‘Virtual Voices’ 5-6pm featuring Paul Francis, Jackie Evans, and Kuli Kohli. Hosted by Cherry Doyle and Kuli Kohli. Pay-as-you-feel event on Zoom. Please note that Virtual Voices now runs from 5-6pm.

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Ironbridge Poetry Readers’ group meet at ‘Truffles’, The Wharfage, Ironbridge, TF8 7AW, to discuss future meetings and venue, 2.30pm.

For further info please contact Paul Francis: francisliberty@btinternet.com

‘City Voices’ with Bilston Writers, who’ll be sharing work from their new anthology ‘Bilston Banquet’ plus storytelling from Keith Rogers & Gracey Bee at the ‘Lych Gate’, 44, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TX, 7.30-9pm.

Tickets £5 on the door.

‘Country Voices’ with songs and poetry from Billy Spakemon, Priyanka Joshi plus Wellington’s ‘Town Poet’ Nick Pearson at the ‘Water Rat’, Buildwas Road, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ, 2.30-4pm. MC Simon. Tickets £5 on the door.

Jeff Phelps will be appearing at Bradford-on-Avon Roots Festival at 5pm. The festival runs all day and all-day tickets are available. Venue: Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DZ.

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‘An Evening with Kuli Kohli’ talking to her editor, Simon Fletcher, and reading some of her best-known work from ‘Patchwork’ and ‘A Wonder Woman’ plus more recent poems. Script Haven, 104 High St, Worcester WR1 2HW, 7.30-8.30pm. Tickets £5

Buy tickets here… 

‘Virtual Voices’ 5-6pm featuring Fraser Scott, Cecilia Jones, and Jeff Phelps. Hosted by Marion Cockin and Kuli Kohli.

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‘Trees in Winter’ workshop with Simon Fletcher and Kuli Kohli at Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, Walsall, WS1 3RH. This poetry workshop will include a walk in the grounds of the community centre. 11am-1pm.

Tickets £5. If you’re interested in going to this workshop please contact: info@offaspress.co.uk

Kuli Kohli and Simon Fletcher will be running a poetry workshop on ‘Trees in the City’, 11am-1pm, starting and ending at the Art Gallery, Lichfield St, Wolverhampton WV1 1DU, in the ‘Creation’ room. Poems created at this workshop may be considered for the ‘Seeing the Trees’ an-thology Simon and Kuli are editing for Offa’s Press.

For the full programme at this year’s Wolverhampton Literature Festival go to: www.wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk 

Tickets for all WLF events here…

‘South Asian Women Poets’ An exciting poetry reading with Navkiran Mann, Priyanka Joshi, Santosh K. Dary & Kuli Kohli at the Art Gallery, Lichfield St, Wolverhampton WV1 1DU, 11am-12 noon. Tickets as above.

‘Nature Crisis’ environmental poetry reading at this time of deep concern for nature with Ros Woolner, Tom Allsopp, Cherry Doyle, Kuli Kohli & Simon Fletcher at the Art Gallery, Lichfield St, Wolverhampton WV1 1DU, 1-2pm. Tickets as above.