Tuesday 13 September Marks the 20th Anniversary of ‘City Voices’ and will include readings from the Bilston Writers’ new group anthology and Emma Purshouse, who’ll be reading from her new collection, “It’s Honorary, Bab”, Offa’s Press, describing her poet laureate work during the pandemic. Sounds like a hoot!

Light House, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT, 7.30-9pm.

Tickets £5 on the door (includes £1 donation to the Lighthouse).

Fraser Scott will be featuring on Black Country Radio Xtra at 7 pm. 102.5 or 92.2 FM across the Black Country or DAB in Birmingham.

Poetry Writing Workshop at Pant on the theme of ‘water’ with Cherry Doyle and Simon Fletcher. We’ll be sharing ways to write poetry about water (symbolic, metaphorical and ecological) and the workshop will include a short walk along the Montgomery Canal at Llanymynech.

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

Bert Flitcroft will be running the second event in his series at The Coach House in Wirksworth, 10-12pm: a beginners’ workshop entitled ‘YOU TOO CAN WRITE A POEM’.

Tickets: £10. To register: email Bert at bflitcroft@btinternet.com

‘City Voices’ at the Lighthouse, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT, 7.30-9pm in its regular format. A sparkling evening of West Midland poetry & stories with Rosina Trotman, Peter Hill, Gracey Bee, Brian Dakin & Kuli Kohli.

Tickets £5 on the door. All welcome.

‘Country Voices’ with Santosh K. Dary, David Bingham & Ros Woolner, 2.30-4pm. A great afternoon of poetry and entertainment at the Water Rat, Buildwas Road, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ. MC Simon Fletcher.

Tickets £5 on the door.

‘Virtual Voices’ in its new slot on the 4th Saturday of the month and new time. This month we have Tom Allsopp, Marion Cockin, Bob Hale (from Xian, China) and Jenna Plewes. 5.00-6.30pm on Zoom. Contributions welcome via our shop

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Emma Purshouse and Priyanka Joshi will be performing with Casey Bailey and other poets 7.30-10pm at a Quiet Compere event at the Arena Theatre, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SE.

Tickets £10

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Bert Flitcroft will be running the first of a series of six events at The Coach House in Wirksworth, Derbyshire: a reading and talk entitled ‘JUST ASKING – BUT WHAT’S THE QUESTION?’ based on his latest collection.

Tickets: £10.

To register: email Bert at bflitcroft@btinternet.com