Pant Poetry Writing workshop, ‘Away with the Birds’ with Simon Fletcher and Kuli Kohli, poet laureate of Wolverhampton and an enthusiastic RSPB member.

The theme will be birds and we’ll be taking a gentle walk along the Montgomery Canal, near Llanymynech, to see moorhens, ducks, swans and other wild birds.

Kuli and Simon will be editing and publishing an anthology, ‘Away with the Birds’, next winter. Look out for the submissions’ window.

Meet at Pant village hall, Pant, near Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9QG, 10am-4pm. Bring your own lunch and sensible clothing. Refreshments will be provided.

Tickets £25/£20. There is ample parking at the hall. For more info please email: info@offaspress.co.uk

Kuli Kohli has a commissioned poem that will be printed on postcards for people to take away. This project is a part of the UK Citizen: Wolverhampton Punjabi Migration Experiences run by the National Portrait Gallery.

The exhibition will run at Wolverhampton Art Gallery from May 13 – Free admission.

Emma Purshouse will be appearing with Johnny ‘Mogs’ Morris at the Bromsgrove Festival 2023 11am-12.30pm at The Dry Spy, 12 St John Street, Bromsgrove B61 8QY.

A morning of poetry with two Black Country poets who will delight and entertain with dialect, rhyme, and general saftness.

Free event.

Simon Fletcher will be reading at the Caffe Grande Slam at the Albionn Ltd, 15 Stone Street, Dudley, DY1 1DS, 7.30 – 9.30pm. MC Rick Sanders. A ‘pay as you feel’ event. There is free on-street parking nearby.

‘Yes, We Cant’ with Poets, Prattlers & Pandemonialists on Zoom. Simon Fletcher will be the ‘alf-ender’, reading a few poems from ‘Wild Orchids’. The other featured artist that evening will be Jenny Mitchell. The event takes place on Zoom. Open mic slots available. To book please email: poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com

Sunday 2 July, 7.30-9pm, this is a pay-as-you-feel event.

Poetry Readers at the Bolthole Cafe, the Wharfage, Ironbridge, TF8 7AW. Theme: ‘Myths’, 2-4pm.

Free event. For further information contact ianmparr@gmail.com

Emma Purshouse will be doing a 20-minute poetry set at Scrivener’s Books, 42 High St, Buxton SK17 6HB 5.30-7pm as part of the Buxton Fringe. Steve Pottinger and Dave Pitt will also be strutting their poetry stuff.

Jeff Phelps is reading at the Merlin Theatre, Bath Rd, Frome BA11 2HG at 7.30pm alongside Rosie Jackson and Elvis McGonagall as part of the Frome Festival, Crysse Morrison Poetry Prize.

Tickets £7.50 (concessions £6) from 01373 465949

‘City Voices’ with Anne Babbs, Peter Hill, Gracey Bee, David Bingham & Kerry Hadley-Pryce who’ll be reading from her latest novel ‘God’s Country’. The Lych Gate, 44, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TX, 7.30-9pm.

Tickets £4 on the door.