‘Virtual Voices’ with Kyla Heyming (Ontario, Canada), Tom Allsopp, Jenna Plewes & Urdu maestro Basir Sultan Kazmi, 5-6.30pm. This is an enjoyable live poetry event on Zoom. Those joining are encouraged to make a contribution via the website.

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Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger will be supporting Murray Lachlan Young at the Red Imp Comedy Club, 7.30-10.30pm at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London E17 4SA.

Tickets £15 plus booking fee

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Emma Purshouse will be featuring alongside Gareth Culshaw and Mary Cunningham at ‘Shrewsbury Poetry Undercover’, hosted by Jean Atkin. At PetitGlou Wine Bar Cafe, The Market Hall, Claremont Street, Shrewsbury SY1 1HQ. The event starts at 7pm, with doors opening from 6.15pm for drinks, nibbles, and conviviality.

Please bring £3 cash to put in the hat to cover the costs of the evening.

There will be a limited number of open mics – sign up on the night. Wear something warm – the Market building can get chilly after hours!

Priyanka Joshi will be performing at ‘Stars of the Slam’ presented by Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists at Wolverhampton Art Gallery 8pm-9:30pm.

Tickets are £5.

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Saturday February 4 : ‘Out of Bilston’

Poetry from the heart of the Black Country with Anne Babbs, Fraser Scott, Marion Cockin & Michael W. Thomas, 12.30-1.30pm, Bantock House, Finchfield Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 9LQ. Ticket sales: £3 (in advance via Eventbrite or on the door).

Saturday February 4 : ‘From the Sticks’

Poetry from rural poets and about the countryside with Tom Allsopp, Cherry Doyle & Simon Fletcher, 2-3pm, Bantock House, Wolverhampton, as above. Ticket sales: £3 (in advance via Eventbrite or on the door).

Sunday February 5 : ‘Punjabi Voices’

Sparkling poetry & stories of family life with Priyanka Joshi, Santosh K. Dary & Kuli Kohli, 2.30-3.30pm, Art Gallery, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DU. Ticket sales: £3 (in advance via Eventbrite or on the door).

Sunday February 5 : ‘Island Fusion’

With Gracey Bee and Kenton Samuels, entertaining stories and poetry with a twist on the ‘island’ theme, 4-5pm, Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, as above. Ticket sales: £3 (in advance via Eventbrite or on the door).

With David Bingham & Simon Fletcher on the theme of ‘built landscape’. We’ll be sharing ways to write poetry about canals, roads, pathways, industrial & domestic buildings and chapels. The workshop will include a short walk around the village.

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

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