Simon will be running a bookstall at a local authors’ event at Oswestry Library, Arthur Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1JN.

Saturday August 19th, from 11am-2pm. Come along and say hello!

Kuli Kohli will be reading at ‘The Why Fest’, The Crossing, Milk Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU, on Stage 2.

Saturday July 8th 4.55-5.15pm.

For further info contact Robin Surgeoner at info@whyfestival.co.uk. Tickets are £10 (£3 children): http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/why-festival/10044018?ref=let_aft

Simon will be MC at ‘City Voices’ where Emma Purshouse, Dawn Rhind-Tutt, Christine Loch, Bert Flitcroft, and Brian Dakin will be performing.

The Light House, Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT.

Tuesday July 11th, 7.30pm.

Tickets £3 on the door. Join us at our great new venue that includes free parking, good disabled access and a snack/ drinks bar to suit all tastes.

‘Black Country’ anthology workshop with Emma Purshouse at Katie Fitzgerald’s.

Sunday July 16th at 3pm.

187 Enville Street, Stourbridge, DY8 3TB.

Part of the Stourbridge Literature Festival. Tickets £3.

The deadline for submissions to The Poetry of the Black Country is Saturday 22 July. Please see our submissions page for details.

Pant Workshop ‘Wild orchids and oriental forms’, Saturday June 3rd, 10am-4pm, with renowned Urdu poet Basir Sultan Kazmi.

Pant village hall, near Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9GQ.

This poetry writing day will include workshops and a gentle walk/ picnic so bring sensible clothing and your lunch. Refreshments will be provided. Tickets £20/ £15 available from Offa’s Press. Send a cheque for £10 in advance to guarantee a place.

For more info ring 01691 831463 or email: info@offaspress.co.uk.

Bert Flitcroft will be at the Stoke Literary Festival, reading and taking questions, at the New Vic Theatre, on Thursday 8 at 7pm – ‘Out of Staffordshire’. For details:  stokeliteraryfestival.org/poetry-event-out-of-staffordshire.

This is to showcase The Staffordshire Poetry Collection. To see this anthology: staffordshirepoetlaureate.wordpress.com/the-staffordshire-poetry-collection. Bert will also be around on the following two afternoons to talk about his work as poet laureate of Staffordshire and the county collection.

Simon will be running a workshop with Blakenhall Writers’ group, Room 5, the Old School, Dudley Road, Wolverhampton, WV2 3BY.

Saturday June 10th, 11am-1pm.

Join us for a free workshop on ‘How to Improve Your Publishing Chances’. The workshop will focus on technical accuracy and that key introductory letter/ email. Tea/ coffee will be provided.