Emma Purshouse, Dave Reeves, Liz Berry and Billy Spakemon are performing at the Arena Theatre, Wulfruna St, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SE, in a Black Country Poetry Night as part of the Black Country Echoes Festival.

Wednesday 26th November, 7.30pm – 9.30pm. Tickets £10 (£8 concessions).

Box office 01902 321321.

Jeff Phelps, the Tindal Street Fiction group and Debjani Chatterjee will be at City Voices, Lych Gate Tavern, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TX.

Tuesday 9th December, 7.30pm. Tickets £2.50/ £1 (under 16s).

‘Here, there and everywhere’ poetry reading at Wolverhampton Central Library, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton WV1 3AX.

With Dave Reeves, Jane Seabourne, Jeff Phelps and Simon Fletcher.

Tuesday 16th December, 6-6.45pm. Poetry on Loan funded. Free event. All welcome.

Simon will be giving a talk about Offa’s Press and publishing at Coach House Writers, The Coach House, Rectory Road (corner of The Steeples), Oldswinford, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 2HA.

Tuesday 30th September, 10am-12 noon. All welcome.

Jeff Phelps and Simon Fletcher will be giving a reading from The Poetry of Shropshire to the Friends of Ludlow Library, Ludlow, Shropshire.

Thursday 2nd October, 2.30pm.

Offa’s Press Poetry Day at Pant, near Oswestry, Shropshire.

Saturday 11th October, 11am-10pm with Simon, Marion Cockin & Dave Reeves. Workshops, a guided walk with picnic plus evening event, including performances by workshop poets, in the Cross Guns, Pant.

Tickets for the day £30/ £22.50. Tickets for the poetry evening only £5. B & Bs can be arranged. Contact Simon for more info.

‘City Voices’ Lych Gate tavern, off Queen Square, WV1 1TX, Wolverhampton,

Two new Offa’s Poets plus Iris Rhodes & Romalyn Ante.

Tuesday 14th October, 7.30-9pm. Tickets £2.50/ (under 16s) £1 on the door.