Kuli Kohli will be reading alongside Roy McFarlane, Casey Bailey and Rupinder Kaur at Sandwell Stories – An Evening with Voices of the Black Country, an online event organised by Multistory.

6pm to 7.15pm. Free Zoom event. To book, go to: https://multistory.org.uk/

Michael Thomas says his review of Christina Rossetti: New Selected Poems will appear in a November edition of The Times Literary Supplement.

Further details about Michael’s writing can be found here: www.michaelwthomas.co.uk

‘Virtual Voices’, a new online event, 7.30-9pm. Yes, the old ‘city voices’ slot!

This first one will launch the four pamphlet poets: Marion Cockin, Nick Pearson, Michael W. Thomas and John Sewell. We hope to have the usual variety of turns from November.

To attend this first ‘Virtual Voices’ event, via Zoom, click on: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89633407842?pwd=aFd4c1NaQ05ZclBtSkhaem1KYzVNdz09

Emma Purshouse will be exploring the Black Country and its poetry to discover why contemporary writers in the region are still using dialect in their work in episode 4 of  ‘Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets’ on BBC Radio 4 at 4.30 pm. Includes work from Kuli Kohli and the late Dave Reeves. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mbq5 

Emma Purshouse, Steve Pottinger, Dave Pitt & Nick Degg poetry reading (7.30-9pm) Outdoors at the Maws Craft Centre, Ferry Rd, Jackfield, Telford TF8 7LS. 7.30-9pm.

Tickets £7.

Enjoy a tranquil hour of ‘Japanese’ poetry with Simon Fletcher, David Bingham & friends, under the willow tree in the garden at the Water Rat, Buildwas Road, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ, 3-4pm. This event will be socially-distanced. For more information go to: https://ironbridgefestival.co.uk/events/words-wordsmiths/

Tickets £5 from http://ticketstelford.com/whats-on/festivals/

Poetry Writing Workshop with Simon Fletcher & Jeff Phelps, 2-5pm, on the theme of ‘work’, starting and ending at the Water Rat with read-around in the garden at 4.30. For more information go to: https://ironbridgefestival.co.uk/events/words-wordsmiths/

This workshop will take us from the countryside to the heart of the industrial revolution and the theme of ‘work’, then and now, will be our subject. This will best suit poets with some experience of writing workshops. At the end poets will be expected to share their work with the group at the Water Rat.

Tickets £12 from http://ticketstelford.com/whats-on/festivals/