Cannock Chase virtual poetry workshop on ‘Changing Landscapes’. Do you like writing poetry about the countryside? Feel the need to explore a bit?

Well you can get writing and enjoy the histories and wildlife of a bit of Cannock Chase by clicking on the link to see what can be done ‘virtually’ by way of a workshop in the company of Cherry Doyle and Simon Fletcher.

https://offaspress.co.uk/in-the-sticks/

This is part of a wider project called ‘In the Sticks’. Supported by Arts Council England.

Cherry Doyle is appearing as the ’alf ender in ‘Yes, We Cant’ with Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists on Facebook at 7.30pm. Robert Garnham is the headliner. Ten virtual open mic slots available in advance (email poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com)

Join the Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists Facebook group at this link to watch/read/listen to the work: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1293834050753852/

‘Black Country Wonder Woman’ by Kuli Kohli is a commissioned long-form poem exploring the anxiety of giving birth to a premature baby at a time of crisis. With beats and rap verses by her son Akaash.

Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists are running the penultimate event in their ‘Stay Up Your Own End’ project commissioned by Creative Black Country.

For this one, people are invited to write a poem about Stourbridge, and email it to poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com by midday on Sunday 5th July for the chance to win a £25 prize.

All poems will be posted in the Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1293834050753852/ on Monday 6th July at 7.30, and be read by poet Kuli Kohli who will pick the winner.

Sharing event for the ‘Stay Up Your Own End Project’. Featuring video poems from judges Roy McFarlane, Kuli Kohli, Heather Wastie, Richard Archer, and Willis the Poet. Plus five new videos from the winning poets from each leg. All videos will be subtitled for hard of hearing/deaf.

The event starts at 7.30pm in the Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists’ Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1293834050753852/

Offa’s Press is delighted to announce that it’s been in receipt of some ‘emergency funding’ from Arts Council England and is now in a position, tentatively, to move forward with online activities and publications.

If you have a pamphlet collection ready to go please look at our submissions’ details. Please click on ‘submissions’ above. Other activities will be advertised soon.

Click on the following links to hear her perform them:

‘Reception Class and the New Normal’:
https://soundcloud.com/user-295058182/reception-class-and-the-new-normal-emma-purshouse-chanelling-joyce-grenfell

‘Reception Class and the Windy Day’:
https://soundcloud.com/user-295058182/reception-class-and-the-windy-day-emma-purshouse-channelling-joyce-grenfell-episode-2

And read the write-up on the Write Out Loud website here:
https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=102750

Nellie Cole is producing a free monthly newsletter of writing prompts, activities, and inspiration called ‘Campfire People’.

Sign up at: https://nelliecole.com/tutor-and-mentor/

‘Yes, We Can’t’ with Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists on Facebook at 7.30pm. Dave Viney is the headliner and Carol Caffrey the ‘alf ender. To see/read poems at the online event as they are posted, join the Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists Facebook Group. To request an open mic slot or find out more, email poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com.