Sarah Lasoye is a poet, prison abolitionist and health justice campaigner from London. She is an alumna of the Barbican Young Poets (15/16) and Apples and Snakes ‘The Writing Room’ (18/19). She is currently one of six poets selected for the Apples and Snakes Poetry in Performance 2021-22 programme supported by the Jerwood Arts Development Programme Fund, and a member of Octavia poetry collective for women of colour.

Sarah has facilitated poetry workshops for the Barbican, and performed at venues across the UK including the Tate Modern, Southbank Centre, and Latitude Festival. Her work has been featured in Porridge Magazine, Bath Magg, The New Statesman & Poetry London, commissioned by St. Paul’s Cathedral, and featured on BBC Radio 4. Her debut chapbook, Fovea / Ages Ago, was published by Hajar Press in April 2021.