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’.

John Sewell will be reading at a Border Poets event in Warden Court, St David’s St., Presteigne, LD8 2BP, at 7pm.

Details from: charliewilk@outlook.com

‘Virtual Voices’ 5-6.30pm, with Jean Atkin, Chris Collins & Ros Woolner. Zoom event hosted by Cherry Doyle and Kuli Kohli. Pay-as-you-feel event with contributions welcome at Offas Press Shop.

ZOOM LINK…

Pant ‘walking workshop’ focussing on fledglings, a gentle walk along the Montgomery Canal starting from the parking space on the B4398, a mile or so east of Llanymynech. Expect ducklings, cygnets, a recently-dredged canal, and all sorts of wildlife.

10.30am – 1pm

Tickets £12/£10. Contact Simon to register interest.