Reading's oldest and best loved open mic night on 2nd Fri of the month, featuring the best guest poets in the business!
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Join us this Friday 8 November for an unforgettable night of poetry with @carlostommo1967 🌟
Open mic spaces are limited in number so be sure to arrive in a timely fashion!
As always we're at @southstreetarts
Doors at 8pm, tickets here: whatsonreading.com/venues/so…
Just one week to go until the November Poets' Cafe - do you know what you'll be reading for the open mic?
Join us at @southstreetarts on 8 November for guest poet Carl Tomlinson and host @VicPickup - we can't wait!
Tickets: whatsonreading.com/venues/so…
Poets' Cafe retweeted
📢 End of Month Submissions ALERT 📢 28 literary comps, journals & other opportunities closing by 1 Nov, including @bansheelit @PoetrySociety @FrogmorePress @parisreview @okaydonkeymag @BrokenSpineArts @humanaobscura @ChairOfPoetry & more. Don't miss out! thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-bl…
Over 160 calls for submissions of #poetry #fiction #flash #nonfiction #art #photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2024. Best of luck & pls share! thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-bl…
'Tis the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! This November we're very pleased to welcome guest poet Carl Tomlinson to the stage. 🍂
When: 8 November, doors at 8pm.
Where: @southstreetarts
Tickets: whatsonreading.com/venues/so…
We have a couple of spaces left on tomorrow's workshop, but they're going fast so please do get in touch if you'd like to take part!
Next week!
Join @VicPickup and @kmeehan at the Caversham Library for a FREE poetry workshop.
This event is perfect if you want to cap off the week with a little creative boost ✨
🌟This workshop made possible thanks to funding from @CreativeLivesCL and @ReadingCouncil🌟
Next week!
Join @VicPickup and @kmeehan at the Caversham Library for a FREE poetry workshop.
This event is perfect if you want to cap off the week with a little creative boost ✨
🌟This workshop made possible thanks to funding from @CreativeLivesCL and @ReadingCouncil🌟
We were channelling autumnal vibes in our poems at yesterday’s Poets’ Cafe! Our thanks to @phoebestuckes and host @kmeehan for putting on a great show @southstreetarts last night, and to our open mic contributors who were all kinds of wonderful! 🍂
Poets' Cafe is just a couple of days away and this is your monthly reminder to please abide by our open mic guidelines ✨
This month we're hosting @phoebestuckes, with host @kmeehan - do come and join us @southstreetarts on 11 October at 8pm
whatsonreading.com/venues/so…
Poets' Cafe retweeted
Over 160 calls for submissions of #poetry #fiction #flash #nonfiction #art #photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2024. Best of luck & pls share! thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-bl…
Join us this Friday for guest poet @phoebestuckes and host @kmeehan - it's going to be awesome! 🌟
This week at South Street!
Theatre with 'The Duke' by Shôn Dale-Jones (Thu), comedy from @georgelewiscom & poetry at @Poets_Cafe (Fri), interactive children's theatre with 'Boxville' & live music as High Vibes presents Wild Island (Sat)!
Book now at whatsonreading.com/south-str…
ALT Photo of Shôn Dale-Jones sitting at a desk with his back to the camera, looking over his shoulder towards the camera. There is a microphone on a stand, a sound desk, a laptop and two desk lamps on the desk.
ALT Close-up photo of comedian George Lewis, with a red crayon tucked above his ear.
ALT Photo from a performance of 'Boxville', showing three performers in brown overalls staging a dragon fight scene. Two performers puppet a cardboard head, tail and wings of a dragon, while the other performer cowers in front of it, holding a cardboard shield.
ALT Abstract art promoting Wild Island. Blue and green coral/underwater imagery layered on top of each other in semi-circles shapes.
Just one week to go until the October Poets' Cafe and today we're shining the spotlight on this month's host, @kmeehan
Katie will be supporting guest poet @phoebstuckes - we can't wait!
Find us @southstreetarts on 11 October, doors at 8pm
whatsonreading.com/venues/so…
Poets' Cafe retweeted
🥳Happy National Poetry Day everyone! This year the theme is #Counting.
📚We've picked our favourite books on the theme, from those with a numerical twist to poems which urge us to stand up and be counted.
Get inspired & read more poetry today! > mailchi.mp/poetrybooksociety…
Introducing our October guest poet, the amazing, award-winning @phoebestuckes ✨
Phoebe is the author of the novel 'Dead Animals' and the collection 'Platinum Blonde,' published in 2020 with @BloodaxeBooks
Get your tickets here: whatsonreading.com/venues/so…
Poets' Cafe retweeted
Don’t forget, our poetry submissions close today, 5pm Monday 30th September! There’s still time to send us your collections & pamphlets. Find the full details of what to submit on our submissions page serenbooks.com/submissions/. @ZoeBrigley @RhianEdwards5
ALT Poetry submissions now open
October is just around the corner and we can't wait!
We recommend you run and mark your calendar now because we're bringing @phoebestuckes to the stage at @southstreetarts - this is not one to miss!
Join us 11 October - doors at 8pm, tickets here: whatsonreading.com/venues/so…
Poets' Cafe retweeted
Coming up to ten days left to send poems to our submissions window! More information here: badlilies.uk/submit
Poets' Cafe retweeted
Writers! It's the end of another week, which means it's time for another #FiveThingsFriday!
5 #writing opportunities you can apply for over the coming weekend.
Keyboards at the ready? Let's go: 🧵
We kicked off our autumn series with @matriches & @roguestrands of Rogue Strands fame - and what generous and talented guests they were. Hearty thanks to all who read in our open mic AND @southstreetarts for their always-amazingness 💕@VicPickup @kmeehan #poetry #rdguk
📢Attention Poet's Cafe Pals! 📢
We've been informed by @southstreetarts that the card reader at the box office may be a bit slow tomorrow night...
So please do buy your tickets online if you can - it would be a huge help! 🙏
whatsonreading.com/venues/so…