17
Jan

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Zoom Event – Poetry Competition Winners

Date: February 14, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
Come and join this year's  judge Liz Berry as she talks about the process of choosing a winner, and hear winning and shortlisted poets read their submissions for Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Competition 2021.   The theme this year was 'Aspects of Love', so here's an ideal way to spend a Valentine's Day afternoon. Price: Free […]
17
Jan

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Zoom Event – Joelle Taylor with Ben Davis (last year’s slam winner)

Date: February 13, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
Join Joelle Taylor and Ben Davis as they speak about their journey through poetry. Joelle, an award-winning poet playwright, author and editor will be sharing her stories of travelling the world with her poetry and giving us an insight into her debut book of short stories The Night Alphabet. Ben will be joining Joelle in […]
17
Jan

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Zoom Event – Stay Up Your Own End

Date: February 12, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
In the summer of 2020, the Black Country’s regular poetry events were all on hold because of Covid-19. Poets Prattlers and Pandemonialists organised a series of five online events, made possible with the support of Creative Black Country, asking for poems which celebrated the different areas of our region. They received hundreds of submissions. This […]
17
Jan

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Zoom Event – In Conversation with Emma Purshouse

Date: February 14, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
Join Emma Purshouse, Poet Laureate for the City of Wolverhampton, as she launches her debut novel, ‘Dogged’. Emma will read extracts from her work and talk to Steve Pottinger from Ignite books about its creation. Price: £3 (+ booking fee) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversation-with-emma-purshouse-tickets-133142429591?aff=
17
Jan

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Zoom Event – Behind the Tongue and the Talk

Date: February 11, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
Panellists talk about their role in the creation of the Black Country edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'Tongue and Talk - The Dialect Poets'. Join City of Wolverhampton Poet Laureate, Emma Purshouse, as she natters to actress, writer and series producer Catherine Harvey, poet and playwright Brendan Hawthorne (Poet Laureate for Wednesbury), singer […]
17
Jan

The Wolverhampton Literature Festival Online Poetry Slam 2021

Date: February 6, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
Join Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists in the digital world of Zoom as 15 competitors go head to head in a live poetry competition. Poets will be competing for the prize of a paid slot at The Wolverhampton Literature Festival in 2022.  Expect poetry at its finest, a little bit of chaos, shots of people’s living […]
17
Jan

Yes, We Cant

Date: February 7, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists present 'Yes, We Cant'.  This event will take place live on Zoom.  Our featured performers are Sarah L Dixon as our 'Alf Ender, and we have Malaika Kegode as our headliner.  7.30pm. Pay as you Feel. Email poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com to get your Zoom link.
17
Jan

PASTA – Facebook event

Date: January 19, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Facebook
PASTA - an online poetry open mic night from Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists. The first half is to a theme picked at random from audience suggestions at the previous month's event.  Theme for January is 'Fresh Starts'.  Second half anything goes. To book a slot in the first half, second half or both halves then […]
17
Jan

WINTER POETRY WORKSHOP III

Date: January 18, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: On Zoom
Winter Wonder - seasonal nature poetry Join performance poets Steve Pottinger and Emma Purshouse for the third in their series of winter workshops. It is claimed that the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year!  Come along for an online antidote.  Spring is just around the corner.  Show your love […]
30
Nov

Boundary Way Poetry Premiere

Date: December 14, 2020
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Zoom
14th December 7:30 – 9pm. Boundary Way Poetry Premiere. We would like to welcome you to Boundary Way’s first ever poetry evening! Join us via Zoom for premiere performances of a new collection of poems inspired by nature, green spaces and the Winter Season. Dave Pitt, Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger from the ‘Poets, Prattlers, and […]