Monday February 13 : Ironbridge Poetry Readers
Ironbridge Poetry Readers meet at the Bolthole Cafe, The Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2-4pm, with Simon Fletcher & Ian Parr.
The theme this month is ‘love’ so please bring along one of your favourite ‘love’ poems plus a love poem you’ve written. For more info contact Simon Fletcher or Ian Parr ianmparr@gmail.com
Tuesday February 14 : ‘City Voices’
With Iona Mandall, young poet laureate of Birmingham, Billy Spakemon, Margaret Lampitt, Simon Fletcher & Kuli Kohli at the Lych Gate, 44, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TX, 7.30-9pm.
Stories, songs and love poetry to mark St Valentine’s day. MC Simon Fletcher.
Tickets £4 on the door.
Saturday February 18 : ‘Country Voices’
With Lizzie Prudence, Kenton Samuels & David Bingham at the ‘Water Rat’, Buildwas Road, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ, 2.30-4pm.
A pleasant variety of stories and poetry in a charming venue with MC Simon Fletcher. Tickets £5 on the door.
Saturday February 18 : ‘There Is No Planet B’
Cherry Doyle and Kuli Kohli will be reading at the ‘There Is No Planet B’ Stafford Green Arts Festival. The poetry reading event is 11am-1pm at St Chad’s Church, Greengage Street, Stafford, ST16 2HP.
Free and no need to book; just turn up.
Wednesday February 22 : ‘The Black Country – Is That Somewhere Near Leeds?’
Emma Purshouse will be at The Court House Pub (Corner of New Street and Tower Street, Dudley DY1 1LP) 7.30-9.30pm talking about making a living as a Black Country based creative. She will be sharing her experiences of writing about the region, her involvement in local arts projects, and her attempts to promote the Black Country further afield. She will share anecdotes and perform some of her own work as part of the talk.
Free to members of The Black Country Society. Non-members £2. NB: The meeting room is a first floor function room without a lift. Car parking is adjacent in Tower Street. Five minute walk from Dudley bus station.
Thursday February 23 : ‘Love Lyriks’
Priyanka Joshi will be performing at ‘Love Lyriks’ at the Newhampton Art Centre in the Art Cafe. Doors open 7pm, 7.30pm start.
Tickets are £5 and can be booked via the link below, (please use promo code 579):
TICKETS HERE…
Saturday February 25 : ‘Virtual Voices’
With Priyanka Joshi, Paul Francis, Pat Leighton & Jeff Phelps, 5-6.30pm. This is an enjoyable live poetry event on Zoom. Those joining are encouraged to make a contribution via the website.
