Salena Godden is a poet, author, activist, broadcaster, memoirist and essayist. Born in the UK, Salena Godden is of Jamaican-Irish heritage and based in London. Her published books include the poetry volumes Under The Pier (Nasty Little Press), Fishing in the Aftermath: Poems 1994-2014 (Burning Eye) and Pessimism Is For Lightweights – 13 pieces of Courage and Resistance, Rough Trade Books, 2018.

She writes: “We live in tumultuous times, most of it terrifying, and I feel the writing of this, the narration of events, the documenting of these times is vital and an important part of my job.” Salena performs widely and appeared at this year’s Green Gathering.