Ash Dickinson is a writer, poet and comedy performer.

A multiple slam champion- including Edinburgh (2007), Cheltenham (2008), the Museum of Scotland Slam (2005)- Ash won the BBC Radio 4 Midlands Slam in July 2009. In the previous BBC National Slam in 2007 he progressed through the Scottish heats, eventually finishing among the top 8 in the UK. In October 2009 he was one of only 10 poets invited to perform in the UK All Stars Slam.

Ash has appeared at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the Glasgow Comedy Festival, the Bristol Poetry Festival, The Larmer Tree, Wickerman, Wordfringe and The Camden Crawl to name just a few. He has headlined and featured at shows throughout the UK including Express Excess, The Poetry Shack, Brixtongue, Behind The Mic, Bang Said The Gun (all London), Wicked Words (Leeds), Sundown (Southend), Forked (Plymouth), The Stand Comedy Club (Edinburgh) and many others. Ash has appeared with Apples and Snakes and Hammer and Tongue and has taken his one-man show around the UK.

He had a four-star rated one man show at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the following year formed part of Scotland's renowned Big Word Performance Poetry during its run at the Edinburgh Comedy Rooms. In the summer of 2006 Ash took his revamped, and again four-star rated, one man show to Canada where he performed at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival and a number of venues in Toronto.

Ash has also performed in Australia- including a regular run at a comedy club in Adelaide- the United States, and New Zealand. Having hosted his own weekly poetry night in Wellington he was invited to perform at the 2002 New Zealand Festival.

Ash has been published in a number of newspapers, magazines and poetry presses. He has compered busy cabarets and music nights, performed at private parties and supported bands. He runs poetry workshops in schools. His media appearances include BBC Radio, The Times, The Scotsman, Metro and Sweet TV. 

email Ash at mail@ashdickinson.com or click Contact on the menu.

Also see www.myspace.com/ashdickinson and Ash's new Facebook group page - "Ash Dickinson Poetry"