Dr Olumide Popoola

Dr Olumide Popoola

Lecturer in Poetry

Olumide Popoola is a London-based Nigerian German writer and speaker who presents internationally. Her publications include critical essays, narrative essays, creative non-fiction, hybrid pieces and poetry.

She is the initiator and leader of the Arts Council funded mentoring scheme for emerging LGBTQ+ writers, The Future is Back.

Recent publications

Books: Popoola, O. (2024) Like Water Like Sea. Cassava Republic Press

Popoola, O. (2018) When We Speak of Nothing, Cassava Republic Press

Popoola, O. and Holmes, A. (2016) breach, Peirene Press

Popoola, O. (2013) Also by mail. edition assemblage

Popoola, O. (2010) this is not about sadness. Unrast Verlag