Jamie Hale

Jamie is a poet, script/screenwriter and essayist based in London, whose work often explores the disabled body, nature, and mortality.

Their pamphlet, Shield – about disability, treatment prioritisation, and the COVID-19 pandemic was published in January 2020. Their solo poetry show, NOT DYING, was performed at the Lyric Hammersmith and Barbican Centre in 2019, and the filmed version has screened nationally and internationally since.

Jamie is also the founder of CRIPtic Arts, an organisation showcasing and developing work by and for d/Deaf and disabled creatives.

Jamie was one of the three Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellows 2021 – 2022.

Jamie Hale Image credit: CN Lester