. That year of the slam was judged by Anthony Anaxagorou[2] and held in The Clore Ballroom at The Southbank Centre.

The following year, in 2016, he was a finalist in the Roundhouse poetry slam[3] and self-published his second solo collection.

In 2017 he competed in the BBC Edinburgh Fringe Slam and later in the year was featured on the BBC Asian Network's Spoken Word Showcase[4]. Also, in 2017, he performed some poems at TEDx Teen at The O2 in London, run by Nile Rodger's We Are Family Foundation[5] and was featured in multiple adverts for Nationwide Building Society in which he performed his work. These adverts appeared across the UK on television, radio and social media, as well as in cinemas and in print.[6]

Jay's poetry features in a number of solo poetry collections, as well as anthologies published by small presses, such as Otter-Barry Books, and larger publishers, such as Bloomsbury and Ladybird Books.

Jay is well known for his advocacy and activism work surrounding the rights of Transgender people, and his work to make books, especially children's books, more inclusive.

Personal life

Born on 28 January 1997 in Leicester, Jay Hulme was educated at Stonehill High School and Longslade Community College in Birstall, Leicestershire.[7]

In 2018 he graduated from the University of the West of England with a BA(Hons) in English and Journalism.

In January 2020 he announced that he had found God and was beginning conversion to Christianity. The essay in which he announced this was picked up by Ruth Hunt and included in a book she curated on the intersection of queer identities and faith.

Bibliography
Title Genre Released Publisher Notes
The Prospect of Wings Solo Collection 2015 N/A Published under a pseudonym. Features a foreword by Anthony Head[8]
A Heartful of Fist Anthology 2016 Out-Spoken Press Edited by Joelle Taylor and Anthony Anaxagorou[9][10]
City Boys Should Not Feed Horses Solo Collection 2016 N/A [11]
Words That Burn Teaching Resource 2017 Amnesty International [12]
Rising Stars Anthology October 2017 Otter-Barry Books [13] Highly Commended at the 2018 CLiPPA Awards[14][15]
I Bet I Can Make You Laugh Anthology August 2018 Bloomsbury Edited by Joshua Siegal[16]
Moonstruck! Anthology June 2019 Otter-Barry Books Edited by Roger Stevens[17]
Poems Out Loud! Anthology September 2019 Ladybird Books Comes with a CD featuring the poets performing their work[18]
Clouds Cannot Cover Us Solo Collection October 2019 Troika Books A YA poetry collection.[19]
The Book of Queer Prophets: 21 Writers on Sexuality and Religion Essay Collection May 2020 Harper Collins Curated by Ruth Hunt.[20]

Awards
Award Year Issued By Notes
SLAMbassadors UK 2015 Poetry Society [21]
Highly Commended CLiPPA 2018 CLPE For 'Rising Stars'[22]

References
  1. "Jay Hulme". Pop-up Hub. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. "Jay Hulme". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. "Jay Hulme". TEDx Teen Speakers. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. "BBC Asian Network". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. "Jay Hulme". TEDx Teen Speakers. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. "Class of 2017". abancommercials. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. Barber, Phil (24 November 2016). "Cedars Academy Alumni publishes another Poetry Collection". The Cedars Academy. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  8. Hulme, Pixie (2015). The Prospect of Wings. ISBN 0993264409.
  9. A Heartful of Fist. Out Spoken Press. 2016.
  10. "A Heartful of Fist". Out Spoken Press. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  11. Hulme, Jay (2016). City Boys Should Not Feed Horses. ISBN 0993264417.
  12. "Words That Burn". Amnesty International. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  13. "Rising Stars". Otter Barry Books. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  14. "Rising Stars". CLPE. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  15. "Nova's debut collection scoops the CLiPPA Award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  16. "I Bet I Can Make You Laugh". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  17. "Moonstruck!". Walker Books. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  18. "Poems Out Loud!". Penguin. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  19. "Clouds Cannot Cover Us". Troika Books. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  20. "The Book of Queer Prophets". Harper Collins. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  21. "Jay Hulme". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  22. "Rising Stars". CLPE. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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