Evie Ward
Evie Ward is a poet, writer and researcher based in London. She is interested in writing that engages with collaboration, art and daily life. Her poems have been featured in exhibitions, live performances, music releases and publications including Viscose Journal, SALT., and Cesura//Acceso. Her book-length poem is forthcoming with JOAN publishing in 2026. Evie is an editor at The Toe Rag.
Upcoming
- 06/07/2026 – Poetry reading: Bimbo Book Swap inaugral poetry night
- Summer 2026 – Book: Towards, Unravel, Balcony, Instead, And, forthcoming with JOAN Publishing
Past
- 15/06/2026 – Poetry reading: Book Works X Soho Reading Series: book launch for Robert Frost by Robert Frost & Stacy Skolnik, with Joe Dunthorne, Stewart Home, Holly Pester, Stacy Skolnik, Jack Underwood and Evie Ward, Ellie's Bar, London
- 21/04/2026 – Poem: 'Culprits' in Parcel Magazine, Issue 3: Precious Metals
- 13/02/2026 – Fiction & Poetry Editor: The Toe Rag, Issue 8: Decadence, Spring 2026
- 12/2025 – Poetry reading: Launch for Motor Dance Journal Issue 3, GARGLE at Sadie Coles HQ, London
- 10/2025 – Fiction & Poetry Editor: The Toe Rag, Issue 7: The Pastoral, Autumn 2025
- 30/10/2025 – Poetry reading: Staff Night, BB XX Bookseller Reading with Rashed Aqrabawi, Evie Ward, Will Spendlove, Joanna Pocok, Jonathan Keane, Fin Taylor and Tom Tulloh, The Broadway Bookshop, Hackney
- 12/2025 – Co-editor and poem: Six Broadsides, on the occasion of Staff Night, Poetry & Prose by Booksellers from B.B. published by Bimbo Books
- 06/2025 – Fiction & Poetry Editor: The Toe Rag, Issue 6: Artefacts, Summer 2025
- 05/2025 – Poem/Exhibition: 'Untitled (What is simple)', in Copy Shop, Unlimited Tomorrow, curated by Fousieh Mobayen, at No.1 Main Road, Berlin
- 05/2025 – Poetry reading: Performance Revue #1: a reading series featuring disestablished and experimental poets and performance art, Torriano House, London
- 04/2025 – Poem: 'Excerpt', published in Pony Express Magazine: ISSUE 2: Deliver me from Suffering
- 03/2025 – UTE KANNGIESSER series: Ute Kanngießer (solo) + Ute Kanngießer / Bo-Sung Kim (duo) + Ute Kanngießer / Paul Abbott / Evie Ward (trio), Cafe OTO, London
- 02/2025 – Fiction and Poetry Editor: The Toe Rag, Issue 5: Technology, Spring 2025
- 12/2024 – Radio host: LIT.MIX, a poetry and literature radio show on No Bounds Radio, ft. Karenjit Sandhu, George Titheridge, Aisha Farr, Enya Ettershank, Egg Meat, Roy Claire Potter & Park Jiha, Cecilia Vicuña & Ricardo Gallo
- 11/2024 – Poetry reading: Book Launch for You Can Have It All by Kathleen Heil (Moist) at The Broadway Bookshop, London
- 11/2024 – Poem: 'Over and Over', for Dani Trew: To Make Shirts from Anemones, Artists Support
- 10/2024 – Poetry Editor: The Toe Rag, Issue 4: Games and Rules, Autumn/Winter 2024
- 10/2024 – Poetry reading: Launch for The Toe Rag, Issue 4: Games & Rules, Minor Attractions, London
- 08/2024 – Poetry reading: No Bounds Radio launch at Outbounds Gallery, London
- 06/2024 – Radio host: LIT.MIX, a poetry and literature radio show on No Bounds Radio, ft. Rosie Stockton, Zeynep Yilmaz, Noor Al-Samarrai, Thea McLachlan, Hasti, Wormhook, Ebun Sodipo and Erica Scourti
- 06/2024 – Poetry reading: Launch for The Toe Rag, Issue 3: Dream Work, Avalon Cafe, London
- 06/2024 – Poem: 'How to Dream', in The Toe Rag, Issue 3: Dream Work
- 05/2024 – Poem: 'Appearances, or so what pours gloss-coated unique is convincing enough for the time being', in MAYDAY EVERYDAY, Triangolo Gallery, Italy
- 11/2023 – Poem: 'Free Sample', in Viscose Issue 5: RETAIL
- 11/2023 – Poem: 'Duet, Apart', in motor dance journal issue 2: duets and dialogues
