Josh Cake performs every night at Hidden Door: Wednesday 3rd – Sunday 7th June

Josh Cake’s spoken word show The Blank Page Factory was written exclusively for 5 nights at Hidden Door Festival 2026. This poetry lays out a map to the themes of Hidden Door Festival 2026: out of place objects, stone tape theory, and the myth of a building.

Josh Cake is a poet from Edinburgh who writes in English, French, and Scots. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Josh has won the Peseroff Poetry Prize from the University of Massachusetts, was named the Most Impactful Poet by the Australian Enterprise Awards in both 2024 and 2025, and was named Poet of the Year 2025 by the Livewire Global Awards.

With publications including Breakwater Review, Poetry Scotland: Gallus, t’ART Press, and Feast, Josh has performed poetry around the world, including features in Edinburgh, London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Brussels, Marrakech, Melbourne, and New York. Highlights from the past two years include Hidden Door Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Carnegie Hall, Heimathafen Neukölln, and Soho Theatre. Josh teaches poetry writing and performance at universities and literary festivals, as well as maintaining a multidisciplinary practice across music, comedy, and theatre.