Chérie Taylor Battiste is a poet, playwright and a former TV researcher and actress.  Early in her career she won a Norman Beaton Fellowship and project managed the embedding of creative learning in schools with CapeUK. Finding herself a lone parent of two, and as austerity hit, she returned to poetry, which she pursues as freedom, to share her experiences and as a rare opportunity to have an uncensored cultural voice. Her first collection Lioness was published by Valley Press in 2019.

Chérie is an Associate Artist at Renaissance One, and her previous events include:

This Is Who We Are Opening Showcase on 17 March. Book now.

This Is Who We Are House Party on 19 March. Details here.