Salena Godden
May 1st, 2009 by sparky
Salena Godden will perform at The Big Chill 2009.
Salena Godden - Biography
Salena Godden started being published and performing in the early 1990’s, and was then renowned for ‘taking poetry into clubs’, performing under the nickname Salena Saliva. Back then, she read support slots alongside literary heroes, including Irvine Welsh, John Cooper Clarke and Will Self. Later, Salena Godden went on to host and produce the Saltpetre Radio Show for Art Radio Station Resonance FM. She co-hosted Channel 4’s late night chat show Heavy TV, and she presented and wrote the documentary on her home town of Hastings, Seaside Rocks, also for Channel 4. She has been a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Bespoken Word and Woman’s Hour and BBC Radio 3’s The Verb. She has recorded, performed and toured with Coldcut, Simple Kid, and Alabama 3. She writes and performs in cult nu-ska duo SaltPeter with Peter Coyte who recently signed a record deal with Fred Label, launching with the single ‘Everybody Back To Mine’.
Her first novel Springfield Road was published by Harper Collins in 2008.
Salena Godden will perform at The Big Chill 2009.
