My name is Robert Priest. I am a poet, spoken word performer and songwriter. Some people call me Dr. Poetry.

I've written 17 volumes of poetry for children and adults. My books are available in most bookshops including Waterstones, Amazon, and others.

Visit my website for most recent information about my books.

I've performed at a few festivals:

Calgary International Spoken Word Festival, The Canadian Festival of the Spoken Word in Toronto, Festival Voix d'Amerique in Montreal. He has also delivered the word at the Overload Festival in Melbourne Australia, the Kacat Kabaret in Budapest, the Free the Word Festival in Stockholm Sweden, the Mariposa Folk Festival, the Hillside Festival, The Eaglewood Folk Festival,, the Berkley Slam, the Couchiching Think Tank and Toronto's North by North East. The International Festival of a Authors in Toronto, the Cambridge Festival, The Vancouver Writer's Festival, The Winnipeg Writer's Festival, The Kingston Writer's Festival, The Acorn Festival, The Melbourne Writer's Festival (Aus) The Ottawa Literary Festival, Eden Mills Festival, and the Leacock Festival.

And people have some good things to say about me:

“He is certainly one of the most imaginatively inventive poets in the country.”
-The Pacific Rim Review of Literature