Laura Kestrel is an international slam-poetry champion, multilingual LGBTQIA+ writer, workshop facilitator, producer and artist from Cornwall, England, who has performed across Europe and North America, in various languages. Since her spoken-word debut in October 2016, Laura Kestrel began performing at various events in London and Kent, where she performed in the finals of the Emerging Talent Showcase at Wise Words Festival, among many other venues and festivals. She also facilitated and ran workshops across Kent, in collaboration with a mental health outreach program, as well as undertaking poetry mentorships. In 2019, she embarked on a new mixed-media project and community, Delphimmunity, whose works will be exhibited in 2021, as well as touring A Ship Called Arthena—an interactive show aimed at teenagers, and being commissioned for two plays. Laura Kestrel’s poetry, short stories and artwork have been featured in various magazines, both local and international, and her debut book, the confessional Lambs with Manes of Lions, was published in August 2017. Her second book, Turn-Stiles and Turn-Around Smiles, aims to uncover the world in which we live through the metaphysical aspects of the human condition.