Friday 6 October : Poetry on Loan
Gracey Bee will be sharing her poetic words on a variety of topics, in an interactive poetry session. Come along for some inspirational and educational poetic fun. A Poetry on Loan event at Wordsley Library, Wordsley Green, Wordsley, Stourbridge, DY8 5PD.
Time: 10.30 am.
For more info or for bookings email: dudley.libraries@gll.org
Saturday 7 October : ‘Poetry on Demand’
‘Poetry on Demand’ at the Blackberry Fair, Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger will be writing poetry on request in the town centre for the good people of Whitchurch, Shropshire, 10.30am-4.30pm.
Saturday 7 October : Ros Woolner, Cherry Doyle and Simon Fletcher reading from their new poetry collections
Ros Woolner, Cherry Doyle and Simon Fletcher will be reading from their new poetry collections at Wolverhampton Central Library, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton, WV1 1AX, 11am-12 noon.
Free event. All welcome.
Tuesday 10 October : Bewdley Festival
Emma Purshouse & Steve Pottinger at the Bewdley Festival. Join these award winning Black Country poets for an afternoon of first class poetry performance. St George’s Hall, Load, Street, Bewdley, DY12 2EQ.
Tickets £12.
BOOK HERE…
Tuesday 10 October : ‘City Voices’
‘City Voices’ with David Fletcher, Ros Woolner’s ‘Unfinished Sonnets’, Kuli Kohli plus Jeff Phelps who’ll be reading from his first full collection from Offa’s Press, Falling and Flying, the Lych Gate, 44, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TX, 7.30-9pm.
Tickets £5 on the door.
Thursday 12 October : Haiku workshop
David Bingham is leading a haiku workshop in response to art work, as part of a course led by Sharon Ashton, at the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, 10am to 12.30pm, The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH.
This is part of a 3 session course and total fees are £30.
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Thursday 12 October : Poetry Café Open Mic
Nick Pearson will be running the Poetry Café Open Mic at the Gratitude Cafe in Duke Street, Wellington, TF1 1BJ, 7.00-9.30pm.
Those interested can sign up for four minute slots to read their own work or ‘favourite’ poems on the night.
Free event and all welcome.
Friday 13 October : Emma Purshouse at the Poets’ Cafe
Emma Purshouse is at the Poets’ Cafe, 21 South Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 4QU, 8-10pm, Tickets £5.
MORE INFO HERE…
Saturday 14 October : Pant Autumn Bazaar
Simon will be running a book stall at the Pant Autumn Bazaar, Pant village hall, near Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9QG, 2-4pm.
Free entry. Do drop in.
