Five Revolutions and Counting – the Surprising Good News Story of what happened to Books in the 21st Century 7.30.p.m on Thursday, October 12thLearning and Resources Centre, Bromsgrove School Stephen Page’s eagerly anticipated talk, titled as above, had been scheduled […]
Brian Bilston at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester – 20th September 2023 For the first night of Brian Bilston’s – real name Paul Millicheap – national poetry tour, the glorious Huntingdon Hall was filled to capacity – fittingly! Accordingly, the pyrotechnics display […]
Tuesday 4th July 20238:00pm – 10:00pm | The Market Theatre, Ledbury Radical force of nature performance poet/musician Atilla the Stockbroker, launched into public consciousness by legendary Radio one DJ John Peel in 1982. With over 3000 gigs he has spent […]
SPEAK VOLUMES!Arch 28, Croft Walk, Worcester WR1 3BD21st March 4pm-9pm Celebrate World Poetry Day with Worcester’s poets as they SPEAK UP, SPEAK LOUD, and SPEAK VOLUMES at a brand new, trendy, and unique arts-oriented venue. Whether you’re an aspiring poet, […]
Jasmine Gardosi and Brenda Read BrownPlus open mic slotsLedbury Poetry House, HR8 2AAFriday 18th NovemberDoors open 7pm Jasmine Gardosi is the Birmingham Poet Laureate. She is a multiple slam champion, beatboxer and winner of the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry. Her […]
“Dickens’s Tricks” by John Mullan Charles Dickens, the nineteenth century novelist, is famous for being funny, but his formal daring and inventiveness often are ignored. He played tricks with the form of the novel which no other writer had attempted, […]
On Wednesday 3rd August at 7.30pm at Malvern Cube, Arts Uplift will be performing an evening of uplifting and popular music and poetry to raise funds for their latest Crowdfunding campaign, a brilliant dementia awareness play. Corinne Frost will be […]
Over half way through another challenging year, Evesham Festival of Words have just completed their main, if somewhat abridged, Festival weekend. So far this year they have run competitions, talks and presentations via Zoom. 5 live events and maintained a […]
“Dear John,”Sweltering in the heat…a full courtyard on a stunning summer’s day – enjoying a slow afternoon that could only be captured in poetry – as the perfunctory prose of the frantic everyday would simply not suffice. Those veterans of […]
Worcestershire LitFest 2021: 6th – 11the June 2021 The time has come again for the annual Worcestershire LitFest, our celebration of poetry and the spoken word within Worcestershire. Our spoken word community has proved highly resilient in these unsettling times, […]
