‘International Voices’, 2-3pm GMT, free event with Marion Cockin in England, reading from her Wednesbury Mangle Theory and Bob Hale, in China but originally from the Black Country, sharing some of the poems he’s written while living in China.

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Jeff Phelps will be taking part in a Brum Radio broadcast hosted by Willis the Poet at 10am www.brumradio.com.

Michael W. Thomas will be reading with other poets at the ‘Positive Poetry Party’ organised by the Society of Authors, 12pm – 12.45pm.

Free event for SoA members.

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Virtual Voices’ on Zoom, 7.30 – 9pm, featuring June Palmer, John Thomas, Ros Woolner, Steve Harrison & Jane Seabourne. MC Simon Fletcher. Join us for an evening of stories and poems from some of the region’s finest.

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Michael W. Thomas will be reading poems with others on the theme of Love at ‘Strictly Speaking Online’, an open mic event hosted by Briony Bax, editor of Ambit magazine, 7pm – 8pm.

Free event.

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Panellists talk about their role in the creation of the Black Country edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Tongue and Talk – The Dialect Poets’. Join City of Wolverhampton Poet Laureate, Emma Purshouse, as she natters to actress, writer and series producer Catherine Harvey, poet and playwright Brendan Hawthorne (Poet Laureate for Wednesbury), singer songwriter and poet Heather Wastie, along with dialect expert Esther Asprey.

Zoom, 7pm – 8pm. Tickets £7 (+ booking fee).

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Kuli Kohli and the Punjabi Women’s Writing Group read their poetry, 2-3pm.

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Kuli Kohli will be appearing at a couple of morning events featuring the Boundary Way project and Blakenhall Writers.

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