Poetry Pharmacy in Oxford Street

Maya Rowland is passionate about well-being and literature, started out as a bookseller and our productions manager in Shropshire, before moving to London and becoming the manager of our Oxford Street branch.  

Godelieve de Bree was a member of the Roundhouse Collective 22/23, and a T.S. Eliot Prize Young Critic 2023. Some of her favourite poets include Marie Howe, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, and Larry Levis.

Antonia Underwood is a performer, playwright, and poet from Nottingham. Within her freelance work, she facilitates creative workshops, including a sensory-based nature writing workshop and prompt-led sessions designed to jumpstart creative ideas. As a child, Antonia dreamed of living inside a bookshop, so she is delighted to be working at the Poetry Pharmacy as a bookseller. 

Frankie Parris is a writer, musician and filmmaker living in London. Frankie uses poetry to make sense of themselves and the world around them, reflecting on identity, madness, love and liminality. When they’re not at the Poetry Pharmacy or wandering the city, you can find them watching French New Wave or learning about Scandinavia.

Jack spent two years working in the visual effects industry before leaving to follow more literary pursuits. He is a member of northern writers’ group The Writing Squad, and is helping create engaging content for the Poetry Pharmacy’s fast-growing Tiktok account 

Patrizia Longhitano (she/her) is an assistant to Maya, managing the bookshop & team. She is a pansexual Latinx immigrant poet and visual artist who lives in London. Her childhood was spent between Brazil and Italy. Some of her poems have appeared in Magma, Wet Grains, Painted Spoken, Harana Poetry Magazine, Un Nuevo Sol anthology and the album ‘We Will Keep On’.

She is currently the host of Venn Diagrams, a monthly poetry event in Kentish Town and co-editor of the Magma - Grassroots issue.

Héloïse de Satgé is a London based poet & facilitator. She completed her creative writing BA & MA at the university of Birmingham, and was one of the coaches for the Birmingham Unislam team in 2023, bringing the team to victory in first place. Héloïse has worked as a producer for the Kirkby Lonsdale Poetry Festival, in both 2022 and 2024. She runs a monthly poetry night, called “Everything”. Her debut pamphlet, “Rein it in”, is out now with Broken Sleep Books. 

Katie Dunstan is fascinated by poetry, in particular the power it has to connect, to heal and to document the lives we live. She has a background in civic participation with a particular focus on growing peoples creative confidence to make change. She is the co-founder and host of The Poetry Lounge (@thepoetryloungelondon) - an open mic night in Highgate, facilitator and poet. Her work has been published in Ten Poems of Hope by Candlestick Press (2023) and is upcoming in Magma (Performance ed.) She loves the colour yellow.

Sakinah Frederica is a poet and spoken word artist from London. She uses poetry as her medium of expression, vulnerability and connection. She’s the owner and host of Dare to Speak, a monthly poetry night dedicated in providing a safe space to inspire individuals to step beyond their comfort zones, embrace creativity and discover the power off their voices. She finds joy in being part of the Poetry Pharmacy, where she continues to learn and explore her path.