‘City Voices’ with Priyanka Joshi, Marion Cockin, Jane Seabourne & Emma Purshouse who will be reading from her new poetry collection ‘Unsung’, 7.30-9pm, at the ‘Lych Gate’, 44, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TX, 7.30-9pm.

Tickets £5 on the door.

John Sewell will be reading at Shrewsbury Poetry, The Hive Music and Media Centre, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE, at 7.30pm.

Cherry Doyle is reading at the book launch of 37 Has My Back by D C Duell. Also featuring Lorraine Mighty, Bramwell Griffiths, Obii Ifejika, George Roberts, Dani Pryor and Andrea Gardia. 6-8:30pm at Cherry Reds, John Bright Street, Birmingham, B1 1BN.

Free entry.

‘Country Voices’ with Roger Paul, Helen Kay & Tom Allsopp, 2.30-4pm, at the ‘All Nations’, 20 Coalport Road, Ironbridge, Telford, TF7 5DP, 2.30-4pm.

Tickets £5 on the door. Free parking at this traditional ‘brew pub’.

Michael W. Thomas will be a guest reader at the launch of Clifford Liles’ collection, A Square Peg in a Round World, 4pm – 6pm at Burgage Hall, Ledbury, HR8 1DW.

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Saturday 27 September : ‘Virtual Voices’ 5-6:30pm featuring Emma Purshouse, Jane Seabourne and Sheeba Eeswaramoorthy plus open mic-ers. Email cherrydoylepoet@gmail.com to sign up for a 3 min open mic slot! Hosted by Cherry Doyle and Kuli Kohli.

Pay-as-you-feel event on Zoom.

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

‘City Voices’ with Preeti Kailey, Glyn Phillips, Kerry Hadley-Pryce, Tom Allsopp & Carol Howarth, 7.30-9pm, at the ‘Lych Gate’, 44, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TX, 7.30-9pm.

MC Simon Fletcher. Tickets £5 on the door.

‘Country Voices’ with Bethany Rivers, Colin Wells & Santosh K. Dary, 2.30-4pm, at the ‘All Nations’, 20 Coalport Road, Ironbridge, Telford, TF7 5DP, 2.30-4pm.

Tickets £5 on the door. MC Simon. Free parking at this traditional ‘brew pub’.

Ros Woolner will be one of two headline poets at ‘Live Poets Society’, an evening of performance poetry from published, prize-winning and slam champion poets organised by Colin Wells. 7.30-9.45pm at Bridgnorth Library, Listley Street, Bridgnorth, WV16 4AW.

This event is part of the Bridgnorth Music and Arts Festival. Tickets £5 (all proceeds go to the library). Places limited.

To book, call in at the library, or contact them via Facebook, phone 01746 763358, or email bridgnorth.library@shropshire.gov.uk 

‘Virtual Voices’ 5-6:30pm featuring D C Duell, Lorraine Mighty, and Priyanka Joshi plus open mic-ers. Email cherrydoylepoet@gmail.com to sign up for a 3 min open mic slot! Hosted by Cherry Doyle and Kuli Kohli. Pay-as-you-feel event on Zoom.

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