Sunday January 6 : ‘Yes, We Can’t’ open mic event
‘Yes, We Can’t’ open mic event. Emma Purshouse will be performing poems from her wonderful new collection Close. Also featuring Rick Sanders aka Willis The Poet.
Sunday January 6th, 7pm at The Pretty Bricks, 5 John Street, Walsall, WS2 8AF (free –donations welcome), contact poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com
Tuesday January 8 : ‘City Voices’
‘City Voices’ with Cherry Doyle, Mark Reece, Heather Wastie, David Calcutt & Emma Purshouse, at The Light House, Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT.
Tuesday January 8th, 7.30-9pm.
Tickets £3 on the door. Join us for a star-studded line-up at the Light House.
Saturday January 19 : ‘Country Voices’
‘Country Voices’ with Ian Parr, Natalie White and the Bilston Writers (Marion Cockin, Carol Howarth, Ros Woolner & Trevor Raybould at the Meadow Inn, Buildwas Road, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ.
Saturday January 19th, 2.30-4pm.
Tickets £4 on the door. Join us for an entertaining afternoon by the river.
Saturday December 1 : Poetry workshop ‘Japanese forms’
Poetry workshop with David Bingham and Simon Fletcher on ‘Japanese forms’. This workshop will focus on the haiku, tanka and haibun and explore ways in which these can be written in English.
Pant village hall, Pant near Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9QG.
Saturday December 1st, 10am-4pm. Tickets £20/ £15.
Please bring your own lunch and suitable clothing and expect to go for a short, gentle walk. Refreshments will be provided. Offa’s Press will be publishing an anthology of ‘Japanese’ style poetry in 2019.
Saturday December 8 : Kuli Kohli and Ros Woolner Q&A session
Kuli Kohli and Ros Woolner discuss their writing habits, publication, and pamphlets (‘Patchwork’ and ‘On The Wing’) with a Q&A session. To be followed by Blakenhall Writers’ Christmas celebration with refreshments. All welcome, including friends and children.
The Old School, Dudley Road, Wolverhampton, WV2 3BY, Saturday December 8th, 11:00-13:00 (free event).
Email: blakenhallwriters@gmail.com for more info or to let the group know you’ll be joining them.
Tuesday December 11 : ‘City Voices’
‘City Voices’ with Rosina Trotman, Steve Harrison, Kuli Kohli, Jane Seabourne & music from Alex Vann.
Tuesday December 11th, 7.30-9pm, at The Light House, Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT.
Tickets £ 3 on the door.
Saturday December 15 : ‘Country Voices’
‘Country Voices’ with Garrie Fletcher, Jane Seabourne and David Calcutt at the Meadow Inn, Buildwas Road, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ.
Saturday December 15th, 2.30-4pm. Tickets £4 on the door.
Join us for an entertaining afternoon of stories and poems by the river.
