‘Words ‘n’ Birds’ – Poetry and Papercraft with Jane Seabourne at Tettenhall Library, Upper St., Tettenhall, Wolverhampton WV6 8QF, 11am-1pm.

This is a free event.

Poetry Workshop & Poetry Reading: Environment, Image and Message

Times: Workshop 2-4pm & Reading, 5-6pm, at Footprint Gallery, Fusion Building, Jackfield Tile Museum, Church Road, Jackfield, Telford TF8 7AP, with David Bingham & Simon Fletcher plus Cherry Doyle who’ll be joining us to read from her recent Offa’s Press collection, The Taste of Rain.

This exciting workshop will encourage poets to collect images from the local environs and think about how best to get their messages across in this time of ‘nature crisis’ and ‘climate crisis’. How can we write poetry about the current issues and what’s going on now?

Workshoppers will be encouraged to take photos on the gentle walk and these will be made into prints by artist Rod Sheppard, one to be kept and one added to a gallery display. Those attending would be expected to read their work with Simon, David and Cherry at the 5pm event.

Workshop tickets £10. For the poetry reading only, 5-6pm, tickets are £4 on the door. Car parking if available – £1 an hour. For more details and to register interest please contact Simon: simonfletcher58@gmail.com.

To celebrate Black Country Day local poets and story writers meet at Penn Library, Wolverhampton, 3-4pm, including Marion Cockin, Anne Babbs, Fraser Scott, Margaret Lampitt & Jill Tromans.

Free event. All welcome.

‘Poetry & Pastries’ Emma Purshouse will be performing a set of poetry as part of the Crysse Morrison Prize for Poetry Prizegiving event at Bistro Lotte, 23 Catherine St., Frome, BA11 1DB, 3.30-5pm.

For tickets, head to the festival website…

This event has been put back one week to Tuesday 16 July owing to circumstances beyond our control. The line up will be Yvette Rose, David Bingham, Anna Wilson, Steve Harrison and Cherry Doyle. The venue is still the Lych Gate, Queen Square, Wolverhamptpon, WV1 1HT. 7.30-9pm.

Tickets £5 on the door.

‘Country Voices’ with Sharon Ashton, Simon Fletcher & Kuli Kohli at the ‘Water Rat’, Buildwas Road, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ, 2.30-4pm. MC David Bingham.

Tickets £5 on the door.

Steve Pottinger and Emma Purshouse will be writing Poetry on Demand at Caldmore Community Garden, 12 Carless Street, Walsall WS1 3RH, 12-4pm.

Gracey Bee will also be there en-couraging people to create poems of their own to hang on the ‘Poet Tree’.