Monday 21 November : ‘Away with the Birds!’
Simon Fletcher and Kuli Kohli workshop designed to explore our relationship(s) with wild birds in a creative and thoughtful way. Participants will receive further details and a selection of bird themed poetry to look at in advance of the session.
It is hoped that an anthology of poetry, ‘Away with the Birds!’, will be published by Offa’s Press in September 2023. Submissions will be accepted by email via a window in July 2023. This workshop is part of Boundary Way Projects Autumn 2022 programme exploring nature and biodiversity in a climate and ecological emergency.
People can book via Eventbrite:
Boundary Way Writers Group – Away with the birds workshop Tickets, Mon 21 Nov 2022 at 14:00 | Eventbrite
Monday 21 November : ’Keele Readings’
Emma Purshouse will be performing at 7.30pm in the Senior Common Room, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG. Free event, all welcome.
Contact: arts@keele.ac.uk or 01782 734340
Thursday 24 November : ’The Bakehouse Celebrates Book Week Scotland’
Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger will be performing at 7.30pm at 44, High Street, Gatehouse of Fleet, DG7 2HP. Tickets £8. To book.
Email: chrys@chryssalt.com or tel/text: 0891 803027
Friday 25 November : ‘Writing people and place: making the ordinary, extraordinary’
Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger will be running a writing workshop on ‘Writing people and place: making the ordinary, extraordinary’ followed by a light lunch, 10.30am-1pm at The Bakehouse, 44, High Street, Gatehouse of Fleet, DG7 2HP. Tickets £8.
To book, email: chrys@chryssalt.com or tel/text: 0891 803027
Saturday 26 November : Virtual Voices
Join us for chat and poetry with Sheryl McMahon, Peter Sutton, Santosh K. Dary & Nick Pearson on ‘Virtual Voices’, 5-6.30pm, via Zoom. The link will be found on Offa’s ‘events’ page:
ZOOM LINK
Contributions may be made here…
Ironbridge Festival of the Imagination 2022
More information and Tickets available here…
Saturday 1 October : Punjabi Women’s Writers’ Group
Including Santosh K. Dary, Parveen Brigue, Priyanka Joshi & Kuli Kohli share their extraordinary poetry of personal conflict, overcoming society’s expectations, amazing achievement and love. The Bolthole cafe, 2.30-4pm. Tickets £5.
Saturday 1 October : Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists
Emma Purshouse, Steve Pottinger and Dave Pitt will be hosting the Ironbridge Festival Poetry Slam at 8pm. This is an in-person event and will take place in a spiegeltent in Dale End Park, Coalbrookdale TF8 7EG. Tickets £10.
Thursday 6 October : ‘New Voices’ – National Poetry Day
National Poetry Day, the ‘New Voices’ poets will be reading at Central Library, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton, WV1 3AX, 5-6pm.
Free event and all welcome.
