‘Virtual Voices’ with Math Jones, Sallyanne Rock and Jane Salmons, plus open mic opportunities, 5-6.30pm, via Zoom. Contact Cherry Doyle, cherrydoylepoet@gmail.com or Kuli Kohli, kuli.kohli@hotmail.co.uk for further information.

This is a pay-as-you-feel event, SEE HERE.

ZOOM LINK…

‘Seeing the Trees and the Woods’ with Simon and Kuli plus local ‘tree poets’ at Press Books & Coffee, Market Street, Hednesford, Walsall, WS12 1AG, 7.30-8.30pm.

Contact Nancy at the shop for tickets.

Emma Purshouse will be reading from her new book Unsung, a celebration of Black Country life, at Penn Library, Coalway Ave, Penn Rd, Wolverhampton WV3 7LT, 11.40-12.40.

This is a free event so please go along and support the local Poetry Readers’ group.

Kuli Kohli and Cherry Doyle are reading at the handover ceremony for the Young Staffordshire Poet Laureate 6pm-8pm. Also featuring Scarlett Ward, Mel Wardle Woodend, David Braziel, and Dawn Jutton and an open mic on the National Poetry Day theme of ‘play’. Stafford Library, Staffordshire Place, Tipping St, Stafford, ST16 2DH.

Free event.

Emma Purshouse will be reading from her new book, ‘Unsung’, at Waterstones, 13-15, Victoria Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 3NP, from 6-7pm.

Tickets are £5 or £13 (includes copy of book).

BOOK TICKETS…

Book stall at the Pant Autumn Bazaar, Pant Memorial Hall, Pant, near Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9QG, 2-4pm. Simon will be selling Offa’s books/ pamphlets so, if you’re in the area, do drop in and say hello.

Poetry Readers Group meets at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2-4 pm, and the theme will be ‘power’. For more information contact Paul Francis: francisliberty@btinternet.com

Tuesday 14 October : Jeff Phelps is guest poet at ‘Shrewsbury Poetry’ at The Hive, Milk Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE, 7.15-9.00pm.

Entrance £3/£5 suggested donation.