[2][3] Bristol Black Writers published a monthly newsletter and held performance groups and workshops[2] that were influential to the development of the career of many British poets and spoken word artists of color.
Bristol Black Writers were featured in Say it Loud and partnered with visiting poets to run poetry workshops at schools and centers for juvenile criminal offenders.
[4] In March 2006, Miles Chambers, of Bristol Black Writers' Group, held a workshop in which he demonstrated how to find inspiration and gave general writing advice to year seven and eight pupils at Kelsey Park Sports College, in Manor Way, Beckenham.
Bertel Martin of the Bristol Black Writers co-founded Word of Mouth in Totterdown as a space to exchange ideas and perform verse, prose and musical acts in the style of Dylan Thomas.
[11] Caryl Phillips’ and Edson Burton’s careers in creative writing started with their participation in the Bristol Black Writers group.
She saw the spoken word scene in 2005 as ‘very male and very white’ and went on to create Kiota, a networking and creative space for poets and women of color.