25
Mar

Caffe Grande Slam

Date: March 31, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Caffe Grande, 15 Stone Street, Dudley DY1 1NS
Emma will be doing a feature slot at this regular in person event. The evening features a slam with 3min slots available for slammers to wow, woe and otherwise win the audience's hearts.
25
Mar

Spoke in the Lamp

Date: March 30, 2022
Time: 7:15 am - 10:00 pm
Location: The Lamp, Brownhills Community Centre
Emma Purshouse will be performing with Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists. Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists were formed when three poets got together over a pint or five in a Wolverhampton pub. Since then, Emma Purshouse (former poet laureate of Wolverhampton), Dave Pitt (associate artist at the Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton), and Steve Pottinger (resident chancer) have taken […]
25
Mar

Wednesbury Tales

Start date: March 19, 2022
End date: March 26, 2022
Time: 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Wednesbury
Join Emma Purshouse and local historian Ian M Bott as they take you on a guided walk round Wednesbury.  These walks will include appearances by poets and performers Brendan Hawthorne, Suzan Spence, Marion Cockin, Matt Windle, and Alex Vann. 19th March - walks at 11am and 1pm 26th March - walks at 11am (BSL signed) […]
14
Feb

Lit Up (Online Event)

Date: February 17, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Online
Lit Up, featuring Emma Purshouse and Lorna Meehan, plus open mic, hosted by Michael Wilson. Performers are encouraged to read a mix of their own work with poems by poets they love and admire. Thursday 17th February, 7.30pm (GMT) Eventbrite tickets - link will be available for booking this week, check Facebook event page for […]
8
Jan

Poems About Migration

Date: February 25, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: on Zoom
Zoom reading, hosted by Paul Francis and Steve Pottinger. An event drawing on work from two recent collections: Poetry and Settled Status for All, edited by Ambrose Musiyiwa. You’re Welcome, edited by Paul Francis in aid of Shropshire Supports Refugees. The reading will include contributions from both editors, and seven other poets from a varied […]
6
Jan

Crafty Crows Online featuring Kathryn O’Driscoll and Emma Purshouse

Date: February 2, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Online
The Gloucestershire Poetry Society presents the first of their regular online events in 2022, 'Crafty Crows', hosted by Josephine Lay. To reserve an open-mic slot for this event, please email, craftycrows2020@yahoo.com (first come, first served). Open-mic slots will be 3 minutes max. (please stick to this, as we don't want to have to cut people […]
6
Jan

Poet Laureate for the City of Wolverhampton Handover event

Date: February 3, 2022
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Darlington Street, Wolverhampton. WV1 1DU.
Join us to celebrate our outgoing and incoming City of Wolverhampton Poet Laureates. In this special event, Emma Purshouse will be sharing poems and her experience from her tenure as the Poet Laureate. Emma will then hand over the reins to Kuli Kohli, who will showcase her own poetry and what we can expect from […]
6
Jan

Yes, We Cant

Date: February 6, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: Lighthouse, Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton. WV1 1HT
Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists bring their regular poetry night to Wolverhampton's Light House for the Literature Festival. An energetic and entertaining evening, with a headline set from David Bowden and the ‘Alf Ender: Kuli Kohli. 10 open mic slots are also available by emailing poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com. About the Headliners David Bowden is an educator and founder of […]
6
Jan

The Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Slam 2022

Date: January 29, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Arena Theatre, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton. WV1 1SE.
Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists present the annual Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Slam.  Join your MCs, Steve Pottinger, Dave Pitt and Emma Purshouse for a slamtastic Saturday. Witness 15 poets battle it out in a live poetry competition to become slam champion for 2022. Come along and be bedazzled by bardic bravery,  whoop for your favourite wordsmith. Who wins? […]
6
Jan

Virtual Voices

Date: January 11, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: On Zoom
'Virtual Voices’ with Pat Leighton, Roger Noons, Priyanka Joshi, Garrie Fletcher & Emma Purshouse MC Simon Fletcher. Zoom link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81559807682?pwd=Z2RxQzFwUndKMTNMbTRXVzV4dW8zdz09