Ruth Parker, a regular performer at ‘City Voices’ and friend of Offa’s Press, has published a pamphlet Glimpses of the Park in Lockdown about the pleasures of Bantock Park, Wolverhampton. All money raised will go to the Friends of Bantock House and Park.

Price is £2. To get hold of a copy please email: val.bartleet@gmail.com or Tel: 01902 342715.

Kuli Kohli will be contributing to a Multistory podcast series called ‘Sandwell Stories’, alongside Roy McFarlane, Casey Bailey and Rupinder Kaur. The stories are of the past and the present, the lives of a new generation, and a desire to belong. Mothers and fathers; sons and daughters; young people making a mark in Sandwell.

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‘Virtual Voices’ with Kenton Samuels, Nina Lewis, Keith Rogers, Santosh K. Dary and Jeff Phelps, 7.30-9pm, on Zoom.

The link for this meeting is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81333710740?pwd=NXRaSndPVGVhbUJFZFJGU3Y3WFpSZz09

If you want to attend you can sign in from 7pm but we are asking for a small contribution at the end so please go to the shop page offaspress.co.uk/shop and click on the Paypal button. There is a scroll down list of options. Thanks.

Kuli Kohli will be performing at Positive Words (on Zoom). An evening of uplifting spoken word, featuring Kuli Kohli, Sophie Sparham, Stanley Iyanu & Johnny ‘Mogs’ Morris + open mic, hosted by Ann Atkins in conjunction with the Coventry Positive Images Festival.

7pm to 10pm. Free event, but tickets must be reserved in advance:

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