Rural Voices with Nicky Hetherington, Tom Allsopp & Simon Fletcher, ‘Water Rat’, 2.30-4pm.

Tickets £5. Poetry from 3 poets who are inspired by their love of the countryside.

Gracey Bee and Kenton Samuels will be performing Island Fusion, an island-hopping mix of poetry inspired by the Caribbean, Britain and Japan, at Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery, Holyhead Rd, Wednesbury WS10 7DF at 12 noon.

The Ironbridge Poetry Slam, organised by Poets, Prattlers & Pandemonialists, will be at The Engine Shed, Enginuity, TF8 7DX at 2.30pm.

Hear fifteen poets perform their work and compete against each other. Only one can win the prize of a paid gig in Ironbridge later this year. Who will it be? What poems will they share with us? How will the judges vote? And will you think the judges made the right decision?

Tickets £8.

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Virtual Voices with Cherry Doyle, reading from her new collection, The Taste of Rain, Chris Kinsey, plus Cherry’s chums from the Manchester Poetry School: Gareth Culshaw, Katherine ‘Katie’ Collins and Thirza Clout. 5.00-6.30pm on Zoom.

ZOOM LINK…

Kuli Kohli and the Punjabi Women’s Writing Group will be performing poetry with other poets as part of the ‘Get a Word in Edgeways’ event at Newhampton Arts centre, Wolverhampton WV1 4AN.

The event will open at 2pm and finish around 7pm, the poetry will start at 3pm. Free entry.

The Poetry Readers meet at the Bolthole Cafe, The Wharfage, Ironbridge, TF8 7AW, 2-4pm.

Free event.

Cherry Doyle and Simon Fletcher will be reading from their recent Offa’s Press publications at Oswestry Library, Albert Street, Oswestry, SY11 1JN, 2.30-3.30.

Free event. All welcome to this celebration of the countryside and wildlife.