- 08/2022 – Essay: Imagine! Play! Learn! How Moki Cherry incorporated parenthood and working with children into a creative practice, The Sampler
- 03/2022 – Short talk & conversation: F0NO14 // Nathaniel Mackey and The Creaking Breeze Ensemble – Fugitive Equation, Fonograf Editions
- 04/2021 – Voice and subtitles: CEREBELLUM: with Florence Peake, Zara Joan Miller, Evie Ward, Amy Dickson, digital release on Takuroku
- 04/2021 – Performance: CEREBELLUM Livestream: with Florence Peake, Zara Joan Miller, Evie Ward, Amy Dickson, Cafe OTO
- 12/2020 – Poetry reading: with Ute Kanngiesser, Cafe OTO, London and Live Stream
- 08/2020 – Poem: 'A Series of Approaches', for 5AM - Ute Kanngiesser & Daniel Kordik, digital release on Takuroku
- 07/2020 – Poem/Exhibition: 'Sitting With', in 'Like A Sieve - group exhibition', curated by Ted Targett, Kupfer, London
- 02/2020 – Poem: 'Untitled (in reply)', in Art Licks Magazine, Issue 25: Monochrome Eyes
- 02/2020 – Poetry reading: Art Licks Magazine, Issue 25 launch, Borough Road Gallery, London South Bank University, London
- 08/2020 – Review: Oscillations: Summer Solstice Festival, Iklectik, The Wire Magazine
- 04/2020 – Review: Helm, Graham Lambkin, Cucina Povera at ICA, The Wire Magazine>
- 12/2019 – In Conversation: with Naima Karlsson for her book STILL LIFE BIG DATA, Do Be Do, London
- 10/2019 – Contributing poet: Small Offering, five women (Zara Miller, Evie Ward, Tamsin Kavanagh, Bea Taylor, Jennifer Obidike), who meet regularly, record free writes, share writing processes and collectively read a poem, Art Licks x TACO! Radio
- 08/2019 – Poem: 'A Cut from Waking Collage', in SALT. Magazine Issue 10: Glossolalia
- 07/2019 – Short talk: Moki Cherry’s tapestries, Tågarp, Sweden
- 06/2019 – Performance: Nathaniel Mackey & The Creaking Breeze Ensemble, Cafe OTO, London
- 04/2019 – Poetry reading: ABSINTHE Poetry Evening, Spit and Sawdust, London
- 04/2019 – Poetry reading: Sara Anstis, Exhibition Opening, 650 Mah, Brighton
- 02/2019 – Poem: accompanying exhibition text for Paperweight, collaborative project, Lateworks, London
- 10/2018 – Contributor: The Annotated Reader, Cork Street Galleries, London
- 06/2018 – Poem: 'After Don and Moki Cherry', in The Experimental Library: Organic Music
- 12/2017 – Review: Hans Arp: The Poetry of Forms, Turner Contemporary, this is tomorrow
- 12/2017 – Poetry reading: Love, Loss and Interpretations, KGB Bar, NYC
- 10/2017 – Poetry reading: The Experimental Library: Ornette Coleman, Cafe OTO
- 10/2017 – Poem: 'The glass that reflects and can also be seen through', in The Experimental Library: Ornette Coleman
- 09/2017 – Review: The Hive Mind, Koppel Project Hive, this is tomorrow
- 09/2017 – Review: Trajal Harrell: Hoochie Koochie, a performance exhibition, Barbican, this is tomorrow
- 09/2017 – Review: Benedict Drew: The Trickledown Syndrome, Art Night at The Whitechapel Gallery, The Wire Magazine
- 08/2017 – Contributor: Co-Broadcast, a 24 hour radio broadcast live from Supernormal Festival, Braziers Park
- 08/2017 – Review: Clive Bell, Asakusa Follies, 2017, The Wire Magazine
- 07/2017 – Review: Arca and Jesse Kanda at Roundhouse, The Wire Magazine
- 06/2017 – Short story: January, in Fruitlands Zine, Issue 3: Dark
- 06/2017 – Review: Joe McPhee at 1 Silver Road, The Wire Magazine
- 05/2017 – Poetry reading: SIDEROOM Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts, London
- 05/2017 – Poetry Reading: with Danny Hayward and Ed Luker at MayDay Rooms, London
- 03/2017 – Poem: 'Circles', in Cesura//Acceso, Issue 2
- 02/2017 – Poetry reading: Fruitlands Showcase, Burley Fisher Books, London