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Steven Camden

    Steven Camden, bekend als Polarbear, is een gevierd spoken-word artiest wiens werk wordt erkend om zijn krachtige ritme en persoonlijke verhalen. Zijn schrijven gaat vaak in op thema's als identiteit en ergens bijhoren, waarbij de plaats van het individu binnen de bredere samenleving wordt onderzocht. Camden deelt zijn passie voor storytelling ook door middel van toneelschrijven en lesgeven, waarbij hij de transformerende impact van poëtische taal benadrukt. Zijn optredens en geschriften resoneren bij het publiek door hun urgentie en authentieke stem.

    Tape
    Nobody Real
    Everything All at Once
    It's About Love
    • Everything All at Once

      • 96bladzijden
      • 4 uur lezen

      A collection of poems sharing the highs and lows of one week in secondary school where everything happens all at once . . .

      Everything All at Once2018
      3,8
    • Nobody Real

      • 432bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      The Stunningly original new YA novel from renowned spoken-word poet Steven Camden, AKA PolarBearMarcie is real. With real problems.For years she has been hitching a ride on the train of her best friend Cara's life. Now there's only one more summer until they're off to uni together.Just like they planned.But Marcie has a secret, and time is running out for her to decide what she really wants.Years ago, Thor was also Marcie's friend before she cast him out, back to his own world. Time is running out for him too.If he doesn't make a decision soon, he's going to face the fade.But Thor is not real. And that's a real problem . . .

      Nobody Real2018
      3,3
    • It's About Love

      • 436bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      Real life is messier than the movies. A bold, thought-provoking novel from the exceptionally talented, Steven Camden.

      It's About Love2015
      3,9
    • Tape

      • 362bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      TAPE is an outstanding debut. Told with crackling prose, shimmering with humour and deeply moving, it will haunt anyone who reads it Record a voice and it lasts forever In 1993, Ryan records a diary on an old tape. He talks about his mother s death, about his dreams, about his love for a new girl at school who doesn t even know he exists. In 2013, Ameliah moves in with her grandmother after her parents die. There, she finds a tape in the spare room. A tape with a boy s voice on it a voice she can t quite hear, but which seems to be speaking to her. Ryan and Ameliah are connected by more than just a tape. This is their story."

      Tape2014
      3,0